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Public participation in environmental decision-making in focus at 2023 Aarhus Centres Annual Meeting
Publishing date: 19 October 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Environmental activities
The role of Aarhus Centres in promoting public participation in environmental decision-making, transition towards green economy, and management of hazardous and toxic wastes took centre stage at the 2023 Aarhus Centres Annual Meeting, held in Dushanbe and online on 17 and 18 October.
OSCE enhances capacities for wildfire risk reduction and early warning to reduce climate vulnerabilities and strengthen resilience
Publishing date: 12 October 2023
Content type: News
What we do: Climate change, Environmental activities
Marking International Day for Disaster Reduction, the OSCE underlines the vital role of wildfire risk reduction, landscape fire management, and fire early warning in responding to the growing challenges posed by climate change.
1.5 million young people in Kyrgyzstan reached with OSCE campaign on youth crime prevention and integrity
Publishing date: 4 October 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Youth
The OSCE awareness campaign on youth crime prevention and integrity, launched in June 2023, achieved the milestone of reaching one and a half million young people across Kyrgyzstan on 29 September 2023.
OSCE empowers grassroot initiatives in Ukraine on developing open data-based solutions
Publishing date: 3 October 2023
Content type: News
What we do: Economic activities
On 30 September, the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) concluded a three-month-long, nation-wide small grants programme in Ukraine with the aim of supporting civil society organizations and the private sector in creating digital solutions addressing war-related challenges. The programme, titled Open Data Unbroken, supports the use of open data to encourage civic participation through innovative technology approaches and tools, establish partnerships among various sectors, and enhance information exchange and networking among local authorities, grassroots initiatives, and public activists.
OSCE supports the development of the five-year youth strategy for the Canton of Sarajevo
Publishing date: 28 September 2023
Content type: News
What we do: Youth
The OSCE Secretariat Transnational Threats Department (TNTD) and Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA), in co-operation with the Ministry of Science, Higher Education and Youth of the Canton of Sarajevo and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, held a multi-stakeholder event on 27 and 28 September in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, to support the development of the 2024-2028 Youth Strategy.
OSCE initiates regional dialogue in South-Eastern Europe on interconnections of climate change, air pollution and health, inspiring local action
Publishing date: 25 September 2023
Content type: News
What we do: Environmental activities
On 21 September, 40 participants representing municipalities, civil society organizations, and academia from South-Eastern Europe convened in Sarajevo to discuss the impacts of climate change and air pollution on health, and to explore local solutions. The meeting was organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) in collaboration with the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Empowering youth voices in Central Asia: OSCE Summer School spurs engagement on climate change and security in mountain areas
Publishing date: 30 August 2023
Content type: News
What we do: Climate change, Economic activities, Environmental activities
From 17 to 26 August 2023, twenty young people from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan gathered in the northern Tian Shan mountains in eastern Kyrgyzstan to learn about climate-related security risks in mountain areas and deliberate on innovative solutions and