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OSCE Centre helps promote Aarhus Convention in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 29 July 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
KORGALZHINO, Kazakhstan, 29 July 2013 – The OSCE Centre in Astana co-organized a capacity-building seminar to promote public access to environmental information and participation in decision-making and justice on environmental issues by advancing the work of the national Aarhus Centres. The event started today in Korgalzhino Natural Reserve Park, in Central Kazakhstan...
Kyrgyzstan’s plans to open second Aarhus Centre discussed at OSCE-supported meeting in Bishkek
Publishing date: 19 July 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
BISHKEK, 19 July 2013 – The planned opening of Kyrgyzstan’s second Aarhus Centre and details to its future activities were discussed at an OSCE-supported roundtable meeting in Bishkek today...
OSCE holds conference to celebrate 10 years of Aarhus Centres
Publishing date: 3 July 2013
To mark the 10th year of OSCE involvement in support of the Aarhus Convention, the OSCE held a conference from 3 to 5 July 2013 in Vienna that highlighted the role of the Aarhus Centres in putting the Convention’s principles into action...
National preparatory conference for OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum held in Astana
Publishing date: 25 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
ASTANA, 25 June 2013 – A two-day OSCE-supported national high-level conference dedicated to improving the environmental footprint of energy-related activities, assisting Kazakhstan’s strategy of transition to a green economy and marking the 15th anniversary of the Aarhus Convention on environmental democracy, began today in Astana...
OSCE Mission to Moldova opens Aarhus Centre in Chisinau to promote public access to environmental information
Publishing date: 30 April 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Environmental activities
CHISINAU, 30 April 2013 – The OSCE Mission to Moldova opened today an Aarhus Centre in Chisinau to provide the local population with information and legal expertise on environmental matters...
OSCE promotes access to environmental information and decision-making in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 26 November 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Environmental activities
An OSCE-supported two-day training course on the implementation of the Aarhus Convention that gives the public right of access to environmental information, participation and access to justice in governmental decision-making concluded on 23 November 2012 at the Aarhus Centre in Dushanbe...
OSCE supports environmental conference on Black Sea region in Tiraspol
Publishing date: 9 November 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Environmental activities
TIRASPOL, 9 November 2012 – A two-day international conference on environmental challenges in the Northern Black Sea region started today in Tiraspol. The conference is organized by Transdniestrian regional authorities, academic institutions and NGOs, with the support of the OSCE Mission to Moldova...
OSCE-supported ENVSEC initiative discusses progress of environmental and security projects in Central Asia
Publishing date: 8 November 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
A regional coordination meeting of the Environment and Security Initiative (ENVSEC) for Central Asia to discuss ongoing projects in the region and future steps concluded on 8 November 2012 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE Centre trains environmental journalists in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 21 September 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities, Media freedom and development
KARAGANDA, Kazakhstan, 21 September 2012 – The fourth and final of a series of OSCE-supported training courses for journalists on environmental matters started today in Karaganda, central Kazakhstan...
OSCE Centre promotes civil society participation in environmental decision-making in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 August 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities