News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE trains customs officers on detecting and preventing environmental crimes
Publishing date: 3 October 2014
A regional workshop designed to build the capacity of customs authorities in detecting the illegal trafficking of hazardous waste, pesticides, ozone-depleting substances and endangered plants and animals, was co-organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine on 30 September and 1 October 2014...
OSCE Center in Bishkek supports environment and emergency risk reduction training for Central Asia
Publishing date: 24 September 2014
BISHKEK, 24 September 2014 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek is hosting a three-day training course on ”Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation” for representatives from the national agencies of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan and OSCE field operations in Central Asia in Bishkek...
OSCE grants awarded to two projects addressing disaster risk reduction in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 24 September 2014
BAKU, 24 September 2014- The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku has awarded two civil society organizations in Azerbaijan, working in the field of disaster risk reduction, with grants under the Civic Action for Environment and Security (CASE) Programme...
OSCE supports training event for young environmental leaders from Central Asia and Afghanistan
Publishing date: 16 September 2014
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 16 September 2014 – Some 40 young environmental leaders and professionals representing state, business and civil society in Central Asia and Afghanistan are taking part in the nine-day training seminar under the Central Asian Leadership Programme on Environment and Sustainable Development (CALPESD), launched today in Almaty...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan promotes health and environmental benefits of cycling
Publishing date: 15 September 2014
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan and the non-governmental organization Ecological Movement of Uzbekistan ran a national cycling event on the streets of Tashkent on 14 September 2014, raising awareness of the health and environmental benefits of getting on the bike...
OSCE facilitates co-ordination meeting between Tajikistan’s Khujand and Kyrgyzstan’s Osh Aarhus Centres
Publishing date: 12 September 2014
The OSCE field missions in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan supported a meeting between the Khujand and Osh Aarhus Centres in Khujand, Tajikistan, from 4 to 5 September 2014, to promote co-ordination between the Centres in confronting environmental challenges common to both countries...
Enhanced efforts needed to prevent, mitigate, and respond to natural disasters, say OSCE forum participants in Prague
Publishing date: 10 September 2014
PRAGUE, 10 September 2014 – With natural disasters more frequent and destructive, greater impetus and enhanced efforts are needed by States to work together to better prevent, mitigate, and respond to this threat, said senior officials and experts at the concluding meeting of the 22nd OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum, which opened in Prague today....