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OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports dialogue on education for sustainable development
Publishing date: 8 December 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities, Education
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek on 4 December 2014 supported a two-day regional roundtable discussion in Kyrgyzstan’s capital on the outcomes of UNESCO’s World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development...
Bishkek Water Museum to be opened in September 2013 with OSCE support
Publishing date: 10 June 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities, Education
A ceremony at the Water museum in Bishkek took place in Bishkek on 7 June 2013, to mark the 80th anniversary of the Kyrgyz National Agrarian University’s (KNAU). The popular science museum will be officially opened to the public in September 2013 and will be hosted by the KNAU’s former laboratory building. It will be the country’s only museum educating people on water and its effective use...
OSCE Academy in Bishkek launches module on economic and environmental field
Publishing date: 26 March 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Education, Good governance
BISHKEK, 26 March 2012 – Twenty-four students from Central Asia and Afghanistan – enrolled in the OSCE Academy’s newly launched Masters programme in Economic Governance and Development – started today a one-week teaching module devoted to the OSCE’s work in the economic and environmental field...
OSCE supports efficient water use in schools and universities in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 5 August 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities, Education
BISHKEK, 5 August 2011 – Water meters have been installed in 14 schools and university campuses in Bishkek as part of a joint OSCE/Regional Ecological Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) initiative to improve the use of scarce water resources...
Sustainable development, environmental topics introduced into school curriculum in Kyrgyzstan with OSCE Centre support
Publishing date: 13 December 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities, Education
BISHKEK, 14 December 2010- Starting next year, students in Kyrgyzstan's secondary schools will learn about sustainable development and environmental issues, following a decision by Kyrgyzstan's Academy of Education to implement a plan presented at a conference today as a key result of a project supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE Centre supports efforts to include sustainable development in Kyrgyzstan's secondary school curriculum
Publishing date: 11 June 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities, Education
BALYKCHY, Kyrgyzstan, 11 June 2010- The first of five regional seminars financed by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek to support the inclusion of environmental sustainability in Kyrgyzstan's secondary school curriculum started today in Balykchy...
OSCE Centre provides support, training on environmental sustainability and climate change for Kyrgyzstan teachers
Publishing date: 24 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities, Education
BISHKEK, 24 September 2009.- A two-day course began today for teachers from different regions of Kyrgyzstan to discuss integrating sustainable development and climate change challenges into educational programmes in schools and universities...