News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Turkmenistan hosts OSCE-supported seminar on waste management
Publishing date: 14 November 2017
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.
OSCE supports seminar on implementing Pollutant Release and Transfer Register Protocol in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 31 October 2017
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.
OSCE supports roundtable discussion on improving water education in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 October 2017
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...
OSCE Mission to Moldova supports confidence-building conference for Dniester/Nistru basin NGOs
Publishing date: 27 October 2017
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.
OSCE and National Guard of Kyrgyzstan: join efforts to enhance security of energy infrastructure of Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 25 October 2017
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...
OSCE supports sustainable waste management in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 23 October 2017
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.
Environmental and energy co-operation essential for good neighbourly relations, conclude participants at OSCE discussion in Vienna
Publishing date: 17 October 2017
VIENNA, 17 October 2017 – Co-operation on environmental and energy issues contributes to preventing tensions, building confidence and promoting good neighbourly relations in the OSCE region and therefore it must be strengthened, underlined senior officials and experts at high-level discussion taking place on 16 and 17 October in Vienna...