News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek supports Kyrgyzstan’s implementation of Biological Weapons Convention
Publishing date: 14 September 2017
The Programme Office in Bishkek supported a two-day roundtable discussion on implementation issues of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in the context of Kyrgyzstan’s National Action Plan (NAP) on 7 and 8 September in Kosh-Kol village, Issyk-Kul region...
OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek brings together Central Asian Youth Network Alumni in 2017 Reboot Camp
Publishing date: 31 August 2017
The OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek brought together thirty Central Asian Youth Network (CAYN) alumni from five Central Asian states as well as Afghanistan and Mongolia. The CAYN 2017 Reboot Camp took place on 29 August- 1 September 2017 in Bulan-Soggotu village, Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE supports trainings on introducing new course on religious cultures in Kyrgyzstan’s secondary schools
Publishing date: 30 August 2017
More than 70 school teachers and school administrative personnel took part in three training sessions on piloting teaching methods for a new school course “The basics of religious cultures”...
Programme Office in Bishkek supports training on voter identification procedures
Publishing date: 30 August 2017
From 14 August to 28 August 2017 the Programme Office in Bishkek supported a series of training sessions on voter identification procedures and other election-related matters. Twenty-five master trainers, 186 trainers as well as 500 operators and maintenance specialists from all regions of Kyrgyzstan were trained in the effective operation of the voter identification system during the upcoming October presidential elections in Kyrgyzstan. Subsequently, the trained operators and maintenance specialists will instruct over 9,500 operators, who will be engaged in voter identification on Election Day...
OSCE supports establishing advance passenger information system in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 30 August 2017
The OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek and the Action against Terrorism Unit of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department held a two-day expert meeting on establishing an Advance Passenger Information (API) system in the country, which took place in Bulan-Sogottu, Kyrgyzstan on 23 August and 24 August 2017. The expert meeting brought together more than 40 decision-makers involved in passenger information processing in the country, including border control and airport authorities, airlines, customs officers, and national security officers. It provided participants with a comprehensive understanding of the functions and benefits of API in combating terrorism and transnational crime...
OSCE supports summer camp for child victims of last year’s Dacha-Suu plane crash in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 24 August 2017
The OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek and the National Red Crescent Society of Kyrgyzstan organized a summer camp for 20 affected by the Dacha-Suu plane crash in the village of Kara Oi, in the northern Issyk Kyl region from 17 to 20 August 2017...
OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek supports training for law-enforcement bodies to ensure free, fair and transparent presidential election
Publishing date: 7 August 2017
More than 300 representatives of Kyrgyz law-enforcement bodies participated in nine training sessions from 17 July to 6 August 2017 in Bishkek, Jalal Abad, Osh, Batken and Cholpon Ata on how to ensure that the October 2017 presidential election is free, fair and transparent. The training was delivered by the Central Electoral Commission and the Civil Platform Kyrgyz Public Fund, with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek...