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OSCE-supported platform highlights environmental risks stemming from war in Ukraine
Publishing date: 16 June 2022
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
Data and analysis on nearly 5000 incidents of war-related damages in Ukraine show that 92 industrial facilities in the high or very high environmental risk category were affected.
Moldova and Ukraine implement integrated management plan of the Dniester river basin with OSCE, UN, GEF support
Publishing date: 22 April 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
The results of the Global Environment Facility project ‘Enabling transboundary co-operation and integrated water resources management in the Dniester river basin’, were officially presented on 22 April 2021 online at a meeting of representatives of the governments of the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine, international organizations, academia, businesses and non-governmental organizations.
Moldova and Ukraine commit to improving water and natural resource use for 8 million people in Dniester/Nistru river basin
Publishing date: 9 April 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
On 31 March 2021, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine signed a statement on the approval of the Strategic Action Programme (SAP) to ensure 8 million inhabitants of the Dniester/Nistru river basin between the two countries will benefit from the countries’ joint efforts to improve and ensure environmentally sound use of water and other natural resources and ecosystems in the region.
OSCE helps Ukraine strengthen capacities in rapid identification of toxic substances in disaster response
Publishing date: 30 March 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Disaster risk reduction, Environmental activities
During a ceremony in Mariupol on 30 March 2021, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine provided a sophisticated and up-to-date mobile laboratory for radiological and chemical surveillance and monitoring to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU).
OSCE Project Co-ordinator helps Ukraine to enhance chemical security by expanding capacities for identification of substances
Publishing date: 10 December 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Arms control, Environmental activities, Hazardous waste management
The Ukrainian National Reference Centre for Identification of Controlled and Toxic chemicals, established and equipped with OSCE support, was presented to the country’s expert community on 10 December 2019 in Kyiv...
OSCE and partner organizations support progress in Moldovan-Ukrainian co-operation to strengthen sustainable development in the Dniester basin
Publishing date: 4 April 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
Strengthening sustainable development in the Dniester basin was the focus of the OSCE-supported second meeting of the Transboundary Dniester Commission held on 4 April 2019 in Kyiv, Ukraine...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator helps Ukraine to enhance environmental monitoring to better address conflict-related risks
Publishing date: 17 December 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
An online, digital platform for monitoring the environment in conflict-affected areas of eastern Ukraine, and the first baseline assessment of a water monitoring programme in the Siverskyi Donets river basin were presented at an event in Kyiv on 17 December 2018. Both were delivered with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and are designed to be used by the country’s Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources and the State Water Agency to track the environmental situation in the region and keep the general public informed...