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An OSCE-supported two-day roundtable discussion on the possible application of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) under the Espoo Convention Protocol in Kazakhstan concluded on 16 November 2017 in Astana.

ASHGABAT, 14 November 2017- International standards and best practices in the field of waste management were the focus of an OSCE-supported regional seminar that concluded in Ashgabat today. The seminar was attended by international experts and representatives of relevant governmental authorities in Central Asia, academia, NGOs and the business sector.

An OSCE-supported two-day training seminar on the application of the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) Protocol to the Aarhus Convention in Kazakhstan for some 60 representatives of government entities, the private sector, Aarhus Centres and environmental NGOs concluded on 31 October 2017 in Astana.

Some 40 representatives of Kazakhstan’s water management authorities and academic institutions discussed introducing a specialized curriculum on water management during an OSCE-supported roundtable on 26 October 2017 in Taraz, Kazakhstan...

An international conference supported by the OSCE Mission to Moldova on issues pertaining to the Dniester/Nistru river basin was held on 26 and 27 October 2017 in Tiraspol.

The OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek handed over video surveillance equipment to the National Guard of the Armed Forces of Kyrgyzstan to enhance the security of the country’s strategic energy facilities, the Tash-Kumyr and Kurpsai hydroelectric power stations on 20 October 2017 in Bishkek. The stations are part of Kyrgyzstan’s largest Naryn hydropower plant cascade...

An international roundtable discussion on modern technologies for domestic solid waste management and its investment potential was organized on 23 October 2017 by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan together with Uzbekistan’s parliament, the Oliy Majlis, and the Ecological Movement of Uzbekistan.