Activities
Environmental activities
The participating States work towards restoring and maintaining a sound ecological balance in the air, water and soil.
The OSCE's environmental initiatives raise the awareness of environmental risks and their impact on security. By enabling environmental co-operation, the OSCE helps to improve sustainable resource management. Its programmes for regional water management and strategies deal with pollution effects caused by toxic and radioactive waste.
In 2002, the OSCE joined forces with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and other UN agencies and NGOs to promote environmental management as a strategy for reducing insecurity in South-Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
OSCE Institutions co-ordinating environmental activities:
Features
Office in Baku helps raise environmental awareness in secondary schools with Green Pack
The introduction of an OSCE-supported environmental resource toolkit known as the 'Green Pack' in Azerbaijan is helping both teachers and schoolchildren learn more about caring for the environment.
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Working for a better environment in Uzbekistan
Rashid Khasanov, a 20 year-old from Uzbekistan's Karakalpakstan region, discovered his calling when he learned about his region's environmental problems.
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Serb pitches in to protect the environment
Igor Jezdimirovic believes that taking an active role in society is both a privilege and a responsibility. Not everyone has the opportunity to help make changes, but those who do need the emotional and financial support of their family to become active.
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An OSCE environmental expert (right) and a National Academy of Science representative (left) sample the water of the Kura River in Mingechevir, Azerbaijan. (OSCE/Ilgar Hasanov)