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OSCE promotes green economy principles in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 24 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
ASTANA, 24 November 2011 – A three-day workshop on establishing a green economy in Kazakhstan began today in Astana...
OSCE promotes regional cooperation on ground waters management in Central Asia
Publishing date: 12 September 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 12 September 2011 – A workshop on groundwater management organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana, the Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Cluster Office in Almaty and the International Hydrological Programme (IHP), started today in Almaty...
OSCE hosts workshop for Central Asian legal experts on international co-operation to combat crime
Publishing date: 11 July 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Policing
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 11 July 2011 – The fourth annual workshop on international co-operation in criminal matters for legal experts in Central Asia, co-hosted by the OSCE in co-operation with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), began in Almaty today...
OSCE helps improve inland transport connections between Europe and Asia
Publishing date: 5 July 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 5 July 2011 – More than 50 transport and customs officials and policy makers from 11 Central Asia, South Caucasus and Eastern Europe countries will focus on improving inland transport connectivity between Europe and Asia during a three-day OSCE-supported workshop that started today in Almaty...
OSCE promotes transparency in Kazakhstan’s oil and gas industry
Publishing date: 29 June 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance
URALSK, Kazakhstan, 29 June 2011 – Transparency and accountability in the management of oil, gas and other extractive industries revenues in the western Caspian Sea region of Kazakhstan is the topic of a one-day OSCE-supported roundtable discussion organized today in Uralsk...
OSCE promotes best practices on trans-boundary water management
Publishing date: 24 May 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
Participants of a meeting held in Bishkek on 23 May to mark ten years of an OSCE-supported Trans-boundary Water Management Commission between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, summed up the results achieved under the initiative and charted the way forward.
OSCE promotes UN conventions on oil spill preparedness and response
Publishing date: 27 April 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
ASTANA, 27 April 2011 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on enhancing international oil spill preparedness and response through the promotion, ratification and implementation of key UN conventions was held in Astana today...