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OSCE and League of Arab States promote guidebook on gender-aware approaches to preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism
Publishing date: 18 February 2020
The Arabic language version of the OSCE guidebook on “Understanding the Role of Gender in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization That Lead to Terrorism (P/CVERLT): Good Practices for Law Enforcement” was launched in Cairo on 17 February 2020. The guidebook, the first of its kind, is the result of a two-year collaborative effort by experts on gender, the security sector and countering violent extremism based on case studies from across the OSCE area. The event was organized jointly by the OSCE and the League of Arab States (LAS).
OSCE continues supporting Armenia in establishing an Advance Passenger Information (API) system
Publishing date: 12 February 2020
A meeting on establishing an Advance Passenger Information (API) system for enhancing border and aviation security in Armenia took place in Yerevan on 11 and 12 February 2020. The event is a follow-up to the national workshop held in June 2019 that resulted in the drafting of a roadmap outlining the necessary steps Armenia needs to take to establish an API system.
Regional Conference on addressing challenges posed by foreign terrorist fighters begins in Vienna
Publishing date: 11 February 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 11 February 2020 – More than 400 participants from over 70 countries attended the opening of a two-day, high-level regional conference on challenges posed by foreign terrorist fighters. The conference, which is being held today and tomorrow in Vienna, is jointly organized by the UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), the OSCE, and Switzerland, in co-operation with Albania’s OSCE Chairmanship...
OSCE conducted training course on innovative techniques to identify impostors at borders in Mongolia
Publishing date: 24 December 2019
The OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department Border Security and Management Unit (TNTD/BSMU) held a training course on the detection of forged documents and impostors in Ulaanbaatar from 16 to 20 December 2019. The event was organized in co-operation with the University of Internal Affairs of Mongolia and conducted by document experts of the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior.
How to strengthen protection of ‘soft’ targets against terrorist attacks explored at OSCE-wide expert seminar in Vienna
Publishing date: 16 December 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 16 December 2019 – More than 120 national experts, representatives from international and regional organizations, the private sector, academia and civil society are exploring how to strengthen the resilience of ‘soft’ targets against terrorist attacks through public-private partnerships during a two-day OSCE-wide expert seminar, which opened today in Vienna...
OSCE supports regional efforts to tackle the digital dimensions of violent extremism in Central Asia
Publishing date: 12 December 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Countering terrorism
A two-day expert meeting on how to address the digital dimensions of violent extremism in Central Asia opened on 12 December 2019 in Dushanbe for some 70 experts from all the Central Asian states and Afghanistan. The participants include representatives of law enforcement agencies, relevant state institutions, the ICT industry, civil society, youth organizations, academia, and the media...
OSCE and UNODC deliver training course in Uzbekistan on improving analytical tools and skills to effectively counter terrorist financing
Publishing date: 6 December 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Countering terrorism
A three-day training course aimed at further strengthening the capacity of Uzbekistan to counter terrorist financing was organized in Tashkent from 4 to 6 December 2019...