News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE, OECD launch investment and competitiveness initiative for Central Asia
Publishing date: 5 November 2008
BERLIN, 5 November 2008- Attracting investment, improving the business climate and enhancing competitiveness in Central Asia were the topics discussed at a ministerial-level conference that ended in Berlin today...
OSCE supports workshop on preventing illegal trafficking of hazardous waste
Publishing date: 4 November 2008
KYIV, 4 November 2008- Detecting and preventing illegal trafficking of hazardous waste in Eastern Europe is the aim of a three-day training workshop that ends in Kyiv tomorrow...
OSCE Centre supports discussion to improve oil spill response strategies in the Caspian
Publishing date: 29 October 2008
AKTAU, Kazakhstan, 29 October 2008- Increasing the national capacity to respond to oil spills in the Caspian Sea region is the topic of a three-day workshop that started in the western oil port city of Aktau today...
Joint OSCE-UNEP assessment report on environmental impact of recent conflict in Georgia released
Publishing date: 28 October 2008
VIENNA, 28 October 2008- The Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities released on Monday a final report of a joint OSCE-UNEP mission to assess the environmental impacts of the recent conflict in Georgia...
Central Asia experts discuss regional co-operation on water management
Publishing date: 27 October 2008
TASHKENT, 27 October 2008- Improving regional co-operation on water management and promoting environmental security and safety were the focus of a workshop that ended in Tashkent on Saturday...
OSCE Centre supports education for sustainable development
Publishing date: 21 October 2008
PAVLODAR, Kazakhstan, 21 October 2008- Best practices for introducing sustainable development in higher education are the focus of a workshop that started today in Pavlodar...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports citizen-police initiative to raise ecology awareness among students
Publishing date: 10 October 2008
SKOPJE, 10 October 2008- Some 70 students, teachers and parents from the technical high school in Kumanovo took part in an event today to clear rubbish from the school compound, previously used for waste disposal...