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OSCE Centre holds seminar on access to government information in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 8 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Media freedom and development
BOROVOYE, Kazakhstan, 8 September 2006- An OSCE-organized seminar on improving public access to government information by strengthening relations between the authorities and the media began today in the northern city of Borovoye...
OSCE trains Kazakh officials to observe human rights in the fight against terrorism
Publishing date: 5 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
ASTANA, 5 September 2006- How to ensure basic human rights are protected in the fight against terrorism will be the focus of a training course for Kazak officials that began in Astana today. Organized by the OSCE Centre in Almaty and...
OSCE Centres help train Kazakh and Kyrgyz journalists to report on labour migration
Publishing date: 17 August 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
ALMATY, 17 August 2006- A training course on labour migration for journalists from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan began today in Almaty. Organized by the OSCE Centres in Almaty and Bishkek, and the Kazakh International Centre for Journalism MediaNet...
OSCE's human rights office facilitates discussion on international trends and local perspectives in criminal justice in Central Asia
Publishing date: 7 August 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Education, Rule of law
ALMATY, 7 August 2006- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today welcomed 25 criminal justice practitioners from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to a week-long Summer School...
OSCE helps Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan find ways to share water resources
Publishing date: 26 July 2006
Content type: Press release
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, 26 July 2006- The first meeting of the recently formed Chu-Talas Rivers Commission, set up to better manage water resources in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, was held today in Issyk-Kul...
OSCE Centre promotes public discussion on media reform in Kazakhstan with second roundtable
Publishing date: 20 June 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Media freedom and development
ASTANA, 20 June 2006- A roundtable, jointly organized here by the OSCE Centre in Almaty, has been looking at the legal aspects of mass media activity and the issues of libel and defamation in Kazakhstan....
OSCE Centre organizes meeting on education in environment and sustainable development in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 29 May 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
ALMATY, 29 May 2006- Improving environmental education and education for sustainable development in Kazakhstan under a national plan will be the focus of a meeting on 30 and 31 May in Almaty, organized by the OSCE Centre...