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Environmental activities

Recognizing the close connection between environmental issues and security, the OSCE assists participating States with the sustainable use and sound management of natural resources. It supports projects to improve water management, deal with soil degradation and dispose safely of toxic and radioactive waste. It works to raise environmental awareness and promote public participation in environmental decision-making.

Goran Svilanovic (r), the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, alongside the Director General of the Belgian Federal Ministry for Public Service Mobility and Transport, René Van Bever, before a meeting to discuss inland transport security, Vienna, 12 December 2011.

Addressing security threats to inland transport focus of OSCE meeting

VIENNA, 12 December 2011 – Experts from 20 countries and international organizations working in the OSCE region met today in Vienna to discuss aspects of inland transport security...
R-l: Director of the Azerbaijani National Agency on Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources Akim Badalov, the Head of the OSCE Office in Baku, Ambassador Koray Targay, and Economic and Environmental Officer at the OSCE Office in Baku Michel Viland, at a roundtable discussion on a draft law on alternative and renewable energy sources in Azerbaijan, Baku, 1 December 2011.

OSCE Office supports discussion on draft law on alternative and renewable energy sources in Azerbaijan

BAKU, 1 December 2011 – A roundtable discussion on the draft law on alternative and renewable energy sources in Azerbaijan for policymakers starts today in Baku. The event is organized by the OSCE Office in Baku and the State Agency on Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources, in co-ordination with the Energy Reform Support Programme of the European Union in Azerbaijan...

OSCE supports Azerbaijan and Georgia talks on shared water resources

Government representatives of Azerbaijan and Georgia met to discuss a draft bilateral agreement on the shared water resources of the Kura River Basin in Baku on 28 November 2011 as part of a joint OSCE-UNECE project under the Environment and Security (ENVSEC) Initiative...
Participants at an OSCE-supported training course discuss ways to report on the environmental challenges of the region, Pavlodar, 25 November 2011.

OSCE Centre helps improve environmental reporting in Kazakhstan

PAVLODAR, Kazakhstan, 25 November 2011 - An OSCE-supported training course on environmental reporting for journalists began yesterday in Pavlodar, Northern Kazakhstan...
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