News and press releases

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 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

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).

On 11 September 2025, the international Central Asian Dialogue Platform titled “Women in Justice: Professional Development through Association” was held in Astana. The event was dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Constitution of Kazakhstan and organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana, in co-operation with the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan.

From 15 to 19 September 2025, the OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, in partnership with the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, launched the 15th Central Asian Leadership Programme (CALP) on Environment for Sustainable Development. The programme gathered a new generation of young leaders dedicated to advancing environmental sustainability and co-operation in the region.

Reaction concerning the safety of journalist Almedin Šišić

ERGNETI, 30 September 2025- The 127th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) took place today in Ergneti. The meeting was co-facilitated by Tibor Kozma, Deputy Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM), and Christoph Späti, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the South Caucasus.