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OSCE Presence presents Baseline Assessment on Inspection, Investigation and Punishment of Environmental Contraventions and Crimes in Albania
Publishing date: 26 June 2023
Content type: News
On 26 June, the OSCE Presence in Albania organized a workshop to unveil the findings of the Baseline Assessment on Inspection, Investigation and Punishment of Environmental Contraventions and Crimes in Albania. The baseline assessment for environmental governance, which is based on the analyses of
Inclusion of women in decision-making on environment-related security challenges is key for equitable, safe and stable societies concludes OSCE event
Publishing date: 5 July 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
Vienna, 5 July 2019 – Including women at all stages of the planning and decision-making processes in environmental security enables more effective and sustainable responses to the challenges we face, stressed participants at today’s High-Level Discussion on Promoting the Role of Women in Addressing Environment and Security Challenges.
OSCE-supported transboundary exercise for effective joint response to wildfires in Chernobyl-affected areas held in Gomel, Belarus
Publishing date: 22 May 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
A two-day discussion-based tabletop exercise on how to respond to a simulated wildfire in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, in close partnership with the Global Fire Monitoring Center, was held on 17 and 18 May 2018 in the city of Gomel in Belarus near the border with Ukraine...
OSCE helps to strengthen fire management capacities in Montenegro
Publishing date: 15 September 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Disaster risk reduction, Environmental activities
PODGORICA, 15 September 2017- A set of essential firefighting equipment has been handed over by the OSCE to the Emergency Management Directorate of the Montenegrin Interior Ministry in Podgorica...
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...
Aarhus Centres excel in community-based disaster risk reduction, concluded at OSCE-organized discussion in Vienna
Publishing date: 8 April 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Disaster risk reduction, Environmental activities
VIENNA, 8 April 2016 – More than 60 representatives of Aarhus Centres, local authorities, state agencies for emergency situations, NGOs and international and regional organizations concluded in Vienna today a two-year project on community-based disaster risk reduction...