News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
First deployment of OSCE Mobile Training Team to address cross-border challenges in identifying foreign terrorist fighters
Publishing date: 25 May 2017
SARAJEVO, 25 May – The newly established OSCE Mobile Training Team for the identification of foreign terrorist fighters delivered its first on-site interactive training course from 23 to 25 May in Sarajevo. During the three-day event, 22 border officers from airports in Bosnia and Herzegovina learned how to identify potential foreign terrorist fighters at the border crossing points in compliance with international human rights standards.
OSCE seeks to strengthen co-operation between participating States and Mediterranean Partners on border security and management
Publishing date: 6 April 2017
The OSCE points of contact network to strengthen risk analysis and information exchange between the OSCE’s participating States and Mediterranean Partners in the area of border security and management was launched at a roundtable event organized by the OSCE in Madrid from 4 to 6 April 2017 in co-operation with the Spanish National Police...
Border security experts, meeting in Vienna, discuss common approaches in the OSCE region
Publishing date: 27 March 2017
VIENNA, 27 March 2017- The Annual Meeting of the OSCE Border Security and Management National Focal Point Network opened at the Hofburg Conference Centre in Vienna today. The two-day meeting is organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department in co-operation with the Austrian OSCE Chairmanship...
OSCE launches project to enhance risk analysis and management capacities of Belarus’ State Border Guard Committee
Publishing date: 20 December 2016
MINSK, 20 December 2016 – An OSCE project to enhance the risk analysis and management capacity of the State Border Guard Committee of the Republic of Belarus was launched in Minsk today...
Best practices in conducting border checks discussed at regional workshop organized by OSCE Border Management Staff College
Publishing date: 21 November 2016
A five-day workshop for 16 border and customs officials from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan on best practices in conducting border checks concluded on 18 November 2016 at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe with support from the OSCE Transnational Threats Department...
Malta workshop explores ways to strengthen border security co-operation between OSCE Mediterranean Partners and participating States
Publishing date: 17 November 2016
VALETTA, 17 November 2016 – Successful models of regional co-operation to address border challenges were highlighted at a three-day OSCE workshop held in Valetta, Malta from 15 to 17 November 2016, bringing together 80 experts from national authorities and international organizations from OSCE Mediterranean Partner for Co-operation countries and OSCE participating States...
OSCE begins work with Mongolian law enforcement agencies on designing professional integrity and anti-corruption training programmes
Publishing date: 8 November 2016
ULAANBAATAR, 8 November 2016 – A four-day workshop for Mongolian law enforcement personnel focusing on ways to strengthen professional integrity and tackle corruption started today in Ulaanbaatar...