News and press releases

DUSHANBE, 16 December 2014 – A two-day training course for Aarhus Centres and other non-governmental organizations on raising awareness of disaster risk reduction started today at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan. The training course will be delivered by national and international experts working in this field...

Mapping of areas in the Southern Mediterranean Region where environmental issues could potentially turn into security challenges was the focus of an expert workshop in Vienna on 11 December 2014, organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities...

OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 10 December 2014- Three schools involved in the “My Clean Town” environmental campaign will be awarded today by the Osh City Mayor, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Agroprom Holding recycling company as part of an campaign to raise the community’s involvement in an environmental clean-up initiative supported by educators and students...

The OSCE Centre in Bishkek on 4 December 2014 supported a two-day regional roundtable discussion in Kyrgyzstan’s capital on the outcomes of UNESCO’s World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development...

BASEL, Switzerland, 5 December 2014 – The OSCE proved its value and ability as a forum for dialogue while its key principles were defended, said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter as the 21st Ministerial Council concluded in Basel today. Burkhalter welcomed decisions on Germany and Austria assuming the OSCE Chairmanships respectively in 2016 and 2017, and lauded decisions to further enhance the fight against terrorism and boost States’ preparedness against the threat of natural disasters...

SHKODËR, Albania, 5 December 2015- Two parliamentary committees from Albania and Montenegro met on 5 December 2014 in the Albanian town of Shkodra to discuss cross-border environmental issues. The event was organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania and the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, in partnership with the parliaments of the two countries, with the aim of promoting bilateral co-operation and strengthening the legislative process on environmental issues.

A two-day OSCE-supported training workshop for judges on access to justice in environmental matters began on 26 November 2014 in Karaganda, Kazakhstan...