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OSCE supports roundtable discussion and training seminar on implementing Aarhus Convention principles in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 11 July 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan supported a roundtable discussion on the implementation of the Aarhus Convention principles in Kazakhstan on 9 and 10 July 2019 in Nur-Sultan...
OSCE supports seminar on application of Pollution Release Transfer Register in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 21 June 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
An OSCE-supported training seminar on the application of the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) for some 40 government officials and private sector and civil society representatives took place on 21 June in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
Environmental issues in Kazakhstan focus of OSCE-supported training seminar
Publishing date: 25 February 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana supported a training seminar on conducting and monitoring public hearings as a tool for public participation in environmental decision making on 23 February 2019 in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan...
OSCE supports roundtable discussion on regulating release and marketing of genetically modified organisms in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 20 November 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities, Environmental good governance
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana supported a roundtable discussion on steps Kazakhstan could take to regulate the release and marketing of genetically modified organisms (GMOs)- any organism or microorganism, including agricultural products, whose genetic material has been altered by means of genetic engineering- on 20 November 2018 in Astana...
OSCE promotes green economy principles in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 30 October 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
Renewable energy, green technology, resources efficiency and harmonizing environmental legislation were the focus of a series of training courses conducted by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe in October. Conducted in Bokhtar, Garm, Khorog and Khujand, the courses promoted the realization of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals in Tajikistan. They brought together some 140 representatives of local government, civil society, youth and OSCE-established Aarhus Centres from all regions of the country...
OSCE supports roundtable discussion on implementing Aarhus Convention in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 2 October 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
The implementation of the Aarhus Convention’s principles in Kazakhstan was the focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion held on 2 October 2018 in Astana...
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development focus of OSCE-organized Aarhus Centres meeting in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 20 September 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Environmental activities
ISSYK-KUL, Kyrgyzstan, 20 September 2018- The Aarhus Centres and Public Environmental Information Centres from 15 countries concluded today in Issyk-Kul a two-day meeting on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its goals...
OSCE supports training seminar on judicial application of environmental legislation in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 17 August 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
An OSCE-supported training seminar on the judicial application of the national environmental legislation and the Aarhus Convention principles took place on 17 August 2018 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan supports opening of Centre for Public Environmental Awareness
Publishing date: 17 July 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Environmental activities
An Information Resource Centre for Public Environmental Awareness and Culture and Improving People’s Ecological Knowledge was opened by the Ecological Movement of Uzbekistan, with the support of the Group of Ecological Movement Deputies within the Legislative House of Uzbekistan’s parliament, the Oliy Majlis, and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, on 17 July 2018 in Tashkent...
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe hosts visit to assess projects funded by Japan
Publishing date: 11 June 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Environmental activities, Gender equality
On 7 and 8 June 2018, the Programme Office in Dushanbe hosted a delegation from the Japanese Permanent Mission to the OSCE in Vienna. The main purpose of the visit was to assess the effectiveness of projects funded by Japan and implemented by the Office in the past several years.