News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE promotes UN conventions on oil spill preparedness and response
Publishing date: 27 April 2011
ASTANA, 27 April 2011 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on enhancing international oil spill preparedness and response through the promotion, ratification and implementation of key UN conventions was held in Astana today...
OSCE presents second study on migration data in Astana, discusses steps to harmonize regional data collection
Publishing date: 17 February 2011
ASTANA, 17 February 2011 – The preliminary findings and recommendations from an assessment of migration data in Kazakhstan by the OSCE and the International Organization for Migration were presented to government officials and policymakers dealing with migration data at a meeting in Astana today...
OSCE-supported conference discusses Integrated Water Resources Management in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 8 October 2010
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 11 October 2010- The promotion of the Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Ili-Balkhash basin is the topic of the OSCE Centre's conference that started today in Almaty...
OSCE Centre in Astana launches series of local seminars on new Customs Code
Publishing date: 23 September 2010
KOSTANAY, Kazakhstan, 23 September 2010- The first in a series of OSCE-supported training seminars for local businesses, government and NGOs on a new Customs Code and the Customs Union between Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia was launched today...
OSCE-supported seminar focuses on challenges faced by female migrant workers
Publishing date: 14 September 2010
ASTANA, 14 September 2010- Raising awareness of the challenges faced by female migrant workers in the OSCE region and the need for more appropriate policy responses, is the focus of an OSCE-supported training seminar which started in Astana today...
OSCE seminar focuses on fight against corruption in border services in Central Asia and South Caucasus
Publishing date: 13 July 2010
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 13 July 2010- How to best promote integrity in customs and border services in Central Asia and the South Caucasus was the topic of a regional OSCE seminar that concluded today in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE Centre promotes green growth policy tools in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 1 July 2010
ASTANA, 1 July 2010- Ensuring that planning for economic development fully takes environmental issues into consideration is the focus of a workshop that started today in the framework of the Third International Economic Forum in Astana...