News and press releases

A regional coordination meeting of the Environment and Security Initiative (ENVSEC) for Central Asia to discuss ongoing projects in the region and future steps concluded on 8 November 2012 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...

KARAGANDA, Kazakhstan, 21 September 2012 – The fourth and final of a series of OSCE-supported training courses for journalists on environmental matters started today in Karaganda, central Kazakhstan...

ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 27 August 2012 – A two-day OSCE-supported conference on environmental security and protection initiated by the Ecological Forum of Non-governmental Organizations of Kazakhstan (EcoForum) concluded in Almaty today...

ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 22 May 2012 – A two-day sub-regional conference on the implementation of the UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (the Aarhus Convention) started today in Almaty...

AKTAU, Kazakhstan, 23 April 2012- The Head of the OSCE Centre in Astana Ambassador Natalia Zarudna, in Aktau on Kazakhstan’s Caspian Sea coast today, met with local authorities and civil society representatives and opened a workshop on preventing human trafficking among vulnerable groups in Kazakhstan’s regions...

SHYMKENT, Kazakhstan, 5 April 2012 – A two-day training course on environmental reporting for journalists began today in Shymkent in southern Kazakhstan. The course was organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana together with the NGO MediaNet International Centre for Journalism, the Southern Kazakhstan Regional Administration, and the newly established Shymkent Aarhus Centre...

ATYRAU, Kazakhstan, 4 April 2012 – Promoting the Aarhus Convention with a special focus on public participation in water and environmental programmes in western Kazakhstan was the topic of a roundtable discussion held in Atyrau today...