News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre in Astana promotes eco-innovation for sustainable development
Publishing date: 30 March 2012
A one-day international conference on environment, innovation and sustainable development was held in Almaty on 30 March 2012...
OSCE Academy in Bishkek launches module on economic and environmental field
Publishing date: 26 March 2012
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 Mission helps improve emergency management and disaster response in Serbia
Publishing date: 26 March 2012
A three-day simulation exercise on emergency management for representatives of municipal emergency headquarters from Nova Varos, Prijepolje and Priboj took place from 21 to 23 March 2012 in Zlatibor...
OSCE helps Chişinău and Tiraspol remove and store radioactive waste
Publishing date: 16 March 2012
The OSCE Mission supported the removal of radioactive industrial waste from an enterprise based in Rybnitsa on the left bank of Dniestr/Nistru to a safe storage facility outside Chişinău on 15 March 2012...
OSCE trains local government, water user associations in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 10 March 2012
JALAL-ABAD, Kyrgyzstan, 10 March 2012 – More efficient use of water resources and resolving potential disputes over water were the focus of a training seminar that took place today in Jalal-Abad, southern Kyrgyzstan, with the support of the OSCE Osh field office...
OSCE supports Ukraine’s efforts to adapt to climate change
Publishing date: 28 February 2012
A study on adaptation to climate change in European Union countries and how these experiences could be implemented in Ukraine was discussed by experts and central government policy makers in Kyiv on 28 February 2012...
OSCE hosts Vienna Energy Club meeting on good governance
Publishing date: 27 February 2012
Improving efficiency, accountability and transparency in the field of energy was the focus of the sixth meeting of the Vienna Energy Club, hosted by the OSCE on 27 January 2012...