News and press releases

An OSCE-supported three-day seminar on water governance and climate security in Central Asia concluded on 29 September 2021 in Almaty. The event was attended by some 30 young civil servants, students and representatives of government organizations responsible for climate change policy and water resources management in Central Asia and Afghanistan.

Two online seminars concluded on 24 September 2021 in Nur-Sultan. One seminar was on the characteristics of cyberattacks and the other on investigating criminal cases related to Internet fraud.

On 25 September 2021, the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan concluded a six-day training course on traditional felt making for rural women in the Aral Sea region of Kazakhstan, in Aralsk city, Kyzylorda province.

An OSCE-supported online seminar on water treatment and sanitation in Kazakhstan took place on 22 September 2021. Some 40 representatives of local administrations, project engineers, non-governmental organizations and the private sector from the Aktobe, Karaganda and Turkestan regions participated in the event...

Two OSCE-supported video courses on anti-money laundering and combating human trafficking were launched on 20 September 2021. The curricula, developed in partnership with the U.S. Embassy in Kazakhstan, is aimed at building training capacity of the Law Enforcement Agencies Academy under the Prosecutor’s General Office.

On 18 September 2021, the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan handed over a specialized unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to Altyn-Emel national park. The handover took place at the park administration’s headquarters in Baschi village, the Almaty region and included the official signing of a donation agreement.

On 23 September 2021, the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan concluded a two-day training course on countering the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD).