On 11 December 2023, the OSCE Academy hosted a Youth Conference, dedicated to Human Rights Day and the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The event, supported by the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek in collaboration with the Academy, was opened by Dr. Indira Satarkulova, Acting Director of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek.
11 December, 2023
On 7 Dec 2023, Dr. Anja Mihr, MAHRS Programme Supervisor at the OSCE Academy, received the Human Rights in Higher Education International Award for her work in teaching and training young academics in Human Rights.
8 December, 2023
On 07 December 2023, Pengshan Pan, an Associate Research Fellow at the OSCE Academy and a doctoral candidate at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, delivered a public lecture on 'Irrigation and Insurgency: Can Public Infrastructure Mitigate Climate-Induced Conflict in Afghanistan?'
8 December, 2023
On 7 December 2023, Marine Constant, Human Rights Advisor and Capacity Building Coordinator, together with Christina Kelly, Assistant Project Officer, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), conducted a Starlight Stadium Playtest for students of the MA Programme in Human Rights and Sustainability and MA Programme in Politics and Security at the OSCE Academy.
7 December, 2023
On 27 November 2023, the OSCE Academy was honored to welcome Ms. Mahri Bashimova, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, and Mr. Gadam Besherov, Second Secretary, Department of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan who paid the first courtesy visit to the OSCE Academy.
28 November, 2023
On 23 November 2023, Dr. Baurzhan Rakhmetov, a Visiting Lecturer at the OSCE Academy and an Assistant Professor at Maqsut Narikbayev University, delivered a public lecture on 'Unleashing AI in the Digital Age: Implications of Content Moderation for Human Rights.'
23 November, 2023
On 17 November 2023, the OSCE Academy held Open House Day for Bishkek-based applicants. Dr. Indira Satarkulova, Acting Director of the OSCE Academy, welcomed the participants of the information session and gave an overview of activities of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek.
17 November, 2023
On 10 November 2023, the OSCE Academy hosted an intellectual quiz, 'Youth QUIZ,' organized by the SDI Public Foundation and members of the UN Youth Advisory Council. The event was held within the Youth Day in the Kyrgyz Republic. Thirty-three young people gathered for an active discussion of key issues regarding the role of youth in achieving sustainable development.
16 November, 2023
On 14 November 2023, an Alumni Chapter Meeting was held in Vienna, Austria. The event brought together 15 alumni and students for a meeting with Dr. Indira Satarkulova, Acting Director of the OSCE Academy, and H.E. Ambassador Alexey Rogov, Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, along with his team members, Seraina Peterson, Policy Officer at the Conflict Prevention Centre, Dr. Indra Overland, Head of Research Group on Climate and Energy at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), and Elisabeth Librekt Olsen, Senior Advisor in the Research Group on Climate and Energy at NUPI.
15 November, 2023
On 14 November 2023 the Board of Trustees of the OSCE Academy held its regular meeting in Hofburg, Vienna under the chairmanship of H.E. Ambassador Alexey Rogov, Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek. Although the meeting was conducted in a hybrid format, thus, providing an open opportunity to observers to witness a crucial for the Academy event, but it was also the first meeting for the past several years, which gathered the members of the Board of Trustees in person and allowed face-to-face participation of the representatives of the delegations of EU, Finland, , Germany, Kyrgyzstan, Norway and Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Russian Federation, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States, and the United Kingdom, and representatives of Austria, the Geneva Centre for Security Policy's, Italy, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan joined online.
15 November, 2023