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OSCE Centre organizes study visit to Lithuania for Turkmenistan law-enforcement officials
Publishing date: 2 July 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
ASHGABAT, 2 July 2010- Five representatives of Turkmenistan's Interior Ministry and Police Academy exchanged information and best practices in police education and curriculum development during a three-day study visit to Lithuania that concluded today...
OSCE Centre supports communication course for police neighborhood inspectors in northern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 1 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, 1 June 2010- The first of 14 communication training seminars organized by the OSCE Office in Bishkek for neighborhood inspectors started today in Bishkek...
OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting discusses enhancing policing activities, calls for better co-ordination
Publishing date: 21 May 2010
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 21 May 2010- Policing experts from the OSCE region discussed enhancing police-related activities and co-operating with international organizations to address transnational threats at the Annual Police Experts Meeting which ends in Vienna today...
OSCE Office supports police reform in Tajikistan with strategic planning workshop
Publishing date: 7 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Policing, Rule of law
DUSHANBE, 7 May 2010- A two-week strategic planning workshop for 27 senior police managers, organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan to foster police reform, concluded today...
Residents in eastern Kyrgyzstan city view police work more positively following OSCE-supported reforms, new opinion poll shows
Publishing date: 9 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Policing
BISHKEK, 9 March, 2010- The share of residents in the eastern city of Karakol who view police work positively has almost tripled since 2006, when OSCE-supported reforms began, according to the results of a new survey released today...
Afghan police learn strategies to fight drug trafficking during OSCE-facilitated course
Publishing date: 2 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
DOMODEDOVO, Russia, 2 March 2010- A group of 11 Afghan police officers will be trained on how to effectively combat drug trafficking during a two-week OSCE-organized course that started today...
Counter-narcotics training for Afghan police starts with OSCE support
Publishing date: 17 February 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Policing
DUSHANBE, 17 February 2010- Thirty-five Afghan police officers started counter-narcotics training in Dushanbe today in courses organized by the OSCE with Tajikistan's Interior Ministry and National Drug Control Agency...