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OSCE Centre trains public servants to protect environment while implementing land reform in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 6 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Environmental activities
VARZOB, Tajikistan, 6 June 2007- Teaching public servants to apply environmental protection mechanisms while managing the land reform process is the aim of an OSCE-supported seminar which ends in Varzob, near Dushanbe, on Friday...
OSCE Mission Head calls for strengthening efforts to protect environment in Serbia
Publishing date: 5 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Environmental activities
BELGRADE, 5 June 2007- On the occasion of the World Environmental Day, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, drew attention to environmental hazards in Serbia and called on the authorities and the public to strengthen...
Austrian energy-autonomous city to host OSCE delegation on International Environment Day
Publishing date: 4 June 2007
VIENNA, 4 June 2007- On the occasion of the International Environment Day, marked on 5 June, more than 40 OSCE delegates will visit the Austrian city of Gussing which relies exclusively on renewable energy...
OSCE-supported competition helps Georgian children learn about protecting the environment
Publishing date: 1 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Environmental activities, Education
TBILISI, 1 June 2007- Fifteen schoolchildren were named as winners today in a competition aimed at raising awareness about the importance of protecting the environment organized by the OSCE-supported Aarhus Centre and the Georgian Environment Ministry...
OSCE Centre promotes efficient management of trans-boundary water resources
Publishing date: 31 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
ALMATY, 31 May 2007- Sustainable management of ground water resources that stretch across international borders was the topic as experts from Central Asia and the Caucasus began meeting today at a workshop supported by the OSCE Centre in Almaty...
OSCE supports international youth co-operation on ecological problems
Publishing date: 29 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
YEREVAN, 29 May 2007- Ecological challenges faced by cities in mountainous regions is the topic of a two-day international youth conference that started today in Yerevan.
OSCE meeting transforms concern about environment security into action
Publishing date: 23 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
PRAGUE, 23 May 2007- A high-level OSCE meeting focusing on environmental security transformed concerns that environmental factors are threatening global security into actions that will promote stability, said Jose Angel Lopez Jorrin...