13th OSCE Central Asian Youth Network (CAYN) seminar

The annual seminar of the OSCE-supported Central Asian Youth Network (CAYN) took place from 25 to 27 June 2019 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The topic of the seminar was "Dialogue. Data. Digital Security". The event was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan with support from the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek. Some 35 top university students and CAYN alumni from Central Asia, Afghanistan and Mongolia participated in the event. Representatives of the OSCE, as well as experts from Afghanistan, Ukraine, the United States and Uzbekistan, specialists from the OSCE Secretariat and leading representatives of the private and non-profit sectors shared their knowledge and experiences with the participants. The discussions focused on the role of dialogue in promoting security, the use of data in governance and business as well as the future of digital security.