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Lectures in southern Kazakhstan highlight OSCE principles and values
Publishing date: 8 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Democratization
SHYMKENT, Kazakhstan, 8 October 2009- A second series of lectures about OSCE principles and values, as well as Kazakhstan's commitments and priorities ahead of its 2010 OSCE Chairmanship, continued today with a lecture in Shymkent...
OSCE Centre organizes workshop to encourage public participation in environmental decision-making
Publishing date: 2 July 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
URALSK, 2 July 2009-A workshop organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana that concluded today in Uralsk in western Kazakhstan aimed to develop co-operation and foster trust in the field of environmental decision-making among regional authorities...
OSCE Centre co-organizes workshop on transparency in the oil, gas and mining, industries
Publishing date: 15 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Environmental activities
AKTAU, 15 June 2009- An OSCE Centre co-organized two-day workshop on transparency and public participation in decision-making in extractive industries, such as oil, gas and mining, opened today in Aktau in western Kazakhstan...
OSCE Centre promotes international standards on freedom of assembly legislation in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 4 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Rule of law
ALMATY, 4 June 2009- A roundtable discussion on reforming Kazakhstan's legislation on freedom of assembly was held in Almaty today...
OSCE trains human rights defenders in Kazakhstan on monitoring freedom of assembly
Publishing date: 1 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
ASTANA, 1 June 2009- A four-day training course for human rights defenders in Kazakhstan on how to monitor and report on the freedom of assembly, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), began in Astana...
Role of democratization in regional security discussed at OSCE-supported conference in Almaty
Publishing date: 28 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Democratization
ALMATY, 28 May 2009- Democratization processes in the context of OSCE's comprehensive approach to security and the role of the OSCE in promoting human rights was the topic of a conference today, supported by the OSCE Centre in Astana...
OSCE Centre assists in development of local model of sustainable production and consumption in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 3 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Environmental activities, Education
ASTANA, 3 April 2009- A two-day workshop, co-organized by the OSCE Centre, to assist the government to develop a Kazakhstani model of environmentally sustainable production and consumption started in Astana today...