News and press releases

VIENNA, 27 January 2014 – The need for participating States to work together to better prepare for, and respond to natural disasters was highlighted at the First Preparatory Meeting of the 22nd OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum, which started today in Vienna...

BAKU, 18 December 2013 – The OSCE Office in Baku organized a three-day training course for Azerbaijani journalists on environmental investigative reporting, which began today. The course aims to increase the flow of environmental information in the country, as well as facilitate public participation and action on environmental matters...

KYIV, 13 December 2013 – International co-operation in adapting to changing climate conditions in the Dniester/Nistru River basin is the focus of the 8th meeting of the Working Group on Flood Management and Climate Change Adaptation, organised under the auspices of the OSCE and the UN Economic Commission for Europe in Kyiv that today brings together representatives from Moldova and Ukraine...

BAKU, 13 December 2013- Policy guidelines on the integration of energy efficiency provisions in public procurement is the main topic of a conference organized by the OSCE Office in Baku and the Centre for Strategic Studies (CSS) under the President of Azerbaijan...

A conference on efficient management of fish resources and biodiversity conservation as part of the ‘green growth’ approach in Kazakhstan’s Aral Sea Basin Area took place from 4 to 6 December 2013 in Kyzylorda in southern Kazakhstan...

TURKMENABAT, Turkmenistan, 29 November 2013 – A series of three national awareness-raising seminars on the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention) concluded in Turkmenabat in south-east Turkmenistan today.

BALYKCHY, Kyrgyzstan, 29 November 2013 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on oil pollution in Kyrgyzstan’s largest lake Issyk-Kul took place today in the lakeside town of Balykchy...