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Local authorities, Aarhus Centre representatives from South-Eastern Europe discuss disaster risk reduction at OSCE-supported meeting in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 23 September 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Disaster risk reduction, Environmental activities
SARAJEVO, 23 September 2016 – A two-day regional disaster risk reduction meeting, organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities and hosted by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), concluded today in Sarajevo...
OSCE opens public information centres in Kyrgyzstan to raise awareness on uranium legacy remediation works
Publishing date: 14 September 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
BISHKEK, 14 September 2016 – The Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA), the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and they Aarhus Centre in Osh today opened the first Public Environmental Information Centres (PEIC) in the towns of Mailuu-Suu and Shekaftar of Jalal-Abad region in southern Kyrgyzstan as well as in Min-Kush, Naryn region, in the northern part of the country...
Public participation in environmental decision-making process in focus of OSCE supported expert meeting in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 29 August 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
An OSCE Programme Office in Astana-supported expert group meeting on enhancing public participation in environmental decision-making through applying mechanisms under the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) took place on 29 August 2016 in Ust-Kamengorsk, East Kazakhstan...
OSCE supports public discussions on natural resources management in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 22 July 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
BISHKEK, 22 July 2016 – Three public discussions on the regulatory legal acts regarding the use of natural resources and environmental protection are being organized from 19 July to 27 July 2016 by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the local Aarhus Centre in the districts of Toktogul, Aksy and Kadamjay in southern Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE supports roundtable discussion implementing Aarhus Convention in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 15 July 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
A roundtable discussion on the implementation of the Aarhus Convention in Kazakhstan took place in Astana on 15 July 2016...
OSCE supports roundtable discussion on introduction of Pollutant Release and Transfer Register in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 14 July 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
ASTANA, 14 July 2016 – The introduction of the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) in Kazakhstan was the focus of a roundtable discussion organized in Astana today by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana in partnership with the Energy Ministry’s Information and Analytical Centre of Environment Protection and the UN Development Programme in Kazakhstan...
OSCE supports roundtable discussion on public participation in environmental decision-making in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 12 July 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
PAVLODAR, Kazakhstan, 12 July 2016 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on public participation mechanisms in environmental decision-making took place today in Pavlodar for some 25 representatives of the national and local government offices, the private sector, civil society and academia...