June 2014
Roundtable
Good practices to enhance implementation of preventive measures of the terrorist bombings convention
This roundtable seminar aims to raise awareness and to share experiences to better implement preventive measures of the international legal framework against terrorism. The event will be led by experts from Belgium, Spain, United Kingdom…
Roundtable
Panel discussion, Challenges for media freedom on the local level
The discussion is initiated by Local Press, an association of local independent media, due to the new forms of violations of media freedoms on the local level that have been spotted in the Local Press’ recent reports on state of media…
Conference
The OSCE and Human Rights Defenders: The Budapest Document 20 Years On
At the Budapest Summit in 1994, the OSCE participating States confirmed that respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, democracy and the rule of law is an essential component of security and co-operation in the region. They…
Training
Training on information security for law enforcement
This training will be delivered in two sessions: Session 1: 9-13 June Session 2: 16-20 June. The first session aims at providing a basic understanding of techniques behind different cyber attacks and experience with tools to better secure…
Roundtable
Roundtable discussion to further enhance Kazakhstan’s political party system
This roundtable will bring together political-party leaders, government officials, experts and representatives of civil society to discuss ways to enhance the country’s political party system. The respective recommendations proposed by…
Roundtable
Discussion of the Constitutional Reform with political parties
Political parties will gather to discuss the draft concept paper on constitutional reform prepared by the Specialized Commission on Constitutional Reforms under the President of Armenia.
Seminar
Seminars for police officers on combating domestic violence
The training seminar “Prevention of Domestic Violence – Tendencies and Issues” will be held for Division of Women’s Protection against Violence inspectors of the Interior Ministry, in Kokshetau. It is aimed at building capacity of regional…
Seminar
Regional seminar “Means and opportunities for civil society organizations to participate in the legislative process”
The seminar aims to train civil society representatives from Astana, Karaganda, Kokshetau, Kostanay, Pavlodar and Petropavlovsk on how to properly handle requests to the Parliament and ways to enhance their co-operation with parliamentary…
Workshop
Global Mediterranean: A New Agenda for Multilateral Security Co-operation
This event brings together an initial core group of some twenty among academics, researchers from the think tank world, civil society representatives, as well as governmental and international organization officials from a plurality of…
Meeting
39th meeting of European Platform of Regulatory Authorities
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, will attend the 39th meeting of the European Platform of Regulatory Authorities (EPRA). The meeting will address key challenges to media regulation and will gather 150…
Seminar
Regional Seminar “Confidence- and Security-Building Measures: Implementing the Vienna Document 2011”
The seminar will promote the implementation of international treaties and agreements in the field of arms control in Central Asia, increase understanding and raise the role of Confidence- and Security-Building Measures, while taking into…
Meeting
Presentation of the Ombudsman’s 2013 Annual Report
As part of its activities on capacity-building of the National Human Rights Institutions in Kazakhstan, the OSCE Centre in Astana co-organizes a public presentation of Ombudsman’s 2013 Annual report. The event is aimed at sharing detailed…
Training
Trainings for ministries on regulatory guillotine
The training programme aims at introducing the Regulatory Guillotine review process, the review checklist, good and bad practices of regulating markets to representatives of state agencies and Ministries.
Ceremony
OSCE Centre in Bishkek to give books to children with special needs
The OSCE Police Matters Programme under the Community Policing Project in co-operation with the Education Department of the Bishkek City Mayor’s Office will on 1 June 2014 distribute books to children with special needs. This campaign…
May 2014
Conference
Public policy and regulation of the press in Morocco
The Principal Adviser to the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Juan Barata, will participate in an international conference on public policy and regulation of the press in Morocco, hosted by the Moroccan National Human Rights…
Roundtable
Roundtable on issues related to children in conflict with law
The roundtable held within the project on Promoting Child-friendly Justice Standards and Crime Prevention aims to engage state and non-state actors and mobilize all relevant resources for the best interest of the child. Event participants…