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OSCE-supported Entrepreneurship Support Centre in Kyrgyzstan opens in Issyk-Kul province
Publishing date: 14 November 2019
The fourth Entrepreneurship Support Centre (ESC) in Kyrgyzstan opened on 12 November 2019 in Karakol...
OSCE supports capacity building training of K-9 officers of law enforcement bodies in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 25 October 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities, Border management, Countering terrorism
More than 25 canine officers (K-9) of the State Committee for National Security, Ministry of Interior and the State Customs Services (KSCS) completed OSCE-supported advanced train–the-trainers courses at the World Customs Organization’s Regional Training Centre in Bishkek from 7 to 25 October 2019...
Kyrgyzstan hosts the third international trade exhibition “South-Expo 2019”
Publishing date: 12 September 2019
Promoting regional trade and co-operation in the Central Asian region is an important part of the OSCE’s confidence building in the area of economic and environmental activities. Over 1,500 entrepreneurs arrived in Osh to participate at the third international trade exhibition “South-Expo”, a two-day event that concluded on 12 September 2019...
Thirty young entrepreneurs complete OSCE-supported mini-MBA course in Osh, Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 15 July 2019
Thirty young entrepreneurs completed the first-ever four-week ”Mini-MBA” in Business Management, initiated by the Entrepreneurship Support Centre (ESC) in Osh with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, on 12 July 2019...
OSCE together with UNODA helps strengthen capacity and preparedness of Central Asian states to respond to deliberate use of biological weapons
Publishing date: 26 June 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
A capacity building workshop for Central Asian states entitled “Strengthening National, Sub-Regional and International Capacities to Prepare for and Respond to Deliberate Use of Biological Weapons” in the framework of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) was conducted from 26 to 27 June 2019 in Bishkek. The workshop was organized by UNODA’s Implementation Support Unit of the BWC in co-operation with the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek and the Ministry of Economy of Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE provides platform for young experts from CIS countries to discuss sustainable development and digitalization
Publishing date: 21 June 2019
The annual International Summer School “Sustainable Development of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Member States through Dialogue and Digitalization” is taking place from 18 to 23 June 2019 in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE helps open Entrepreneurship Support Centres across Southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 21 May 2019
On 15 and 17 May 2019 the Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, Ambassador Pierre von Arx, together with local authorities, members of the Kyrgyz Parliament and entrepreneurs, opened two new Entrepreneurship Support Centres (ECS) in the cities of Djalal-Abad and Batken, southern Kyrgyzstan.