News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports bilateral meeting between Kazakhstan and Russia on rational use of Zhaiyk River water resources
Publishing date: 7 November 2019
An OSCE-supported technical meeting on rational use and protection of water resources of the Zhaiyk (Ural) River, including assessment of climate change on water resources, took place on 7 November 2019 in Oral, Western Kazakhstan.
OSCE promotes water quality in transboundary Chu-Talas River Basin
Publishing date: 19 November 2018
The sixth meeting of the Working Group on environmental protection under the Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Chu-Talas Water Commission took place on 16 November 2018 in Bishkek. The meeting was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana and the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek in close co-operation with the Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Chu-Talas Water Commission...
OSCE supports Shu-Talas Water Basin Council meeting in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 26 July 2017
An OSCE-supported regular meeting of the Shu-Talas Water Basin Council, followed by a training seminar on climate change adaptation measures, took place on 26 July 2017 in Taraz, southern Kazakhstan...
OSCE promotes best practices in trans-boundary water management in western Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 16 May 2017
An OSCE-supported workshop for the Kazakhstan-Russia experts’ commission meeting on the joint use and protection of trans-boundary water resources in the Ural River basin concluded on 16 May 2017 in Atyrau, Kazakhstan...
Kazakhstan Parliamentarians attend international seminar on water facilities safety in Saint Petersburg, with OSCE support
Publishing date: 27 April 2017
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana facilitated the participation of two members of Kazakhstan’s Parliament at an international seminar on water facilities safety in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, on 26 and 27 April 2017...
State education standards in Kazakhstan’s water management sector focus of OSCE roundtable discussion
Publishing date: 14 March 2017
ASTANA, 14 March 2017 – Enhancing state education standards in the water sector is the focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion for some 25 representatives of Kazakhstan's Parliament, national water authorities, water basin councils, academia and international organizations that began today in Astana...
