News and press releases

UST-KAMENOGORSK, Kazakhstan, 18 April 2014 – An OSCE-supported training seminar for journalists on environmental reporting with a special focus on green economy issues began today in Ust-Kamenogorsk, Eastern Kazakhstan Region.

ASTANA, 11 April 2014 – Enhancing the national legislation for transition to a green economy in Kazakhstan is the main topic of an OSCE-supported workshop that started today...

MARY, 27 March 2014 – An OSCE-organized seminar on renewable energy took place today in Mary, eastern Turkmenistan, to boost professional contacts and exchange best practices with the aim of establishing a national Centre of Excellence on Renewable Energy...

YEREVAN, 26 March 2014 – The linkages between the environment and security and how to address challenges associated with them were the focus of a two-day OSCE workshop kicked off today for representatives of Public Environmental Information Centres (Aarhus Centres) and civil society in Armenia...

VIENNA, 22 March 2014- Sustainable water management is key to ensuring peace, stability and security, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier said today to mark World Water Day...

BALYKCHY, Kyrgyzstan, 17 February 2014 – New environmental monitoring equipment to enhance the protection of Kyrgyzstan’s largest lake was handed over to staff from the Issyk-Kul Biosphere Territory by the Embassy of Japan and the OSCE Centre in Bishkek today in the lakeside town of Balykchy...

MINSK, 31 January 2014 – More than 40 representatives of central and local government, civil society and academia highlighted the challenges and solutions for advancing the implementation of the Aarhus Convention in Belarus, at a three-day workshop co-organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA), which ended today...