News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports finalization of the instruction for inter-agency coordination of activities on prevention of domestic violence and service providing to victims
Publishing date: 20 August 2025
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe supported the Committee on Women and Family Affairs under the Government of Tajikistan in holding a two-day workshop of the Working Group on 19 and 20 August 2025. The event focused on finalizing an OSCE-commissioned instruction on inter-agency co-ordination of activities aimed at preventing domestic violence and providing services to victims.
Call for application for selection of the Implementing Partner for the execution of the project “Supporting and Strengthening the Women’s Resource Centres in Tajikistan”
Publishing date: 19 August 2025
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe (POiD) invites national public organizations operating in the Republic of Tajikistan to participate in an open competitive selection process for the implementation of an OSCE POiD project aimed at effectively and sustainably addressing gender-based violence and economically empowering women and girls in the Vahdat district.
OSCE Advances Knowledge of Tajik Specialists in Investment Promotion
Publishing date: 18 August 2025
From 14 to 17 August, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Programme Office in Dushanbe held a training on Investment Promotion Techniques and Business Etiquette for 20 mid– to senior-level specialists (5 female and 15 male) from the State Committee on Investment and State Property Management.
Ukraine appoints three experts following invocation of the OSCE’s Moscow Mechanism
Publishing date: 18 August 2025
On 24 July 2025 and following consultation with Ukraine, 41 OSCE participating States invoked the Moscow Mechanism “on violations and abuses of human rights and violations of IHL, including possible cases of war crimes and crimes against humanity, related to the treatment of Ukrainian POWs by the
Central Asia and Türkiye Youth Talks: Fostering Regional Dialogue, Co-operation, and Innovation
Publishing date: 18 August 2025
On 11-18 August 2025, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe in co-operation with the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan and with the support of the regional youth Network by Consensus conducted a Central Asia (CA) and Türkiye Youth Talks in Istanbul, Türkiye.
Central Asia and Türkiye Youth Talks: Fostering Regional Dialogue, Co-operation, and Innovation
Publishing date: 18 August 2025
On 11-18 August 2025, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe in co-operation with the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan and with the support of the regional youth Network by Consensus conducted a Central Asia (CA) and Türkiye Youth Talks in Istanbul,
PCUz supported organisation of 8th Central Asian Expert Forum
Publishing date: 15 August 2025
The 8th Central Asian Expert Forum (CAEF) took place on 14–15 August 2025 in Tashkent. This year’s theme “Central Asia – a Common Space of Trust, Security and Sustainable Development” brought together over 100 experts, policy-makers, and diplomats to discuss regional dialogue and cooperation across