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Toxic rocket fuel component now fully removed from Bishkek with OSCE support
Publishing date: 2 November 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Environmental activities, Hazardous waste management
A ceremony marking the removal of the last batch of mélange, a rocket fuel component, from Novopavlovka area and the Chui valley in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan took place on 2 November 2021.
Prospects to stimulate green economy through private sector discussed in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 15 November 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
The OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek supported a conference entitled Prospects to Develop the Green Economy through the Private Sector that took place on 14 November 2019. The event was organized during the annual Green Economy Week held from 11 to 17 November.
OSCE-supported fourth Aarhus Centre in Kyrgyzstan opens in Naryn
Publishing date: 8 November 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
The fourth Aarhus Centre in Kyrgyzstan officially opened on 5 November 2019 in Naryn. The new Centre is part of the co-operation between the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek and the University of Central Asia.
OSCE strengthens disaster risk reduction capacity of Kyrgyzstan and regional co-operation
Publishing date: 8 October 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Disaster risk reduction, Environmental activities
To mark the Disaster Risk Reduction Day celebrated globally on October 4, a Second National Conference on “Disaster Risk Reduction: Challenges and Solutions” took place in Bishkek...
OSCE starts 2019 Issyk-Kul Lake clean-up campaigns in collaboration with local communities
Publishing date: 19 July 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
The OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek on 19 July 2019 launched the first of four clean-up campaigns at Issyk-Kul Lake, in Kyrgyzstan, as an integral part of a roundtable discussion on the importance of the involvement of public institutions and society, and public awareness on environmental issues. The discussion is taking place in Chok-Tal village and organized by the Issyk-Kul Aarhus Centre, the Clean Issyk-Kul Public Foundation, and the Chon-Sary-Oy ayil local authority with support of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek...
OSCE together with UNODA helps strengthen capacity and preparedness of Central Asian states to respond to deliberate use of biological weapons
Publishing date: 26 June 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
A capacity building workshop for Central Asian states entitled “Strengthening National, Sub-Regional and International Capacities to Prepare for and Respond to Deliberate Use of Biological Weapons” in the framework of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) was conducted from 26 to 27 June 2019 in Bishkek. The workshop was organized by UNODA’s Implementation Support Unit of the BWC in co-operation with the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek and the Ministry of Economy of Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE-supported new irrigation system in southern town of Kara-Suu is launched
Publishing date: 7 December 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities, Water management
On 4 December 2018, the ceremony of the opening the irrigation system with a total length of 1,373 metres was held in the city of Kara-Suu, southern Kyrgyzstan. The irrigation system provides more than 1,000 households with access to irrigation water. The project was implemented by the Kara-Suu Mayor’s Office and local residents with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek (POiB).