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  • Strengthening Youth Crime and Drug use Prevention through OSCE-Organized Workshop in Nur-Sultan

    On 17 March 2022, a first need assessment workshop on strengthening youth crime and drug use prevention took place in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. The workshop was organized by the Transnational Threats Department and the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities in cooperation with the OSCE Academy in Bishkek.

    18 March, 2022

  • Public Lecture on the Impact of COVID-19 on the Central Asian Water Sector

    On 15 March 2022, Dr. Kinga Szálkai, Associate Professor at the Institute of Social Sciences and International Relations, Budapest Metropolitan University, and Associate Research Fellow at the OSCE Academy, delivered a Public Lecture on "Central Asian Water Cooperation after COVID-19: Could the Pandemic Challenge the Achievements of the Recent ‘Water Thaw’?”

    15 March, 2022

  • Guest Lecture titled “Threats, opportunities and challenges of AI counter terrorism”

    On 14 of March 2022, the OSCE Academy in Bishkek e-hosted the guest lecture by Mr. Odhran McCarthy, Programme Officer at the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) titled ‘Threats, opportunities and challenges of AI counter terrorism.’ This lecture was a part of the course ‘Contemporary Security Issues’ taught by Dr Elena Zhirukhina within MA Programme in Politics and Security.

    14 March, 2022

  • Strengthening Youth Crime and Drug use Prevention through OSCE-Organized Workshop in Tashkent

    On 9 March 2022, the Transnational Threats Department and the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities in co-operation with the OSCE Academy in Bishkek organized a workshop on “Strengthening Youth Crime and Drug use Prevention” in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

    11 March, 2022

  • Delegation from Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University visits the OSCE Academy

    On 9 March 2022 the OSCE Academy welcomed a Delegation from the Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University for a meeting following the signing ceremony of the Cooperation Agreement on 28 February 2022. Prof. Dr. Serhat Burmaoglu, Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Emin Erendor, Head of the International Relations Department, Prof. Dr. Yunus Emre Gurbuz, Director of the Central Asian Research Centre, and Prof. Nuri Korkmaz, Associate Professor of International Relations, met the OSCE Academy Management and discussed the plans and the areas for potential cooperation.

    9 March, 2022

  • Regional Manager of Border Management Programme in Central Asia delivered a lecture at the OSCE Academy

    On 7 of March 2022, Mr. Maris Domins, Colonel, Regional Manager of Border Management Programme in Central Asia, Phase 10 (BOMCA10), delivered the lecture ‘Effective border and migration management as important aspect for public safety and regional development in Central Asia’ at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek. This lecture was a part of the course ‘Contemporary Security Issues’ taught by Dr Elena Zhirukhina within MA Programme in Politics and Security.

    7 March, 2022

  • Academy's Visiting Professor delivers a Lecture at the University of Texas

    On 1 March 2022, Dr. Anja Mihr, DAAD Associate Professor at the OSCE Academy, gave an online guest lecture on "30 years independence from the Soviet Union: Central Asia at the Crossroad between Democracy and Autocracy" at the University of Texas, Austin. Dr. Anja Mihr provided an overview of democratic transitions and transformation processes in Central Asian countries since 1991.

    2 March, 2022

  • Strengthening Youth Crime and Drug use Prevention through OSCE-Organized Workshop in Dushanbe

    On 1 March 2022 the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities and the OSCE Transnational Threats Department in cooperation with the OSCE Academy in Bishkek organized a Workshop on “Strengthening Youth Crime and Drug use Prevention” in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

    1 March, 2022

  • OSCE Academy in Bishkek and Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University signed an Academic Cooperation Agreement

    On 28 February 2022, Dr. Alexander Wolters, Director of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, and Prof. Dr. Alpaslan Ceylan, Rector, and Prof. Dr. Asylbek Kulmurzaev, Co-President of the Kyrgyz Turkish Manas University, signed an Academic Cooperation Agreement. The Agreement is designed to foster research and academic collaborations between the two institutions.

    28 February, 2022

  • Project Coordinator of the LEICA gave a lecture at the OSCE Academy

    On 21 of February 2022, Mr. Giorgi Beridze, Lieutenant-Colonel, Project Coordinator of the Law Enforcement in Central Asia (LEICA), visited the OSCE Academy in Bishkek to meet students of MA Programme in Politics and Security and deliver the lecture ‘First EU Project on Counter Terrorism and Combating Radical Extremism in Central Asia.’

    22 February, 2022

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