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OSCE in Bishkek hosts meeting on dispute resolution for small enterprises
Publishing date: 12 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
BISHKEK, 12 November 2003- More than 70 participants from Central Asia took part in an OSCE Conference in the Kyrgyz capital, dealing with the importance of dispute resolution in the creation of a favourable business environment for SMEs in
OSCE Academy calls for applications for new regional security studies course in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 7 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
BISHKEK, 7 November 2003- The OSCE Centre and the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, today announced the start of the first masters programme on comprehensive security issues in Central Asia. The Academy called for applications from...
OSCE Centre co-organizes festival on environmental journalism in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 21 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 21 October 2003- A week-long event to promote and encourage environmental journalism in Central Asia and to increase public access to environmental information has started today in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe. The Third Central Asian...
OSCE and Kyrgyzstan sign agreement on implementing first major police assistance programme in Central Asia
Publishing date: 7 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
BISHKEK, 7 August 2003- The Kyrgyz Government has signed a key agreement today with the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, launching a comprehensive OSCE police assistance programme aimed at establishing community policing, improving the quality of criminal...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office says continued dialogue needed in Central Asia
Publishing date: 17 July 2003
Content type: Press release
THE HAGUE, 17 July 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, returned from a five-day visit to Central Asia convinced that there is no alternative to continued dialogue with the Central Asian...
OSCE meeting promotes co-operation on dealing with labor migration in Central Asia
Publishing date: 24 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
ISSYK-KUL, Kyrgyzstan, 24 June 2003- Government representatives and high-ranking officials from four Central Asian states and the Russian Federation are meeting in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan, today in an effort to improve co-operation in dealing with...
OSCE/ODIHR Director discusses prospects for future co-operation with Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 13 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
WARSAW, 13 June 2003- During a visit to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan this week, the Director of the OSCE/ODIHR discussed prospects for future co-operation with the two Central Asian republics.