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OSCE supports opening of Aarhus Centre in Bishkek in 2015
Publishing date: 23 December 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
The Kyrgyz State Agency on Environment Protection and Forestry and the OSCE Centre in Bishkek signed on 23 December 2014 a Memorandum of Understanding to establish the Aarhus Centre in Bishkek in 2015...
OSCE provides training for Aarhus Centres and environmental NGOs in Tajikistan on raising awareness about disaster risk reduction
Publishing date: 16 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Disaster risk reduction, Environmental activities
DUSHANBE, 16 December 2014 – A two-day training course for Aarhus Centres and other non-governmental organizations on raising awareness of disaster risk reduction started today at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan. The training course will be delivered by national and international experts working in this field...
OSCE brings Albanian, Montenegrin parliamentary committees together to tackle cross-border environmental issues
Publishing date: 5 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Environmental activities
SHKODËR, Albania, 5 December 2015- Two parliamentary committees from Albania and Montenegro met on 5 December 2014 in the Albanian town of Shkodra to discuss cross-border environmental issues. The event was organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania and the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, in partnership with the parliaments of the two countries, with the aim of promoting bilateral co-operation and strengthening the legislative process on environmental issues.
OSCE co-organizes workshop for judges on access to environmental justice in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 26 November 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
A two-day OSCE-supported training workshop for judges on access to justice in environmental matters began on 26 November 2014 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan...
OSCE Centre co-organizes meeting on Aarhus Convention’s implementation
Publishing date: 12 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
Astana, Kazakhstan, 12 November 2014 – Over 100 representatives of the Parliament, Supreme Court, government, civil society and major enterprises exploring natural resources, discussed at the Public Council today in Astana the issue of the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR)...
Environment, climate changes in focus of OSCE-supported Ecological Activism School in Podgorica
Publishing date: 14 October 2014
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro in partnership with the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism and the Ozone NGO, on 10 October 2014 in Podgorica, supported the second panel discussion of the Ecological Activism School. The focus of this regional discussion was the role of civil society in creating and implementing public policy on climate change...
OSCE Centre co-organizes annual seminar of Kazakhstan’s Aarhus Centres Network
Publishing date: 7 October 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
BOROVOE, Kazakhstan, 7 October 2014 – More than 30 representatives of Aarhus Centres from across the country, the Energy Ministry, the Supreme Court as well as civil society took part in a two-day workshop, which concluded today in Borovoe...
OSCE facilitates co-ordination meeting between Tajikistan’s Khujand and Kyrgyzstan’s Osh Aarhus Centres
Publishing date: 12 September 2014
Content type: News
What we do: Environmental activities
The OSCE field missions in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan supported a meeting between the Khujand and Osh Aarhus Centres in Khujand, Tajikistan, from 4 to 5 September 2014, to promote co-ordination between the Centres in confronting environmental challenges common to both countries...
OSCE Centre supports training seminar in Northern Kazakhstan on Aarhus Convention
Publishing date: 27 August 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
A two-day OSCE-supported workshop on implementing the Aarhus Convention in the context of the integrated water resources management and the country’s strategy of transition to a green economy, concluded on 27 August 2014 in Petropavlovsk, Northern Kazakhstan...
OSCE Centre supports forum on environmental protection ahead of Astana Expo-2017
Publishing date: 1 August 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities