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Transport matters in focus at OSCE meeting in Astana
Publishing date: 12 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Border management
ASTANA, 12 October 2009- A conference to prepare for the 18th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum opened today in Astana with 170 participants discussing how to promote good governance at border crossings, and improve land transportation security...
OSCE Centre in Astana hosts meeting on trade barriers and transport security
Publishing date: 11 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Border management
ASTANA, 11 August 2009- Experts and officials discussed gaps and needs in trade and transport policy and perspectives for transit transport development in the region during an OSCE-supported meeting that ended in Astana today...
OSCE Centre co organizes training seminar for Kazakhstan's Border Service
Publishing date: 20 July 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Border management
MERKE, 20 July 2009- A three-day training seminar for Kazakhstani Border Service officials, co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana, began today in Merke, a city on Kazakhstan's southern border with Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE field presences in Central Asia discuss border-related activities
Publishing date: 17 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
BISHKEK, 17 July 2008- OSCE border-related activities and co-operation between its field presences in five Central Asian states was the focus of a two-day workshop that ended today...
OSCE hosts Central Asia legal workshop to help boost fight against organized crime
Publishing date: 9 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
ALMATY, 9 July 2008- International legal experts joined 68 counterparts from Central Asia, Afghanistan and Ukraine today at an OSCE-hosted workshop focusing on confiscating criminal assets, combating money laundering...
OSCE Centre supports course on border management in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 6 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Border management
MERKE, Kazakhstan, 6 June 2008- Passport control, countering human trafficking and new techniques used to check vehicles were among the topics at an OSCE-supported training course for Kazakh border guards that ends in Merke today...
OSCE Centre enhances professionalism of Kazakhstan's border guards
Publishing date: 16 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Border management
KORDAI, Kazakhstan,16 November 2007- Facilitating legal and controlled border crossings through better border management was the aim of a five-day workshop for Kazakh officials organized by the OSCE Centre that ended today...