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Switzerland will support the OSCE Academy in Bishkek for the next three years
Publishing date: 14 December 2017
BISHKEK, 14 December 2017- An agreement in which Switzerland commits to allocate CHF 430,000 (approximately EUR 370,000) in support of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek over the next three years was signed by the Swiss Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan, Véronique Hulmann and the Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, Pierre von Arx on 14 December 2017 in Bishkek. The grant will be used to strengthen the Academy’s research capacities.
Equal political participation of persons with disabilities, youth and women focus of OSCE/ODIHR forum in Bishkek
Publishing date: 12 December 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Youth
Ensuring equal access to decision-making for persons with disabilities, youth and women was the focus of an event co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek and other partners in Bishkek on 12 December 2017. Over 50
OSCE Programme Office supports public monitoring to enhance quality of delivery of public services in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 4 December 2017
The Kyrgyzstan-based Centre for Public Policy presented the results of its monitoring of the delivery of ten main public services on 1 December 2017 in Bishkek. The monitoring project, supported by the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, was conducted over a six-month period and aims at strengthening the capacity of local civil society organizations to monitor the delivery of public services and inform the local authorities about problems.
Kyrgyzstan approves final package of OSCE-supported recommendations for removing regulatory barriers to business
Publishing date: 4 December 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance
The final package of recommendations developed under the OSCE flagship project to strengthen regulatory governance in Kyrgyzstan was approved by the Kyrgyz Government’s Regulatory Reform Council on 1 December 2017.
OSCE supports Kyrgyzstan’s Central Election Commission in conducting public discussion of October’s presidential election outcomes
Publishing date: 4 December 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Elections, Good governance
The Programme Office in Bishkek supported the Central Election Commission of Kyrgyzstan in organizing a debate on 28 November 2017 on the lessons learnt from the October 2017 presidential elections and on issues to further consolidate the country’s electoral system.
OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek supports development of interfaith dialogue in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 4 December 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Tolerance and non-discrimination
The State Committee on Religious Affairs of Kyrgyzstan and the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek held the National Forum on Inter-confessional Dialogue on 29 and 30 November 2017 in Bishkek.
OSCE trains Kyrgyz public sector, business and civil society representatives on business ethics, compliance and anti-corruption measures
Publishing date: 1 December 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Good governance
A one-week tailored training course on business ethics and anti-corruption measures for more than 30 representatives of public sector, business community and civil society concluded on 1 December 2017 in Bishkek. The course was organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek to assist the Kyrgyz government and relevant anti-corruption stakeholders in developing and sustaining effective anti-corruption measures through multi-stakeholder partnerships...