News and press releases

The annual OSCE-supported International Youth Legal Forum, which is held in recognition of the Human Rights Day and was dedicated to mechanisms of human rights protection this year, concluded on 14 December 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan.

The involvement of young people in social activities and youth empowerment were the key topics of the OSCE-supported Zhas (Youth) Camp, an annual two-day event which concluded on 29 October 2017 in Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan.

Five participants from the Central Asian Youth Network (CAYN) met with OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger in Vienna on 30 August 2017 and discussed security issues in Central Asia, the OSCE’s work and its comprehensive approach to security...

ASTANA, 28 June 2017 – The eleventh annual OSCE Central Asian Youth Network (CAYN) seminar began today on the premises of ForteBank’s head office in Astana...

ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 12 May 2017 – A group of 15 young experts from the wider Central Asia region convened today in Almaty, Kazakhstan for a two-day workshop to discuss their role in the prevention of violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT)...

The annual OSCE-supported Youth Legal Forum concluded on 10 December 2016 at the Kazakh Humanities and Law University (KAZGUU) in Astana. This year’s two-day event focused on the limits to restricting freedom of expression and distribution of information on the Internet, in recognition of the International Human Rights Day...

Seven students from the Central Asian Youth Network (CAYN) learned about the work of the OSCE and its institutions during a two-day study visit to Vienna, which concluded on 25 November 2016...