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Role of female police officers in focus at OSCE Centre in Bishkek-supported international training-conference
Publishing date: 3 March 2016
BISHKEK, 3 March 2016 – The role of women police in the modern world and in Kyrgyzstan is the focus of a two-day international training-conference co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek to mark five years of the establishment of the Kyrgyz Association of Women Police and its membership of the International Association of Women Police...
OSCE strengthens community policing in Kyrgyzstan through donation of vehicles to the Interior Ministry
Publishing date: 4 February 2016
BISHKEK, 4 February 2016- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek handed over 18 all-terrain vehicles today to Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Interior as part of its police reform programme to build the capacity of the country’s authorities in the area of community policing...
OSCE concludes Community Security Initiative project in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 11 December 2015
BISHKEK, 11 December 2015 – The closing ceremony of the OSCE’s Community Security Initiative (CSI) project took place in Bishkek today with the participation of Kyrgyz officials, donor countries and international organizations...
OSCE and Kyrgyzstan sign memorandum on reforming law enforcement and other government agencies
Publishing date: 21 July 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
The Kyrgyz Government and the OSCE Centre in Bishkek signed a memorandum of understanding on reforming of law enforcement bodies and governmental agencies dealing with internal affairs, national security, economic crimes, the penal system, customs, the frontier service, financial intelligence and
People’s trust in police improved, says the OSCE-supported public opinion survey
Publishing date: 21 July 2015
The results of a public opinion survey indicate that people have greater trust in the police. A survey carried out by the El-Pikir Centre of Public Opinion Study and Forecasting examined people’s perception of the police work across Kyrgyzstan and was presented on 17 July 2015...
OSCE supports training on safety of journalists
Publishing date: 8 July 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Education, Media freedom and development, Policing
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the Kyrgyz Ministry of Interior conducted two one-day training sessions for media representatives on journalists’ safety during reporting on political and social unrest. The trainings were held on 6 July in Bishkek and on 7 July in Osh...
Osh city police and OSCE Centre in Bishkek mark International Children’s Day with awareness-raising event
Publishing date: 2 June 2015
To mark International Children’s Day, on 1 June 2015, The Osh city police, in co-operation with the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, organized an awareness-raising event for children and their parents called “My security”...