September 2016
Training
Training for journalists “Peculiarities of the First Local Elections in United Territorial Communities within Decentralization Reform in Ukraine
On 06 - 09 September 2016, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine holds a series of regional training events for journalists concerning peculiarities of the first local elections in united territorial communities. During the training the…
Conference
Confronting discrimination against Roma and Sinti communities
This high-level OSCE event will focus on confronting increasing manifestations of racism and xenophobia against Roma and Sinti and strengthening coalition-building among political leaders to counter discrimination. The event will bring…
Conference
Open Societies under Attack: The Return of Ideology
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, will participate in the high-level seminar Open Societies Under Attack: The Return of ideology. The seminar will bring together diplomats, academics, participants from…
Training
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana concludes training seminars “Court Reporter School”
The concluding seminar aims to enhance professional skills of some 15 journalists from the “Guild of Court Reporters” on legal reporting, expand their knowledge on human rights, equip them with knowledge on how to assert their right to…
Meeting
Informal Meeting of Foreign Ministers of OSCE Participating States: ‘Facing common challenges together’
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has invited the Foreign Ministers of all OSCE participating States as well as the OSCE Secretary General and Heads of OSCE institutions to the German city of…
August 2016
Meeting
OSCE supports expert meeting on Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana will support an extended expert group meeting on promoting Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) for some 40 representatives of government, private sector, non-governmental organizations…
Conference
OSCE supports Youth Forum on role of youth in peace-building and ensuring stability in Kyrgyzstan
Youth Forum on “Role of youth in peace-building and ensuring stability in Kyrgyzstan: means of collaboration and cooperation in combating violent extremism and radicalism among youth” will gather some 50 youth and public officials from…
Training
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports Women Leadership School
30 female local council candidates from Batken and Osh regions will participate in a training course on methods, procedures and legislation held in the framework of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek-supported Women Leadership School, organized by…
Ceremony
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports a pilot project on improving municipals services delivery in Balykchy through a single window model
The Mayor’s Office of Balykchy, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the International Republican Institute (IRI) will sign a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding to support a pilot project on improving municipal service delivery in Balykchy…
Training
OSCE supports the training on data journalism
The two-day training seminar for journalists aims to provide the participants with a deeper understanding of the open data sources, data visualisation principles, data-journalism and open data processing methods. The event aims to equip…
Seminar
OSCE concludes training seminars for women entrepreneurs to promote green technologies
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana will support a training seminar on the application of green technologies for some 20 women participants living in Akmola Region’s rural areas. The event concludes the series of five training seminars on…
Roundtable
OSCE promotes women’s economic empowerment in rural areas of Kazakhstan
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana will support a roundtable discussion on promoting rural women’s entrepreneurship in Taraz, Southern Kazakhstan. Some 50 parliamentarians, representatives of the Zhambyl local administration, the regional…
Seminar
OSCE Programme Office trains notaries and advocates on countering money laundering and financing of terrorism
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana will support a training seminar on preventing money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) for some 40 designated non-financial business and professions, namely notaries and…
Training
Summer School on General Legal Theory and Teaching Methodology
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine invites the representatives of legal academia of Ukraine to participate in the “Summer School on General Legal Theory and Teaching Methodology”. The summer school will be held in Ivano-Frankivsk…
Meeting
OSCE supports preventive visits of the staff of the National Centre for the Prevention of Torture to the detention facilities in Isykkul, Naryn and Talas provinces
Staff of the National Centre of the Kyrgyz Republic for the Prevention of Torture, with support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek will conduct monitoring visits to the detention facilities in Isyk-Kul, Naryn and Talas provinces between 10 and…
Seminar
Seminar for defence lawyers on new approaches and techniques of legal defence
This training seminar is the second in a series of 2016 training events aimed at strengthening the capacity of legal community, including defence lawyers, to effectively function in accordance with novelties in criminal procedure…