Inside the Aarhus Centres – OSCE Side Event

The OSCE is organizing a side event, "Inside the Aarhus Centres", within the framework of the Fifth Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention).

Practitioners from Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Ukraine will showcase how an expanding network of 56 Aarhus Centres is helping the public make the most of the Aarhus Convention.

Experts from governments, international organizations and civil society will have the opportunity to discuss the contribution of Aarhus Centres to good environmental governance and sustainable development and their role in advancing the implementation of the Aarhus Convention. Participants will also be able to share achievements and challenges they have encountered in promoting access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters.

Since 2002, the OSCE has been supporting the creation of Aarhus Centres and Public Environmental Information Centres in close co-operation with the UNECE Aarhus Convention Secretariat, including within the framework of the Environment and Security Initiative (ENVSEC), a partnership between OSCE, UNEP, UNDP, UNECE, REC and NATO as an associated partner.

For further information, please contact the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities.