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OSCE train-the-trainer regional seminar to build capacities of women civil society leaders in Central Asia to prevent violent extremism
Publishing date: 15 January 2021
A regional train-the-trainers seminar is guiding twenty future facilitators (18 women, 2 men) in learning how to train women leaders in civil society to prevent violent extremism. The Action against Terrorism Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department organized the seminar in co-operation with OSCE field operations in Central Asia...
OSCE and UN Office on Drugs and Crime deliver online train-the-trainer course to enhance Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capacities to analyze terrorist financing related risks and threats
Publishing date: 11 December 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Action against Terrorism Unit, in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) organized an online train-the-trainer course from 9 to 11 December 2020, with the aim of strengthening Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BiH) capacities to analyse terrorist financing risks and threats...
OSCE and Mediterranean Partners discuss ways to implement Advance Passenger Information systems and enhance regional co-operation
Publishing date: 9 December 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Border Security and Management Unit (BSMU) organized a two-day workshop for representatives of relevant agencies in Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia on establishing an Advance Passenger Information (API) system for preventing the movement of foreign terrorist fighters and enhancing aviation security on 8 and 9 December 2020...
OSCE helps implement passenger data exchange system in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 4 December 2020
The OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek successfully completed a one-day roundtable discussion focusing on progress in the framework of efforts in implementing a system for passenger data exchange, the Advance Passenger Information- Passenger Name Record (API/PNR) on 3 December 2020. The event was organized in co-operation with the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) of the Kyrgyz Republic.
OSCE and UN Office on Drugs and Crime deliver online train-the-trainer course to enhance Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capacities to counter terrorist financing
Publishing date: 25 November 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Action against Terrorism Unit, in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) organized an online train-the-trainer course from 23 to 25 November 2020, with the aim of strengthening Bosnia and Herzegovina’s (BiH) capacities in countering the financing of terrorism...
OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan supports training seminar on anti-money laundering and combating terrorist financing in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 25 November 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities, Countering terrorism
An OSCE-supported three-day seminar on the preparations for the expected second round of the Eurasian group’s (EAG) mutual evaluation of Kazakhstan’s compliance to the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) standards on anti-money laundering and countering terrorist financing (AML/CFT) efforts concluded on 25 November 2020 in Almaty...
OSCE and UN Office on Drugs and Crime deliver online train-the-trainer course to enhance Albania’s capacities to financially disrupt terrorist networks
Publishing date: 13 November 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism, Policing
The OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department’s Action against Terrorism Unit, in co-operation with the OSCE Presence in Albania and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) organized an online train-the-trainer course from 11 to 13 November 2020, with the aim of further strengthening Albania’s capacities in countering the financing of terrorism...