On 14 January 2025, the OSCE Academy hosted a guest lecture by Dr. Payám Foroughi, an Assistant Professor of International Relations and Security Studies, from the College of International Studies, at American University of Iraq - Baghdad. The lecture was opened by Dr. Pal Dunay, Interim Director at the OSCE Academy.

Dr. Almakan Orozobekova, who is currently working in the Research and Training Department of the OSCE Academy, has had a year of highlights. She completed her secondment to Lund University in Sweden within the framework of the project “Non-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective” in spring of 2024. Later, in fall she became the Coordinator of the OSCE Network for Women Professionals on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism (P/CVERLT) in Central Asia. She was a speaker at the Second Meeting of the Central Asia Regional Expert Council on Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Returnees, hosted by the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan in Tashkent and co-organized by the OSCE, UNOCT and UNRCCA in November 2024.

On 10 December, 2024, the OSCE Academy, supported by Right Livelihood, held a workshop in honour of Human Rights Day, marking the 76th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Dr. Pal Dunay, Interim Director of the OSCE Academy, welcomed the guests.

On 5 December 2024, the OSCE Academy in Bishkek, in collaboration with the Central Asian Alliance to End Gender-Based Violence (CA Alliance) and UN Women, hosted an event as part of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign.