News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Social media strategies to prevent youth crime explored at OSCE workshop in Astana
Publishing date: 2 October 2025
How to strategically use social media to raise awareness about crime prevention and strengthen youth reliance to corruption and drug use was the focus of a workshop in Astana organized by the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department and the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, in co-operation with the OSCE Programme Office in Astana.
Kazakhstan strengthens inter-agency co-operation on youth crime through OSCE workshop
Publishing date: 2 October 2025
Representatives from law enforcement, social services and youth affairs institutions in Kazakhstan worked to strengthen co-operation for addressing and preventing youth crime at a workshop in Astana organized by the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department and the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, in co-operation with the OSCE Programme Office in Astana from 23 to 24 September.
Annual Chairpersonship Conference on Cyber Security took place in Helsinki
Publishing date: 2 October 2025
HELSINKI, 2 October 2025- The annual Chairpersonship Conference, Resilient Cyberspace: Principles, Partnerships, and the Path Ahead, took place in Helsinki from 30 September to 2 October 2025.
OSCE Gender Champions Award celebrates staff advancing gender equality
Publishing date: 2 October 2025
The OSCE held its sixth Gender Champions Award ceremony today at the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna, celebrating staff members and projects that have made outstanding contributions to promoting gender equality and empowering women across the Organization.
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe holds annual Partnership Platform meeting with Government of Tajikistan
Publishing date: 2 October 2025
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe (POiD) convened its annual Partnership Platform meeting on 2 October 2025, bringing together around 80 participants, including representatives of the Government of Tajikistan and OSCE staff across all three dimensions of security.
The national cyberdrill "Digital Kyrgyzstan 2025" was held in Bishkek with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek.
Publishing date: 1 October 2025
The national cyberdrill “Digital Kyrgyzstan 2025” was held in Bishkek from 24 to 26 September, organized by the Ministry of Digital Development and Innovation Technologies of the Kyrgyz Republic in cooperation with the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek and the International Telecommunication Union
International Conference on Combating Transnational Cybercrime
Publishing date: 1 October 2025
On 25-26 September 2025, Astana hosted the international conference “Combating Transnational Cybercrime: Current Trends and Directions for Counteraction”. The event was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana (the Office) in co-operation with the Ministry of Interior of Kazakhstan, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).