News and press releases

On the occasion of the 10-year anniversary of the adoption and ratification of the Aarhus Convention, a roundtable discussion was held in Yerevan on 20 May 2011 to evaluate the progress of its implementation in Armenia...

High-level representatives of the Environment and Security (ENVSEC) Initiative Partners met in Vienna on 18 May 2011 for the first Management Board meeting since the OSCE assumed its 2011 chairmanship in the six-agency partnership...

OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 4 May 2011- A one-day training seminar for Water User Associations (WUAs) staff started today in Osh with support from the OSCE Centre in Bishkek’s Osh field office...

ASTANA, 27 April 2011 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on enhancing international oil spill preparedness and response through the promotion, ratification and implementation of key UN conventions was held in Astana today...

SARAJEVO, 21 April 2011 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, in partnership with schools, municipalities, local community councils and non-governmental organizations across the country, has joined a campaign to mark Earth Day by planting trees in several parts of the country, the head of the Mission, Ambassador Gary D. Robbins, said today...

KYIV, 21 April 2011 – The complete Ukrainian version of a multimedia tool-kit for environmental education in secondary schools was presented by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) and the country’s Education Ministry in Kyiv today...

ASHGABAT, 19 April 2011 – An OSCE-supported multi-stakeholder training course on the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters, known as the Aarhus Convention, was held in Ashgabat today...