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OSCE Centre helps plant trees in Tajikistan's rural areas to prevent land degradation
Publishing date: 14 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Environmental activities
NOSIRI KHISRAV, 14 March 2008- In an effort to help reduce land erosion in Tajikistan, the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe is supporting a week-long project starting today that will see 25,000 trees planted in rural parts of the country...
OSCE organizes workshop in Turkmenistan on oil spills response and cleanup
Publishing date: 11 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Environmental activities
TURKMENBASHY, 11 March 2008- Experts and policymakers from Caspian littoral states, international organizations, the private sector and civil society are discussing oil spills remediation issues at a workshop that ends in Turkmenbashy today...
Maritime and inland waterways co-operation and the challenges of landlocked countries focus of OSCE Conference in Ashgabad
Publishing date: 6 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Environmental activities
ASHGABAD, 6 March 2008- Environmental, economic and security concerns and opportunities related to maritime co-operation are the focus of an international OSCE conference that started today in Ashgabad...
OSCE, partners help Turkmenistan fight money laundering, financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 5 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
ASHGABAD, 5 March 2008- Supporting the efforts of Turkmenistan to fight money laundering and the financing of terrorism was the aim of a workshop that ended in Ashgabad today...
OSCE Centre expands waste management in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 29 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
BISHKEK, 29 February 2008- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek presented a new waste management project in the Kyrgyz city of Naryn today...
OSCE Minsk Office organizes seminar on energy sources
Publishing date: 12 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
MINSK, 12 February 2008- Developing alternative and renewable sources of energy, including the use of biomass, is the focus of a seminar that opened in Minsk today...
OSCE Finnish Chairmanship announces photo contest
Publishing date: 1 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
VIENNA, 1 February 2008- The Finnish OSCE Chairmanship announced today a photo contest under the theme "Waterways of life". The main prize for a single photo (or series) will be a Nokia multimedia computer with camera...