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  • Joint Review of the Sector of Higher Professional Education of the Kyrgyz Republic

    On 27 March 2023, Acting Director of the OSCE Academy, Dr. Indira Satarkulova, took part in the event dedicated to the joint review of the higher professional education sector “Towards a transformation of the higher education system in the Kyrgyz Republic.”

    27 March, 2023

  • 2nd Short-term Course on Introduction to East Asian Politics

    On 13-17 March 2023, the second short-term course on Introduction to East Asian Politics was organized at the OSCE Academy. The course brought together students majoring in Chinese language studies/Chinese studies from universities located in Bishkek.

    23 March, 2023

  • Students learn more about European-Russian Energy Relations

    On 16 March 2023, Dr. Marc Ozawa, Research Division, NATO Defense College, delivered a guest lecture on European-Russian Energy Relations to MA students of the Academy.

    16 March, 2023

  • Cooperation between the OSCE Academy and DAAD

    On 14 March 2023, Heiko Schmidt, Head of the Department for Scholarship Programs in Eastern Europe, Central Asia and South Caucasus at the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), visited the OSCE Academy to discuss the continuation of cooperation between the DAAD and the OSCE Academy in Bishkek.

    14 March, 2023

  • Guest Lecture on Implementing the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture (OPCAT) in the Kyrgyz Republic

    On 13 March 2023, Mr. Bakyt Rysbekov, Director of the National Centre of the Kyrgyz Republic on Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (the National Centre), and Mr. Bakytbek Kasymkulov, Head of the Department for Control and Coordination of the National Centre, gave a guest lecture on 'Implementing the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture (OPCAT) in the Kyrgyz Republic: The situation with torture in the Kyrgyz Republic' to students of the MA Programme in Politics and Security.

    14 March, 2023

  • Guest lecture on the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture

    On 27 February 2023, Dr. Matthew Pringle, a British/Canadian human rights consultant, delivered a guest lecture on ‘The Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture (OPCAT): An International Human Rights Instrument for the Protection of All’ to students of the MA Programme in Politics and Security. This lecture was a part of the course ‘Contemporary Security Issues’ taught by Dr. Elena Zhirukhina.

    28 February, 2023

  • Presentation of the Report on the OSCE and Central Asia in the Context of the Crisis in Afghanistan and the War in Ukraine

    On 24 February 2023, the OSCE Academy organized an online event where Dr. Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham, and Co-Coordinator of the OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions, presented the report “The OSCE and Central Asia: Options for engagement in the context of the crisis in Afghanistan and the war in Ukraine.”

    24 February, 2023

  • Graduation Ceremony for Class of 2021-2023

    On 17 February 2023, the OSCE Academy had its Graduation Ceremony for students of the MA Programmes in Politics & Security and Economic Governance & Development 2021-2023. Overall 25 graduates from Afghanistan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan received their degrees.

    20 February, 2023

  • OSCE Academy MA Programme Receives International Accreditation

    The OSCE Academy MA Programme in Economic Governance and Development has received international accreditation from the Agency for Quality Assurance in Education "EdNet."

    8 February, 2023

  • Guest Lecture on Financial Literacy

    On 7 February 2023, Kubanych Musuraliev, Head of Financial Literacy Department of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic, delivered a guest lecture on "Financial Literacy and Financial Success" to students of the BA Programme and MA Programmes of the OSCE Academy.

    7 February, 2023

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