News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE heads launch virtual centre for the protection of critical energy infrastructure; stress that co-operation in this area vital for a safer future
Publishing date: 5 December 2019
BRATISLAVA, 5 December 2019 – On the margins of today’s 26th Ministerial Council in Bratislava, the OSCE launched a virtual competency and training centre on the protection of critical energy networks. Chairperson-in-Office and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Miroslav Lajčák, together OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger officially inaugurated the virtual training center.
OSCE supports workshop on judicial application of environmental legislation in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 25 November 2019
The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan supported a workshop on the application of environmental legislation and compliance with the provisions of the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention) on 25 November 2019 in Semey, Eastern Kazakhstan...
OSCE supports sub-regional workshop on strengthening mine tailings safety in Almaty
Publishing date: 21 November 2019
An OSCE-supported sub-regional workshop under the United Nation’s Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) project on improving mining and tailings safety, with a special attention to transboundary implications, concluded on 21 November 2019 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Prospects to stimulate green economy through private sector discussed in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 15 November 2019
The OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek supported a conference entitled Prospects to Develop the Green Economy through the Private Sector that took place on 14 November 2019. The event was organized during the annual Green Economy Week held from 11 to 17 November.
Use of innovative technologies for sustainable water management in Central Asia focus of OSCE Seminar in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 15 November 2019
On 14 and 15 November 2019, the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat provided a platform for regional dialogue on the best practices and standards in use of innovative water management technologies. Representatives of the State Committee of Water Economy, the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, the Executive Committee of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) and other Turkmenistan agencies were joined by their counterparts from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan...
OSCE supported workshop on enhancing transboundary water co-operation
Publishing date: 12 November 2019
Enhancing water diplomacy as a way of improving transboundary water co-operation is the focus of a workshop that is taking place on 12 and 13 November 2019 in Strasbourg, France.
