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OSCE Office in Yerevan holds workshop on implementing Aarhus Convention
Publishing date: 5 December 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
The implementation of the Aarhus Convention in the context of recent constitutional and legal developments in Armenia was the theme of a workshop held by the OSCE office in Yerevan on 2 December 2016 in co-operation with Armenia’s Ministry of Nature Protection and the Centre of Economical-Legal Analysis (CELA)...
Judges trained on environmental matters at OSCE event in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 29 November 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
An OSCE-supported training seminar on the judicial application of environmental legislation in civil cases took place on 29 November 2016 in Astana, Kazakhstan...
Youth actors from Serbia and Albania receive support from OSCE field operations in enhancing regional connectivity
Publishing date: 22 November 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: Albania, OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Youth
A five-day training course on project cycle management for representatives of youth civil society organizations from Serbia and Albania, started on 21 November 2016 in Zlatibor, Serbia, as part of a wider project on enhancing regional connectivity among youth actors from the two states...
Aarhus Centres from 14 countries discuss green economy and resource efficiency at OSCE-hosted meeting in Vienna
Publishing date: 21 November 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Environmental activities
VIENNA, 21 November 2016 – Green economy and resource efficiency are the focus of the OSCE-organized Aarhus Centres Annual Meeting which opened today in Vienna...
OSCE supports training seminar for Kyrgyz judges on facilitating citizens’ access to justice on environmental issues
Publishing date: 4 November 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 4 November 2016 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek supported Kyrgyzstan’s Aarhus Centre Network and the Training Centre of the country’s Supreme Court to conduct training for judges on facilitating citizens’ access to justice on environmental matters, thereby fostering the implementation of the third pillar of the Aarhus Convention...
Disaster risk reduction contributes to security and stability at all levels, says OSCE Secretary General Zannier
Publishing date: 13 October 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Disaster risk reduction, Environmental activities
VIENNA, 13 October 2016 – The OSCE recognizes the important role of disaster risk reduction in promoting security and stability in the OSCE region the OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier said today on the occasion of this year’s International Day for Disaster Reduction focusing on the theme- Live to Tell: Reducing Global Disaster Mortality...
Cross-border co-operation and joint action are essential in reducing disaster risk, conclude participants of OSCE disaster risk reduction training in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 7 October 2016
Content type: Press release
What we do: Disaster risk reduction, Environmental activities
KAIRAKKUM, Tajikistan, 7 October 2016 – A three and a half-day training course on disaster risk reduction for central government agencies, local administrations and Aarhus Centres from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan concluded today in Kairakkum, Tajikistan...