Concluding Meeting of the 30th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum

VIENNA/PRAGUE, 7 September 2022 – The Concluding Meeting of the 30th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum will be held from 8 to 9 September in Prague. The meeting will be opened by OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Foreign Minister of Poland Zbigniew Rau, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Czech Republic Jan Lipavský, and OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid. 

The theme for this year’s ongoing Economic and Environmental Forum is “Promoting security and stability in the OSCE area through sustainable economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic”, and this week’s Concluding Meeting will hold a discussion on the two milestones, the 30th Anniversary of the Forum and 25 years since the establishment of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities. 

The debate will also address specific topics such as the promotion of sustainable economic recovery from the pandemic, green growth, innovation for sustainable economic recovery, greening the economy and the role of the energy sector. 

The keynote address will be delivered by Yaroslav Demchenkov, Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine.

At the closing session, the Permanent Representative North Macedonia to the OSCE, Ambassador Igor Djundev, will present the priorities of the incoming 2023 OSCE North Macedonia Chairmanship in the Economic and Environmental Dimension 

The opening session of the meeting takes place from 09:30 on 8 September and will be livestreamed on https://www.osce.org/live. 

The Economic and Environmental Forum enables political dialogue among the 57 OSCE participating States on key economic and environmental issues related to security and gathers representatives from governments, state institutions, international organizations, the business sector, civil society and academia. 

For more information visit: https://www.osce.org/chairmanship/518730