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Good environmental governance is central to sustainable development and competitive economies, say participants at meeting in Vienna
Publishing date: 25 January 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Environmental activities
VIENNA, 25 January 2016 – Good environmental governance and sustainable development- central elements of the economic and environmental dimension of the OSCE’s comprehensive approach to security- are the focus of the two-day 1st Preparatory Meeting of the 24th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum, which opened today in Vienna...
Municipal representatives from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia complete regional disaster risk reduction training course in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 18 December 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Disaster risk reduction, Environmental activities
SARAJEVO, 18 December 2015 – A three-day regional disaster risk reduction training course organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities and hosted by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, concluded today in Sarajevo...
Regional co-operation crucial in reducing disaster risk, conclude participants at OSCE-supported discussion in Montenegro
Publishing date: 10 December 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Mission to Montenegro, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Disaster risk reduction, Environmental activities
BUDVA, Montenegro, 10 December 2015 – A three-day regional disaster risk reduction training course, organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, hosted by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, was completed today in Budva...
OSCE trains women from Central Asia in advancing their career opportunities in the water sector
Publishing date: 27 November 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Gender equality
COPENHAGEN, 27 November 2015 – A one-week training course for female water professionals from Central Asia, jointly organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) and the OSCE Gender Section, in co-operation with the Women’s Water Initiative, concluded today in Copenhagen...
OSCE Secretary General meets Netherlands Foreign Minister Koenders and addresses climate change challenges at Hague Conference
Publishing date: 3 November 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier visited The Hague from 2 to 3 November 2015, where he addressed the Planetary Security Conference on ‘Peace and Cooperation in Times of Climate Change and Global Environmental Challenges’ organized by the Dutch Foreign Affairs Ministry...
We need to address the link between climate change and security, say participants at OSCE Security Days event
Publishing date: 28 October 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Environmental activities
VIENNA, 28 October 2015 – There is an urgent need to deepen understanding of the security implications of climate change and to recognize the security benefits of climate change mitigation and adaption, said OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today as he opened an OSCE Security Days event in Vienna devoted to the unprecedented impacts and unpredictable risks posed by this global challenge...
OSCE hands over a software programme for safe fire-fighting in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone
Publishing date: 22 October 2015
CHORNOBYL, Ukraine, 22 October 2015- A software programme for estimating radiation doses in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone for Ukrainian firefighters engaged in suppressing local wildfires was today handed over to the State Enterprise “Chornobyl Spetskombinat” by the OSCE...