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Using asset declarations by public officials to fight corruption in Central Asia focus of OSCE seminar
Publishing date: 14 May 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance
BISHKEK, 14 May 2012 – Requiring public officials to declare their assets as a way of increasing transparency and trust in public administration and preventing conflicts of interest and corruption is the theme of a two-day OSCE expert seminar that started today in Bishkek...
OSCE Academy in Bishkek launches module on economic and environmental field
Publishing date: 26 March 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Good governance, Education
BISHKEK, 26 March 2012 – Twenty-four students from Central Asia and Afghanistan – enrolled in the OSCE Academy’s newly launched Masters programme in Economic Governance and Development – started today a one-week teaching module devoted to the OSCE’s work in the economic and environmental field...
OSCE supports money-laundering risk assessment in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 13 March 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities, Countering terrorism
A three-day workshop on assessing the risk of money laundering started in Bishkek on 13 March 2012. The event was organized by the OSCE, the World Bank and the UNODC in co-operation with Kyrgyzstan’s State Financial Intelligence Service...
OSCE Academy helps Kyrgyzstan’s officials enhance skills in developing international trade policy
Publishing date: 25 November 2011
Kyrgyzstan’s international trade policy priorities were the focus of a 5-day training seminar for top governmental officials from 21 to 25 November jointly organized by the OSCE Academy in Bishkek and the National Institute of Strategic Studies...
OSCE facilitates addition of “green economy” course to university curricula in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 17 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
BISHKEK, 17 November 2011- University students in Kyrgyzstan will be able to study “green economy” in the framework of the Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) course from 2012 on, it was announced today at a conference organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek with UNDP, the Regional Ecological Centre for Central Asia and the Public Foundation “ECOIS”...
OSCE supports dialogue on responsible exploitation of mineral resources in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 10 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities
BISHKEK, 10 November 2011- An OSCE-supported open meeting to promote a constructive dialogue on the effects of exploration and mining took place in Bishkek today. Senior governmental officials, members of the parliament, representatives of non-governmental organizations, business associations, and mining companies participated...
OSCE donates minivans to Kyrgyzstan’s Interior Ministry
Publishing date: 28 October 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities