News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Access to information, public participation in decision making, access to justice on environmental matters in focus at OSCE-supported forum in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 22 May 2012
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...
OSCE supports Kyrgyzstan’s preparations for global “Rio + 20” conference
Publishing date: 26 April 2012
BISHKEK, 26 April 2012 – A forum of non-governmental environmental organizations started today in Bishkek with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
Fight against corruption, good governance focus of high-level OSCE meeting in Dublin on Monday
Publishing date: 19 April 2012
DUBLIN, 19 April 2012 – Good governance and fighting corruption is the theme of a two-day OSCE meeting that opens in Dublin on Monday 23 April 2012...
OSCE Office announces call for proposals to support civic action for security and environment in Armenia
Publishing date: 10 April 2012
YEREVAN, 10 April 2012 – The OSCE Office in Yerevan announced today a call for civil society project proposals to address environment and security challenges as part of the Civic Action for Security and Environment (CASE) small grants initiative...
OSCE Centre in Astana trains journalists to cover environmental issues
Publishing date: 5 April 2012
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...
OSCE Centre promotes public participation in environmental governance in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 4 April 2012
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...
OSCE-supported research on Dniester River shows water quality issues and alarming decline in fish species
Publishing date: 3 April 2012
Research on water quality and fish fauna in the Dniester River, supported by the OSCE Office of the Co-ordinator of Economic and Environmental Activities in partnership with the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), was published on 27 March 2012. The research points to declining water quality towards the mouth of the Dniester, while fish species have halved over the past decade...