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OSCE Centre supports training for customs officers on international trade facilitation standards
An OSCE-facilitated three-day regional training workshop for customs officers on implementing the World Customs Organization’s Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) programme concluded in Astana on 30 November. The AEO programme aims to facilitate and simplify customs processes and procedures, as well as to encourage public-private partnerships. ()
OSCE Academy helps Kyrgyzstan’s officials enhance skills in developing international trade policy
Kyrgyzstan’s international trade policy priorities were the focus of a 5-day training seminar for top governmental officials from 21 to 25 November jointly organized by the OSCE Academy in Bishkek and the National Institute of Strategic Studies...
OSCE promotes green economy principles in Kazakhstan
ASTANA, 24 November 2011 – A three-day workshop on establishing a green economy in Kazakhstan began today in Astana... ()
OSCE facilitates addition of “green economy” course to university curricula in Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK, 17 November 2011 - University students in Kyrgyzstan will be able to study “green economy” in the framework of the Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) course from 2012 on, it was announced today at a conference organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek with UNDP, the Regional Ecological Centre for Central Asia and the Public Foundation “ECOIS”... ()
OSCE supports dialogue on responsible exploitation of mineral resources in Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK, 10 November 2011 - An OSCE-supported open meeting to promote a constructive dialogue on the effects of exploration and mining took place in Bishkek today. Senior governmental officials, members of the parliament, representatives of non-governmental organizations, business associations, and mining companies participated... ()
OSCE supports development of small hydro power sector in Armenia
YEREVAN, 9 November 2011 – A new project involving the OSCE Office in Yerevan to develop the Armenian small hydro power (SHP) sector, promoting environmental sustainability and energy security, was launched in Yerevan today... ()
OSCE Project Co-ordinator supports policymakers’ study of renewable energy technologies in Spain
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) supported a study trip to Spain on renewable energy promotion for representatives of the Institute of Renewable Energy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the East Europe Foundation, the Sevastopol city administration, and Fund Sevastopol, a regional development agency, on 26 to 30 September 2011. ()
OSCE Chairmanship holds high-level energy conference in Ashgabat
ASHGABAT, 3 November 2011 – International policy makers and experts on energy diplomacy will discuss energy markets and security at a two-day OSCE Chairmanship high-level conference on “Integrating Global Energy Markets – Providing Energy Security” that started today in Ashgabat... ()
OSCE-supported ‘regulatory guillotine’ launched in Armenia
YEREVAN, 3 November 2011 – Promoting good economic governance in Armenia through the rapid regulatory simplification mechanism, also known as a “regulatory guillotine”, is the aim of a project supported by the OSCE Office in Yerevan launched today in Yerevan... ()
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan supports seminar on countering money laundering and financing of terrorism
Money laundering is a direct threat to both national and international security and international co-operation is essential to combat it, participants heard during a two-day seminar in Tashkent that began on 3 November 2011...