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OSCE strengthens national capacities in Uzbekistan on countering the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes
Publishing date: 29 January 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Countering terrorism
A three-day national Table-top exercise on countering the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes began on 29 January 2019 in Tashkent. The exercise, for some 45 representatives of the parliament, judges, investigators, law enforcement officers, relevant state institutions and agencies, the ICT industry, civil society, youth organizations, academia, and the media, is organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan in co-operation with the Action against Terrorism Unit of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department...
OSCE and UN Office on Drugs and Crime train Albanian officials to disrupt terrorist financing
Publishing date: 20 December 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Good governance, Countering terrorism
A two-day train-the-trainer course aimed at strengthening the capacity of Albania to disrupt the financing of terrorist networks was held on 18 and 19 December 2018 in Vienna...
OSCE trains Montenegrin airport border and customs officers on behavioural analysis and identification of foreign terrorist fighters and criminals at airports
Publishing date: 17 December 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
A national training course on behavioural analysis and identification of foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) and criminals at airports for 24 border and customs officers from Montenegro’s Podgorica and Tivat airports, the Civil Aviation Agency and the Intelligence Agency of Montenegro was held from 11 to 14 December 2018 in Podgorica...
Strengthening OSCE-EU co-operation discussed at first annual high-level meeting held in Brussels
Publishing date: 13 December 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
Improving institutional interaction and furthering co-operation between the OSCE and the EU in areas of common interest across all three OSCE security dimensions – politico-military, economic and environmental and human – was the focus of the first-ever EU–OSCE annual high-level meeting, held on 12 December in Brussels.
OSCE holds national table top exercise in Kazakhstan on protecting critical energy infrastructure from cyber-related terrorist attacks
Publishing date: 29 November 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Countering terrorism
Strengthening preparedness and protection against terrorist attacks aimed at critical energy infrastructure was the focus of a risk-assessment and crisis management exercise held in Kazakhstan’s capital on 28 and 29 November 2018, organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department and the OSCE Programme Office in Astana...
OSCE trains Spanish and Albanian law enforcement officers on human rights in counter-terrorism investigations
Publishing date: 23 November 2018
Content type: News
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
Ensuring the protection of human rights when conducting investigations in the counter-terrorism context was the topic of two training workshops for law enforcement officers held in Tirana on 22 and 23 November and in Madrid on 13 and 14 November 2018. The courses were jointly delivered by the OSCE
OSCE conducts course on identifying foreign terrorist fighters for border and security officers in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 22 November 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism