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New generation of trainers ready to assist OSCE participating States in identifying potential foreign terrorist fighters at the borders
Publishing date: 31 March 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
The identification of potential foreign terrorist fighters at the borders was the focus of a two-week train-the-trainer course and curriculum development workshop for border security officers, organized by the OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department. Twelve participants, who are
Capacity-building programme on countering terrorist financing in Kosovo kicks off with training of trainers
Publishing date: 3 March 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
On 2 March 2023, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), with the support of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, concluded a training of trainers aimed at furthering the skills of beneficiary entities to conduct effective financial investigations in counter-terrorism.
Two new OSCE regional networks to amplify women’s work on combatting violent extremism and radicalization that leads to terrorism in Central Asia and South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 1 March 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism, Gender equality
Women professionals in Central Asia and South-Eastern Europe now have two new regional networks for generating new ideas, learning from each other and amplifying their work on preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (P/CVERLT).
OSCE completes training of trainer on identifying false documents and impostors in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 16 December 2022
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism, Policing
On 5-16 December 2022, the Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department (TNTD), in close co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina organized a two-week train-the-trainers course on identifying forged documents and impostors at border crossing points with the use of specialised equipment in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Information literacy, gender equality, preventing violent extremism and radicalization focus of OSCE training organized in Skopje
Publishing date: 6 December 2022
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Countering terrorism
How can societies become more resilient to disinformation? How does gender equality relate to radicalization and violence in the digital space? How can individuals become better equipped to navigate the complex and dynamic online universe of information? These were some of the questions at the heart of a three-day training workshop held in North Macedonia from 5 to 7 December.
Developing Tajikistan’s capacities for requesting electronic evidence across borders
Publishing date: 6 December 2022
Content type: News
What we do: Countering terrorism, Policing
From 29 November to 2 December, the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe and the UNDOC Terrorism Prevention Branch organized a training course in Tajikistan on requesting electronic evidence from service providers based in foreign jurisdictions. The course, based on the United Nations Practical Guide on Requesting Electronic Evidence across Borders, was developed by the UNODC, INTERPOL, and OSCE, with the financial support of the European Union.
Bosnia and Herzegovina experts design strategies to disrupt terrorist financing
Publishing date: 1 December 2022
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
Strengthening Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capacity to counter the financing of terrorism was the topic of a four-day course, which concluded on 01 December in Sarajevo. The course was organized by the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department, with the support of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina.