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OSCE brings together Aarhus Centres from 14 countries to discuss environmental challenges and opportunities for co-operation
Publishing date: 4 June 2015
VIENNA, 4 June 2015 – Environmental co-operation, networking and partnerships were the focus of the two-day Aarhus Centres Annual Meeting, organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, which concluded in Vienna today...
OSCE-supported Aarhus Centres in South-East Europe sign Joint Declaration in Vienna on regional co-operation
Publishing date: 3 June 2015
VIENNA, 3 June 2015 – As part of the 2015 Aarhus Centres Annual Meeting on 3-4 June 2015 in Vienna, Aarhus Centres from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia signed a Joint Declaration for co-operation, a step very much welcomed by the Serbian 2015 OSCE Chairmanship...
Environmental security in focus at OSCE supported roundtable in Bishkek
Publishing date: 26 May 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek, in co-operation with the Kyrgyz State Agency on Environment Protection and Forestry, conducted a roundtable discussion on the environmental protection and the role and plans of the Aarhus Centres in Kyrgyzstan, on 21 May 2015 in Bishkek...
OSCE, Aarhus Centres in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan launch Environmental Reporting Award
Publishing date: 7 May 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
BISHKEK, 7 May 2015 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and Aarhus centres in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan launched today the Environmental Reporting Award for broadcast, print, and online media with the topic: "Raising awareness about the good practices of disaster risk management in the border areas of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.”...
OSCE-supported Aarhus Centre opens in Bishkek
Publishing date: 7 May 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
BISHKEK, 7 May 2015 – The official opening of the Aarhus Centre in Bishkek was marked today by a one-day roundtable discussion on activities planned for the newly opened centre in the capital and the existing one in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstran. Their work is aimed at implementing the Aarhus Convention in the region...
OSCE Programme Office in Astana co-organizes discussion on public participation in environmental decision making
Publishing date: 15 April 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
UST-KAMENOGORSK, Kazakhstan, 15 April 2015 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on public participation in the decision-making process on environmental matters took place today in Ust-Kamenogorsk, East Kazakhstan Region...
OSCE supports conference on promotion of green technologies in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 March 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana in partnership with the Burabay Aarhus Centre organized a conference on the promotion of green technologies in the Schuchinsk-Borovoye resort zone in Borovoye, Kazakhstan, on 27 March 2015...
OSCE-supported Aarhus Centres discuss their role in trans-boundary water management in South-East Europe
Publishing date: 26 March 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Environmental activities
TIRANA, 26 March 2015 – More than 40 representatives of central and local governments, Aarhus Centres and civil society from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia discussed the challenges of public participation in trans-boundary water management and in trans-boundary Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) processes at a two-day regional roundtable organized by the OSCE, that ended today...
OSCE supports community-based disaster risk reduction in Moldova
Publishing date: 2 March 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Disaster risk reduction, Environmental activities
Awareness-raising of disaster risk reduction at the local level was the focus of a training seminar organized in Vadul lui Voda on 25 and 26 February 2015 by the OSCE Mission to Moldova in partnership with local partners...
OSCE trains judges from South Caucasus and Eastern Europe on environmental issues
Publishing date: 20 February 2015
A regional workshop on access to justice in environmental matters was organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities in Tbilisi, Georgia on 19-20 February 2015...