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Chairman of Executive Committee of International Fund for Saving Aral Sea addresses OSCE Permanent Council, calls for effective regional co-operation
Publishing date: 29 July 2010
VIENNA, 29 July 2010- Addressing the OSCE Permanent Council today, the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea Sagit Ibatullin stressed the need of more effective co-operation in the Aral Sea Basin region...
OSCE Centre concluded series of training seminars on environmental protection
Publishing date: 23 July 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
ASTANA, 23 July 2010- OSCE-supported training courses on the role of civil society in resolving environmental issues and improving waste management and pollution control in the Caspian Sea region concluded today.
OSCE Office helps eliminate immediate threat of Nubarashen chemical waste site in Armenia
Publishing date: 6 July 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
YEREVAN, 6 July 2010- The successful completion of efforts by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Armenian government to contain the immediate threat of the Nubarashen chemical dump was marked today with a site visit by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan...
OSCE Centre promotes green growth policy tools in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 1 July 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
ASTANA, 1 July 2010- Ensuring that planning for economic development fully takes environmental issues into consideration is the focus of a workshop that started today in the framework of the Third International Economic Forum in Astana...
OSCE Centre promotes civil society role in environmental decision-making in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 11 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Democratization, Environmental activities
ALMATY, 12 June 2010- Sixty representatives from non-governmental organizations in Kazakhstan are taking part in the annual meeting of the Ecological Forum of Non-governmental organizations of Kazakhstan (EcoForum), which started today in Almaty...
OSCE Centre supports efforts to include sustainable development in Kyrgyzstan's secondary school curriculum
Publishing date: 11 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities, Education
BALYKCHY, Kyrgyzstan, 11 June 2010- The first of five regional seminars financed by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek to support the inclusion of environmental sustainability in Kyrgyzstan's secondary school curriculum started today in Balykchy...
OSCE supports dialogue on transport-related challenges at concluding session of 18th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum
Publishing date: 24 May 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
PRAGUE, 24 May 2010- Promoting good governance at border crossings, improving the security of land transportation and facilitating international transport by road and rail in the OSCE region is the focus of the OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum...