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OSCE supports Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan in conducting environmental impact assessments in a transboundary context
Publishing date: 25 March 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Environmental activities
BISHKEK, 25 March 2009- Government officials and experts from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan as well as representatives from the OSCE and the UNECE are meeting in Bishkek today to discuss environmental impact assessments in a transboundary context...
OSCE conference highlights need for comprehensive approach to migration management
Publishing date: 16 March 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Migration
TIRANA, 16 March 2009- The Second Preparatory Conference to the 17th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum on migration management and its linkages with economic, social and environmental policies started in Tirana today...
OSCE Office helps plant trees in Tajikistan's rural areas to prevent land degradation
Publishing date: 12 March 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Environmental activities
DUSHANBE, 12 March 2009- An awareness-raising campaign on environmental protection, biodiversity and the effects of deforestation was launched today in Sayod as part of an OSCE Office-organized action aimed at preventing the erosion of rural lands...
OSCE Centre supports Kazakh judiciary to put Aarhus Convention into action
Publishing date: 10 March 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
ASTANA, 10 March 2009- A two-day training course, co-organized by the OSCE Centre, to support the judiciary in implementing the Aarhus Convention started in Astana today...
Expanded environmental co-operation in South Caucasus on agenda of OSCE-supported meeting in Tbilisi
Publishing date: 4 March 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
TBILISI, 4 March 2009- Government officials, environmental experts and civil society representatives from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia as well as representatives from the OSCE and other international organizations began a meeting today...
OSCE Mission supports parliamentary simulation for high-school students
Publishing date: 20 February 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Environmental activities, Education
BELGRADE, 20 February 2009- Some fifty students from high schools in Vojvodina province will learn about parliamentary procedures and improve their communication skills at a simulation of a Provincial Assembly session in Novi Sad tomorrow...
Greek Chairmanship priorities, dialogue on European security featured in OSCE Magazine
Publishing date: 18 February 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Economic activities, Border management, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, Elections, Countering terrorism, Gender equality, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 18 February 2009- The latest OSCE Magazine, now available online, highlights the Greek OSCE Chairmanship's challenging start to the year and the results of the 16th Ministerial Council in Helsinki...