Programme Office in Astana

Highlights from the Programme Office in Astana

International Conference on Combating Transnational Cybercrime

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).

1 October 2025

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Central Asian Dialogue Platform “Women in Justice: Professional Development through Association”

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.

1 October 2025

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Empowering Young Leaders for Sustainable Futures: OSCE field operations in Central Asia launched the 15th Central Asian Leadership Programme

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.

30 September 2025

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OSCE and Kazakhstan Strengthen Ammunition Safety and Management Capacities

15 October 2025

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Training seminar on the new Water Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan

14 October 2025

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International Conference on Combating Transnational Cybercrime

1 October 2025

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Central Asian Dialogue Platform “Women in Justice: Professional Development through Association”

1 October 2025

The Programme Office at work: in pictures

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Mid-level police officers and instructors learned the fundamentals of behaviour profiling with a focus on public safety at large-scale events, Karaganda, 12 April 2017.

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A participant is honing facial features identification skills during a practical exercise of the training on risk profiling at border checkpoints, Aktobe, 29 June 2017.

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Prosecutors assume the role of journalists at the OSCE-supported seminar on effective communication between media and the law-enforcement agencies, Astana, 21 September 2017.

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Border Guards from Kazakhstan test out the density meter “Buster” on a car door during a practical exercise in Kazygurt, 26 October 2015.

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Spanish National Police experts delivering a training at OSCE-UNODC workshop, Almaty, 7 June 2017.

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Police officers from the Unit of Combating Violence against Women are discussing ways of interaction with social services providers, Astana, 24-25 November 2016.

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Participants of the training seminar are trying to identify features of a fraudulent travel document, Astana, 16 May 2017.

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A Latvian border guard shows Kazakhstan’s delegation the layout of the Accommodation Centre of Detained Foreigners in Daugavpils, Daugavpils, Latvia, 10 November 2016.

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