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OSCE Office supports expert discussions on investment in hydropower
Publishing date: 16 March 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
DUSHANBE, 16 March 2011- A two-day seminar, supported by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, on the standardization of investment mechanisms and procedures for small hydropower stations concluded today in Dushanbe...
OSCE Centre supports young professionals from Central Asian environmental NGOs
Publishing date: 12 February 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
ALMATY, 12 February 2011- Some 45 young leaders representing environmental non-governmental organizations from Central Asia are taking part in the Youth Environmental Forum that started in Almaty today with the support of the OSCE Centre...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator launches website for environmental education in Ukraine
Publishing date: 9 February 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities, Education
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) has launched a website which offers secondary school teachers environmental education materials to promote the principles of sustainable development among young people in Ukraine...
Need for multidimensional approach to sustainable energy focus of OSCE meeting
Publishing date: 7 February 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
VIENNA, 7 February 2011 – Sustainable energy, energy security and OSCE support are being discussed at the first preparatory meeting of this year’s Economic and Environmental Forum, which started in Vienna today...
Sustainable development, environmental topics introduced into school curriculum in Kyrgyzstan with OSCE Centre support
Publishing date: 13 December 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities, Education
BISHKEK, 14 December 2010- Starting next year, students in Kyrgyzstan's secondary schools will learn about sustainable development and environmental issues, following a decision by Kyrgyzstan's Academy of Education to implement a plan presented at a conference today as a key result of a project supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
Methods to teach environmental awareness in focus at course organized by OSCE Centre in Astana
Publishing date: 22 November 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Democratization, Environmental activities, Education
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 22 November 2010- Promoting environmental education and sustainable development for schoolchildren through multimedia educational packages is the focus of two training seminars organized this week in Almaty by the OSCE Centre...
OSCE starts clean-up of toxic rocket fuel component from third military base in Ukraine
Publishing date: 19 November 2010
Content type: Press release
What we do: Arms control, Economic activities, Environmental activities
RADEKHIV, Ukraine, 19 November- Specialists filled railway tanks with a toxic rocket fuel component that had been stored in deteriorating containers at a military base in Western Ukraine today in preparation for shipping...