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OSCE supports training webinar on best practices in protection of whistleblowers
Publishing date: 29 March 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
An OSCE-supported online training webinar on the protection of whistleblowers concluded in Nur-Sultan on 26 March 2021. The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan organized the event in partnership with the Anti-corruption Agency of Kazakhstan...
OSCE organizes workshop in Kazakhstan on law enforcement agencies’ responses to COVID-19 pandemic
Publishing date: 18 March 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
Law enforcement agencies’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and international best practices were the focus of an online OSCE workshop for Ministry of internal affairs officials, law enforcement officers and health authorities in Kazakhstan held on 18 March 2021.
OSCE conducts Safer Communities in Kazakhstan Forum
Publishing date: 12 March 2021
The OSCE-supported “Safer Communities in Kazakhstan” Forum took place on 12 March 2021 in Nur-Sultan. The event focused on unifying the efforts of government bodies and NGOs in developing sustainable and safe communities in Kazakhstan.
OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan co-organizes international conference marking the 10th anniversary of the OSCE Astana Summit
Publishing date: 1 March 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
An OSCE-supported international online conference “OSCE Astana Summit 2010: Historical Significance and Relevance” was held on 19 February 2021. The event was organized by the Library of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – the Leader of the Nation (Elbasy), together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan and the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan.
OSCE supports international roundtable discussion on combating human trafficking and labour exploitation in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 29 January 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
Strengthening organizational mechanisms and promoting co-operation in addressing labour exploitation in Kazakhstan and other OSCE participating States was the focus of an online international roundtable discussion, which concluded on 29 January 2021.
OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan supplies Forestry and Wildlife Committee with an unmanned aerial vehicle
Publishing date: 7 January 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
On 5 January 2021, the OSCE Programme Office handed over a specialized unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to the East-Kazakhstan Regional Territorial Forestry and Wildlife Inspection during the signing of a loan agreement.
OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan supplies Border Academy with devices for verifying travel document authenticity
Publishing date: 28 December 2020
The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan handed over 25 devices for verifying travel document authenticity during the signing of a donation agreement with the Border Academy of the Committee for National Security of Kazakhstan on 25 December 2020 in Almaty. The Academy will use the devices to train its current and future border controllers to identify forged travel documents.