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OSCE supports presentation of new investment concept for Tajikistan’s small hydropower sector
DUSHANBE, 27 February 2013 – The OSCE Office in Tajikistan today hosted a one-day seminar on small hydropower in Tajikistan... ()
Reducing energy-related environmental footprint will further regional security, say OSCE meeting participants
VIENNA, 4 February 2013 - Improving the environmental footprint of energy-related activities and discussing ways to renew and deepen the OSCE’s political commitments and engagement in promoting environmentally sustainable energy management are the focus of an OSCE meeting that started in Vienna today...
OSCE meeting on promotion of environmentally sustainable energy management to open Monday in Vienna
VIENNA, 1 February 2013 –Officials and experts from 57 OSCE participating States and key stakeholders will meet in Vienna on 4 and 5 February to discuss ways to renew and deepen OSCE’s political commitments and engagement in promoting environmentally sustainable energy management...
OSCE supports workshop on common water management, environmental challenges in Afghanistan and Tajikistan
DUSHANBE, 28 January 2013 – The OSCE Office in Tajikistan, in co-operation with the Ministry of Water Management and Land Reclamation of Tajikistan, organized today a one-day workshop on common water management and environmental challenges in Afghanistan and Tajikistan... ()
Next phase of OSCE project to remove toxic rocket fuel component from Ukraine starts
SHEVCHENKOVE, Ukraine, 21 December 2012 - A train carrying 380 tonnes of a toxic rocket fuel component, which had been stored in deteriorating containers, left Ukraine today for Russia as part of a project supported by the OSCE...
OSCE Centre takes part in discussion on transboundary water management co-operation in Central Asia
Representatives of the OSCE Centre in Astana joined some forty Central Asian water authority officials, non-governmental organization representatives and independent experts on 20 December 2012 in Almaty, Kazakhstan to discuss the introduction of integrated water resource management principles into the administration of three small transboundary rivers: the Aspar, the Isfara and the Ugam flowing through all Central Asian countries... ()
OSCE helps reduce flood risk in the Dniester river basin
CHERNIVTSI, Ukraine, 17 December 2012 - Two automated stations to monitor the water level in the Ukrainian part of the Dniester River basin opened in Western Ukraine today with support from the OSCE... ()
OSCE helps develop Armenia’s wildfire management strategy
YEREVAN, 4 December 2012 – The conclusions of a report on the existing legislative, regulatory and institutional framework for wildfires risk management in Armenia were discussed at an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion in Yerevan today... ()
OSCE welcomes treaty to sustainably manage Dniestr/Nistru river basin
ROME, 29 November 2012 – Representatives of Moldova and Ukraine signed a treaty today in Rome on the sustainable management of the Dniestr/Nistru river basin. The agreement was facilitated by the Environment and Security Initiative (ENVSEC), a joint initiative of the OSCE, the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the United Nations Environment Programme...