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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE organizes tour for young water specialists in southern Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 11 June 2021
From 7 to 12 June, the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan organized a tour of water facilities in the Almaty, Zhambyl, Turkestan and Kyzylorda regions for young specialists. The tour was conducted in partnership with the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS).
OSCE launches training seminars on Environmental Impact Assessment in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 19 May 2021
An OSCE-supported training seminar on the development and implementation of an effective Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) system in Kazakhstan in line with the Espoo Convention started on 19 May 2021...
OSCE supports water quality transboundary monitoring in Chu-Talas river basin
Publishing date: 27 April 2021
From 27 to 30 April in the Zhambyl region, the Programme Office in Nur-Sultan, in collaboration with Kazakhstan’s hydrometeorology service Kazgidromet, launched its first in a series of four surface water samples collection in the transboundary Chu and Talas river basin. The water samples taken by Kazgidromet specialists from 16 different locations will be delivered to the Kazgidromet’s local laboratory in Taraz for examining the physical and chemical composition...
OSCE supports awareness raising workshops on Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 2 April 2021
An OSCE-supported three-day online awareness-raising workshop on effective implementation of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) in line with the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Convention on EIA, also known as Espoo Convention and its Protocol on SEA, concluded on 2 April 2021...
OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan supplies Forestry and Wildlife Committee with an unmanned aerial vehicle
Publishing date: 7 January 2021
On 5 January 2021, the OSCE Programme Office handed over a specialized unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to the East-Kazakhstan Regional Territorial Forestry and Wildlife Inspection during the signing of a loan agreement.
OSCE supports contest on promoting green organizations in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 20 November 2020
The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan supported a contest on promoting “green” organizations that took place on 20 November 2020 in Nur-Sultan...
OSCE supports roundtable discussion on environmental challenges in Kazakhstan’s Kostanay region
Publishing date: 15 October 2020
The first in a series of three OSCE-supported regional roundtable discussions on the country’s environmental challenges concluded on 15 October 2020 in Kostanay, Kazakhstan. The two-day event brought together some 25 representatives from the local authorities, the business community and environmental NGOs. The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan, in partnership with the Association of Environmental Organizations, organized the event...