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OSCE trains officials to detect and prevent smuggling of hazardous waste
Publishing date: 24 March 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
KYIV, 24 March 2011 – Detecting and preventing the illegal cross-border trafficking of waste and other hazardous waste in Eastern Europe were the focus of a four-day train-the-trainers workshop that ended in Kyiv today...
OSCE donates bullet-proof vests, helmets to help Ukraine eliminate remnants of war
Publishing date: 18 March 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
KYIV, 18 March 2011- The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine donated 111 sets of bullet-proof vests and helmets to the country's Emergency Situations Ministry at a ceremony in Kyiv today...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator launches website for environmental education in Ukraine
Publishing date: 9 February 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities, Education
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) has launched a website which offers secondary school teachers environmental education materials to promote the principles of sustainable development among young people in Ukraine...
OSCE starts clean-up of toxic rocket fuel component from third military base in Ukraine
Publishing date: 19 November 2010
Content type: Press release
What we do: Arms control, Economic activities, Environmental activities
RADEKHIV, Ukraine, 19 November- Specialists filled railway tanks with a toxic rocket fuel component that had been stored in deteriorating containers at a military base in Western Ukraine today in preparation for shipping...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator promotes eco-friendly secondary education in Ukraine
Publishing date: 14 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
KYIV, 14 April 2010- The Ukrainian version of a teacher's guide for environmental education in secondary schools was presented by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator (PCU) in Kyiv today...
First train that will transport toxic substance from Ukraine for safe disposal prepared for departure as part of OSCE-supported project
Publishing date: 18 November 2009
Content type: Press release
KALYNIVKA, Ukraine, 18 November 2009- A special train carrying more than 500 tonnes of a highly toxic and volatile rocket fuel component was assembled today ahead of its departure from the south-western Ukrainian town of Kalynivka...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator promotes environmental education in Ukraine
Publishing date: 23 July 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Education
KYIV, 23 July 2009- The OSCE Project Co-ordinator (OSCE PCU) presented a multi-media educational kit- known as the Green Pack- to educators, environmental groups and media at a roundtable discussion in Kyiv today...