News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE concludes second series of workshops for secondary school teachers in Kazakhstan on energy efficiency
Publishing date: 8 December 2015
The second series of three OSCE-supported training seminars for secondary school teachers on energy efficiency concluded on 8 December 2015 in Kostanay, Kazakhstan...
OSCE promotes co-operation on dam safety in Central Asia
Publishing date: 3 December 2015
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 3 December 2015- Best practices in transboundary water resources management with an emphasis on dam safety will be presented and analysed during a two-day regional conference beginning today in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE Programme Office promotes organic farming in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 26 November 2015
ASTANA, 26 November 2015 –Agricultural development in line with green growth principles were the focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion today in Astana for some 60 parliamentarians and Agriculture Ministry officials, as well as representatives of civil society and the business community, including the National Chamber of Entrepreneurs...
Reducing role of carbon fuels in Kazakhstan’s economy focus of OSCE workshop
Publishing date: 23 November 2015
ASTANA, 23 November 2015 – An OSCE-supported workshop was held in Astana today on mechanisms and ways to de-carbonize Kazakhstan’s economy in view of its commitments to be approved at the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris...
OSCE supports study visit of Kazakhstan’s delegation to the EU Emergency Response Centre
Publishing date: 17 November 2015
A group of five high-level officials from Kazakhstan’s Committee of Emergency Situations of Interior Ministry concluded an OSCE-supported study visit to the European Commission’s Emergency Response Co-ordination Centre (ERCC) in Brussels on 17 November 2015...
OSCE Programme Office in Astana promotes regional Green Bridge Partnership Programme
Publishing date: 13 November 2015
ASTANA, 13 November 2015 – An OSCE-supported international conference on the Green Bridge Partnership Programme (GBPP) as platform for promoting best practices and innovations in a green economy took place today in Astana, Kazakhstan...
OSCE supports energy efficiency workshop for secondary school teachers in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 9 November 2015
An OSCE-supported training seminar on the topic of energy efficiency for school teachers took place on 9 November 2015 in Oskemen, Kazakhstan. The event was the last in a series of three sessions that trained over 300 secondary school teachers from Astana, Almaty and the Eastern Kazakhstan region...