January 2018

Meeting
1st Preparatory Meeting of the 26th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum
“Promoting economic progress and security in the OSCE area through innovation, human capital development, and good public and corporate governance”

Meeting
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office addresses Permanent Council in Vienna
Address by the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy Angelino Alfano at the OSCE Permanent Council in his capacity as the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, outlining the priorities of Italy's 2018 OSCE Chairmanship.
December 2017
Workshop
Training workshop on identifying risks related to the use of cryptocurrencies
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana will support a workshop on identifying the risks related to the use of cryptocurrencies for some 20 representatives of the National Bank of Kazakhstan. The event will contribute to raising awareness on…
Meeting
Safety of Female Journalists Online (#SOFJO) High-level Panel and Exhibition
To highlight the work the Office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) has undertaken in 2017 on safety of female journalists online, the Office will co-host, together with the Permanent Delegation of Sweden to the OSCE, a…
Conference
2017 International Migrants Day: Perception is not reality - Towards a new narrative of migration
The high-level panel discussion will provide a unique opportunity to discuss perceptions and realities of migration with the OSCE Secretary General, Ambassador Thomas Greminger and the Director General of the International Organization for…
Conference
Current security challenges and mapping security policy of Kyrgyzstan
The OSCE Programme Office and the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic will hold the International Conference on Advancing National Interests of Kyrgyzstan through Improving Security Sector Governance…

Conference
#OSCEyouth: Regional Connectivity & Millennials
Conference on Youth Connectivity in the Western Balkans
Workshop
Workshop on police ethics and professional standards for police station commanders
The OSCE Mission to Skopje, in co-operation with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, launched today a workshop on the role of the police station commanders in supporting the principles of police ethics and professional standards. The event in…
Conference
Impunity for murders of journalists: A challenge to freedom of the media
Last year, the number of threats against individual journalists and media outlets, reached a record high. The OSCE RFoM has seen a sharp increase in cases of intimidation and harassment of female journalists. In over 90% of cases of…
Conference
Anti-corruption conference
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana will support an international conference on modern anti-corruption standards and international co-operation development for some 250 representatives, including high-level government officials and…
Workshop
Workshop on integrity, transparency and accountability for municipal administration
The workshop, which is the last of the six in total planned for 2017, aims at increasing knowledge of the municipal administration staff on the requirements of the integrity policy model to promote transparency and accountability at local…

Ministerial council
24th OSCE Ministerial Council
The Ministerial Council is the central decision-making and governing body of the OSCE. The meeting, held annually, provides the Foreign Ministers of the 57 OSCE participating States an opportunity to review and assess the Organization’s…
Workshop
Human Rights Communication 2.0
Communicating effectively about human rights in the 21st century – this is what Human Rights Communication 2.0 is about. Organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in partnership with the Central…
Training
Training on education policy development for the Working Group on Integrated Education
The Mission, in co-operation with the Ministry of Education and Science, organizes training for members of the Ministry's Working Group on Integrated Education, who will be trained on drafting policy papers and developing concrete action…
November 2017
Conference
14th German-Russian Media Forum
The Office will participate in the 14th German-Russian Media Forum titled "In the jungle of the Truth: Filter bubbles and echo cameras vs. constructive discourse". See more at: http://www.medienforum.ru/.
Seminar
Seminar on public participation in the law-making process in Kazakhstan
An OSCE-supported seminar on public participation in the law-making process will take place on 30 November 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan. The event will bring together some 30 representatives of civil society, political parties, trade unions…