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Serbian translation of OSCE-UNECE handbook of best practices at border crossings launched
Publishing date: 24 November 2014
The Serbian translation of the Handbook of Best Practices at Border Crossings – A Trade and Transport Facilitation Perspective, developed by the OSCE and the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), was presented on 24 November 2014 at a high-level launch event in Belgrade...
OSCE Office helps strengthen civil service integrity and accountability in Armenia
Publishing date: 17 November 2014
Training on integrity, transparency and reduction of corruption risks in public administration was held for some forty high-level representatives from Armenia’s government institutions and regional self-government bodies on 10-15 November 2014, in Aghveran, Kotayk region. The training was held by the Union of Armenia's Government Employees NGO with the OSCE Office in Yerevan support and in partnership with the Civil Service Council of Armenia...
OSCE supports public hearing by Kyrgyz Parliament committee on combating threats of terrorism
Publishing date: 17 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Good governance
OSH, 17 November 2014 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek supported a public hearing of the Kyrgyz Parliament Committee on Defense and Security on “Combating religious extremism and international terrorism” today in Osh, Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE helps advance local self-governance reform in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 6 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Good governance
ASTANA, 6 November 2014 – Government officials, parliamentarians, representatives of regional and local bodies of power, international organizations and civil society gathered at a roundtable discussion today in Astana to discuss the status of implementation of ongoing local self-governance reform in Kazakhstan...
More transparency and efficiency for registration of civil society organizations needed, say participants of OSCE-supported conference
Publishing date: 31 October 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Good governance
KYIV, 31 October 2014 – ‘To enhance public trust in civil society organizations in Ukraine, the Registry of Public Associations should provide citizens with access to the NGOs statutes and reports’ – was one of the core recommendations adopted at the “Civil Society and State: Dialogue and Partnership" international conference, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator, on 30-31 October 2014, in Kyiv...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan supports government in switch-over to digitalization process
Publishing date: 28 October 2014
Following a request from Tajikistan’s government to assist the Committee on Television and Radio in the transition from analogue to digital television, the OSCE Office in Tajikistan invited an expert from the Swiss telecommunication and broadcasting regulator BAKOM to meet representatives of Teleradiocom, from 20 to 24 October 2014 in Dushanbe...
OSCE, Kyrgyz State Financial Intelligence Service train public and private sector representatives on combating money-laundering and financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 27 October 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance
BISHKEK, 27 October 2014 – Four training courses on combating money-laundering and the financing of terrorism, organized by the Kyrgyz State Financial Intelligence Service and the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, will take place from 27 to 30 October 2014 at the Training Centre of the State Financial Intelligence Service in Bishkek...