News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE donates equipment to Armenian Emergency Ministry
Publishing date: 13 October 2014
Ambassador Andrey Sorokin, Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, donated equipment on behalf of the Office to Armenia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations on 13 October 2014 to support the Ministry’s efforts in raising its capacities to protect people and the environment...
OSCE Centre co-organizes annual seminar of Kazakhstan’s Aarhus Centres Network
Publishing date: 7 October 2014
BOROVOE, Kazakhstan, 7 October 2014 – More than 30 representatives of Aarhus Centres from across the country, the Energy Ministry, the Supreme Court as well as civil society took part in a two-day workshop, which concluded today in Borovoe...
Climate change, environment-technology connection at center of OSCE PA Autumn Meeting day two
Publishing date: 4 October 2014
GENEVA, 4 October 2014 – Climate change and the connections between environment and technology took center stage on day two of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Autumn Meeting, which has brought together some 200 parliamentarians from more than 50 nations in Geneva this week...
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...