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OSCE trains judges from South Caucasus and Eastern Europe on environmental issues
Publishing date: 20 February 2015
A regional workshop on access to justice in environmental matters was organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities in Tbilisi, Georgia on 19-20 February 2015...
OSCE supports Belarus and Ukraine in assessing environmental risks to facilitate safe border demarcation in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
Publishing date: 9 June 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Good governance
KYIV, 9 June 2015 – The concluding meeting of the project “Assessment of Environmental Risks in the Exclusion Zone along the Ukrainian and Belarusian Borders” was organized by the OCEEA on 9 June in Kyiv...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office calls for greater partnership to ensure sustainable management of natural resources
Publishing date: 5 June 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Environmental activities
VIENNA, 5 June 2015 – On World Environment Day, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić stresses the need for co-operation to protect environment at all levels...
OSCE brings together Aarhus Centres from 14 countries to discuss environmental challenges and opportunities for co-operation
Publishing date: 4 June 2015
VIENNA, 4 June 2015 – Environmental co-operation, networking and partnerships were the focus of the two-day Aarhus Centres Annual Meeting, organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, which concluded in Vienna today...
OSCE-supported Aarhus Centres in South-East Europe sign Joint Declaration in Vienna on regional co-operation
Publishing date: 3 June 2015
VIENNA, 3 June 2015 – As part of the 2015 Aarhus Centres Annual Meeting on 3-4 June 2015 in Vienna, Aarhus Centres from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia signed a Joint Declaration for co-operation, a step very much welcomed by the Serbian 2015 OSCE Chairmanship...
OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum Preparatory Meeting in Belgrade highlights need for regional co-operation in water governance
Publishing date: 12 May 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Environmental activities
BELGRADE, 12 May 2015 – Cross-border co-operation in water governance can significantly contribute to security and safety of citizens, concluded the participants of a two-day discussion on water management in the OSCE area, which closed in Belgrade today...
OSCE meeting on water governance to take place in Serbia
Publishing date: 8 May 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Environmental activities
VIENNA, 7 May 2015 – From 11 to 12 May, officials and key stakeholders from 57 OSCE participating States will meet in Belgrade, Serbia, to discuss water governance in the OSCE area from the security perspective, followed by a field visit on 13 May to the areas affected by the 2014 flood in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia...
OSCE Mediterranean Partners discuss linkages between environment and security
Publishing date: 11 December 2014
Mapping of areas in the Southern Mediterranean Region where environmental issues could potentially turn into security challenges was the focus of an expert workshop in Vienna on 11 December 2014, organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities...
OSCE-supported Aarhus Centres discuss their role in trans-boundary water management in South-East Europe
Publishing date: 26 March 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Environmental activities
TIRANA, 26 March 2015 – More than 40 representatives of central and local governments, Aarhus Centres and civil society from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia discussed the challenges of public participation in trans-boundary water management and in trans-boundary Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) processes at a two-day regional roundtable organized by the OSCE, that ended today...
OSCE Chairperson Dačić and Secretary General Zannier highlight importance of water governance on World Water Day
Publishing date: 20 March 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Environmental activities