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OSCE facilitates video-conference on implementing Aarhus Convention in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 23 June 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
More than 30 experts from the Environment and Water Resources Ministry of Kazakhstan, Aarhus Centres, academia and environmental non-governmental organizations took part in a video-conference on the draft Strategic Plan 2015–2020 for the implementation of the Aarhus Convention in Kazakhstan, on 23 June 2014 in Astana...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro and partners host first regional panel on environmental management
Publishing date: 13 June 2014
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro, in partnership with the NGO Environmental Movement Ozone, on 10 June 2014 in Podgorica hosted the first regional panel discussion on challenges and experiences in environmental management in the region...
OSCE promotes dialogue on climate change and security in Armenia
Publishing date: 12 May 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
YEREVAN, 12 May 2014 – Identifying the security implications of climate change for Armenia and mapping the areas most at risk is the focus of a national consultation workshop held today in Yerevan with OSCE support...
OSCE Centre trains journalists on environmental issues
Publishing date: 18 April 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
UST-KAMENOGORSK, Kazakhstan, 18 April 2014 – An OSCE-supported training seminar for journalists on environmental reporting with a special focus on green economy issues began today in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Eastern Kazakhstan Region.
OSCE, Japan government provide equipment for environmental monitoring around Issyk-Kul lake in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 17 February 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
BALYKCHY, Kyrgyzstan, 17 February 2014 – New environmental monitoring equipment to enhance the protection of Kyrgyzstan’s largest lake was handed over to staff from the Issyk-Kul Biosphere Territory by the Embassy of Japan and the OSCE Centre in Bishkek today in the lakeside town of Balykchy...
Advancing implementation of Aarhus Convention in Belarus in focus at workshop co-organized by OSCE
Publishing date: 31 January 2014
MINSK, 31 January 2014 – More than 40 representatives of central and local government, civil society and academia highlighted the challenges and solutions for advancing the implementation of the Aarhus Convention in Belarus, at a three-day workshop co-organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA), which ended today...
OSCE promotes environmental awareness in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 29 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Environmental activities
TURKMENABAT, Turkmenistan, 29 November 2013 – A series of three national awareness-raising seminars on the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention) concluded in Turkmenabat in south-east Turkmenistan today.
OSCE Centre helps promote green growth in Western Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 22 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
URALSK, Kazakhstan, 22 November 2013 – More than 70 participants took part in an OSCE-supported regional conference on green growth and Kazakhstan’s transition to the green economy, held today in Uralsk, Western Kazakhstan...
OSCE Centre supports discussion on implementation of Aarhus Convention in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 9 October 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
ASTANA, 9 October 2013 – More than 30 experts from government institutions, judiciary, academia and civil society organizations took part in an OSCE-supported roundtable meeting on regulatory aspects of the implementation of the Aarhus Convention in Kazakhstan that took place today...
OSCE trains judges and prosecutors on implementation of Aarhus convention in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 4 October 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Environmental activities, Rule of law
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina concluded on 3 October 2013 a two-day train-ing course for judges and prosecutors on the implementation of the Aarhus Convention – a key UN document on access to environmental information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters. Special focus during the course was on access to justice and related EU legislation...