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Digital technologies in combating corruption focus of OSCE high-level regional conference in Almaty
Publishing date: 9 October 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities
The role of digital technologies and tools in reducing corruption risks was the focus of a two-day high-level regional conference organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) in co-operation with the 2019 Slovak OSCE Chairmanship and the Anti-Corruption Agency of Kazakhstan on 7 and 8 October 2019 in Almaty...
OSCE-led project on strengthening green ports and connectivity in the Caspian Sea Region launches activities in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 4 October 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Energy security
The OSCE launched activities in Kazakhstan to support the development of green ports and connectivity in the Caspian Sea Region. They included a launch event on 30 September 2019 in Nur-Sultan and two technical workshops with port authorities in Aktau and Kuryk on 2 and 3 October, respectively.
OSCE-supported regional workshop in Minsk promotes best practices and effective regulations in averting anti-money laundering risks in the use of cryptocurrencies
Publishing date: 27 September 2019
Practitioners from Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine completed a three-day OSCE-supported workshop in Minsk on 26 September 2019, which focused on best practices and effective regulations to counter money laundering risks in the use of cryptocurrencies, and the criminalization of crypto-exchanges...
OSCE, UNODC and ICITAP deliver training course in Albania on investigation tools and skills to counter terrorist financing
Publishing date: 27 September 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Countering terrorism
Twenty-three participants (including eight women) completed a five-day training course on 27 September 2019 held in Golem, Albania, aimed at further strengthening their capacity to counter the financing of terrorism. The participants were from Albania’s General Directorate for the Prevention of Money Laundering, the State Intelligence Service (SHISH), the Albanian State Police, the Ministry of Justice and the Prosecution Office for Serious Crimes. The course was jointly organized by the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department, the OSCE Presence in Albania, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP)...
Regional OSCE-supported Anti-Corruption Platform for South-Eastern Europe, Ukraine and Moldova launched in Vienna
Publishing date: 23 September 2019
The Regional Anti-corruption Platform (ACP) for Internal Control Departments of border and law enforcement agencies of the OSCE participating States of South-Eastern Europe, Ukraine, and Moldova was launched on 19 and 20 September 2019 in Vienna...
How we co-operate on energy, deal with new technologies, increase connectivity in the digital era – focus of OSCE Forum in Prague
Publishing date: 11 September 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
PRAGUE, 11 September 2019 – New and emerging technologies in relation to energy security, good governance and connectivity in the digital era, are the focus of 27th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum which opened today in Prague...
Environmental risks and emergencies focus of training course conducted in Austria for OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine environmental focal points
Publishing date: 10 July 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Conflict prevention and resolution
A training course aimed to protect members of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) against environmental risks and strengthen their environmental emergency preparedness was held from 1 to 5 July 2019 in Vienna...