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OSCE Centre in Bishkek and Swiss OSCE Chairmanship present priorities for 2014 co-operation
Publishing date: 29 January 2014
Ambassador Sergey Kapinos, Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, and René Holenstein, Ambassador of Switzerland to the Kyrgyz Republic representing the Swiss Chairmanship-in-Office, presented priorities of their co-operation on 29 January 2014 in Bishkek...
OSCE holds training courses for Kyrgyz customs officers
Publishing date: 24 December 2013
An OSCE-supported basic training course for 30 newly recruited Kyrgyz customs offices concluded on 27 December 2013 in Leninskoe village near Bishkek...
OSCE boosts travel document security in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 19 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Border management
BISHKEK, 19 December 2013 – A renovated training room, computer equipment and study materials to be used in delivering courses on identifying forged travel documents were presented by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek to the State Border Service of Kyrgyzstan today. The ceremony marked the completion of a capacity-building course on travel document security.
OSCE supports opening of training centre for Kyrgyz and Afghan customs officers
Publishing date: 1 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Border management
LENINSKOE, Kyrgyzstan, 1 November 2013- An opening ceremony of a training centre for customs officers from Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan took place today in Leninskoe village near Bishkek. In 2013 and 2014, some 360 officers will be trained in the new centre established with the OSCE support...
OSCE Centre and Kyrgyz State Custom Service agree to establish training centre for Kyrgyz and Afghani custom officers
Publishing date: 9 September 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
The OSCE Centre and the State Customs Service (SCS) of the Kyrgyz Republic signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Bishkek, on 9 September 2013, on establishing a training centre for Kyrgyzstan’s and Afghanistan’s customs officers...
‘Snow Leopards’ in Kyrgyzstan receive support from OSCE
Publishing date: 4 September 2013
On 4 September 2013 the OSCE Centre in Bishkek provided Kyrgyzstan’s Defence Ministry with an obstacle course for training anti-terrorism unit officers and donated equipment for mountain patrolling in Osh, Southern Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE supports resource centre on border demarcation in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 1 February 2013