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OSCE field operations in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan promote co-operation among border agencies
Publishing date: 11 February 2011
Content type: Press release
What we do: Border management
BISHKEK, 11 February 2011- A five-day OSCE workshop that fostered cross-border co-operation between the Kyrgyzstan’s and Tajikistan’s border troops concluded in Bishkek today...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek holds third in a series of training courses for Afghan customs officers
Publishing date: 24 January 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Border management
BISHKEK, 24 January 2011 – A five-week training course for customs officers from Afghanistan, organized jointly by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Training Centre of the Kyrgyzstan’s State Customs Service, started in Bishkek today...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports training border officers to use Interpol database
Publishing date: 19 December 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism, Policing
BISHKEK, 20 December 2010- A training course for Kyrgyz border troops officers from remote border checkpoints in south Kyrgyzstan on the practical use of the Interpol database, organized by the Interpol National Central Bureau with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, started today in Bishkek...
OSCE Centre supports anti-trafficking training for border guard officials and transport police
Publishing date: 16 December 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 17 December 2010- An OSCE-supported training seminar for border guards, transport police officers and civil society representatives on the identification of human trafficking victims and inter-agency cooperation took place today with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek.
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports training of customs officials in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 15 December 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Border management
JALAL-ABAD, Kyrgyzstan, 16 December 2010- A training course for 65 customs officers from two cities in southern Kyrgyzstan, organized by the State Customs Service's Training Centre with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, was held in Jalal-Abad today...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek trains Afghan customs officers
Publishing date: 12 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Border management, Policing
BISHKEK, 12 November 2010- A five-week course on anti-smuggling, duty collection, ethics and narcotics searches for 14 customs officers from Afghanistan, held with support from the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, concluded today...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports international customs standards in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 13 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Border management, Education
BISHKEK, 13 September 2010- A four-week training course for 38 newly recruited customs officers in Kyrgyzstan, organized by the State Customs Service of Kyrgyzstan and the OSCE Centre's Customs Training Development Project, started in Bishkek today...