News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE opens training centre to improve the quality of environmental monitoring in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 3 October 2016
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 3 October 2016 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek supported the opening of a training centre in Osh with the aim of increasing the capacity of state and public inspectors of the State Inspectorate of Environmental and Technical Safety (SIETS) and the State Agency for Environmental Protection and Forestry (SAEPF)...
Disaster management in focus of OSCE training course in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 30 September 2016
ASHGABAT, 30 September 2016 – A training course on mechanisms to reduce and prevent the spread of disasters, organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, concluded today in Ashgabat...
Local authorities, Aarhus Centre representatives from South-Eastern Europe discuss disaster risk reduction at OSCE-supported meeting in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 23 September 2016
SARAJEVO, 23 September 2016 – A two-day regional disaster risk reduction meeting, organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities and hosted by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), concluded today in Sarajevo...
OSCE Programme Office in Astana promotes participation of young diplomats in transboundary water management
Publishing date: 23 September 2016
An OSCE-supported training seminar for some 20 young diplomats from Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on the principles of water governance and challenges and solutions related to climate change concluded on 23 September 2016 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE-supported environmental awareness activities in Armenia held on the occasion of World Ozone Day
Publishing date: 20 September 2016
Discussion on environmental issues, training courses and educational tours for schoolchildren were among the activities held on 15-17 September 2016 in Khosrov State Reserve to mark the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer...
OSCE Programme Office in Astana co-organizes Central Asian Leadership Programme for government officials and young environmental leaders
Publishing date: 19 September 2016
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 19 September 2016 – The OSCE-supported seventh annual Central Asian Leadership Programme (CALP) for some 40 young environmental leaders and decision-makers from the state, non-governmental, academic and business sectors of Central Asia and Afghanistan on sustainable development goals and improved co-operation began today in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE opens public information centres in Kyrgyzstan to raise awareness on uranium legacy remediation works
Publishing date: 14 September 2016
BISHKEK, 14 September 2016 – The Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA), the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and they Aarhus Centre in Osh today opened the first Public Environmental Information Centres (PEIC) in the towns of Mailuu-Suu and Shekaftar of Jalal-Abad region in southern Kyrgyzstan as well as in Min-Kush, Naryn region, in the northern part of the country...