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OSCE, Japan government provide equipment for environmental monitoring around Issyk-Kul lake in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 17 February 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
BALYKCHY, Kyrgyzstan, 17 February 2014 – New environmental monitoring equipment to enhance the protection of Kyrgyzstan’s largest lake was handed over to staff from the Issyk-Kul Biosphere Territory by the Embassy of Japan and the OSCE Centre in Bishkek today in the lakeside town of Balykchy...
Combating oil pollution of Issyk-Kul Lake in focus at OSCE-supported discussion
Publishing date: 29 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
BALYKCHY, Kyrgyzstan, 29 November 2013 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on oil pollution in Kyrgyzstan’s largest lake Issyk-Kul took place today in the lakeside town of Balykchy...
OSCE, international organizations help provide potable water to people in south-west Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 7 October 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
Thirty-five volunteers from Kaptarkhana village in Batken province in south-west Kyrgyzstan, including staff of the Mayor’s office and the State Water Agency, and representatives of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) got together on 5 October 2013 to work on the facilities for taking the water from the river and channelling it to the newly constructed potable water pipeline...
OSCE organizes environmental education camp for children from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 19 July 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
An ecological summer camp organized by the OSCE for the children of officers from the state border services of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan took place on 20 July 2013 in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan...
Kyrgyzstan’s plans to open second Aarhus Centre discussed at OSCE-supported meeting in Bishkek
Publishing date: 19 July 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
BISHKEK, 19 July 2013 – The planned opening of Kyrgyzstan’s second Aarhus Centre and details to its future activities were discussed at an OSCE-supported roundtable meeting in Bishkek today...
Bishkek Water Museum to be opened in September 2013 with OSCE support
Publishing date: 10 June 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities, Education
A ceremony at the Water museum in Bishkek took place in Bishkek on 7 June 2013, to mark the 80th anniversary of the Kyrgyz National Agrarian University’s (KNAU). The popular science museum will be officially opened to the public in September 2013 and will be hosted by the KNAU’s former laboratory building. It will be the country’s only museum educating people on water and its effective use...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports efficient management of drinking water resources in Isfana
Publishing date: 26 April 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
A Memorandum of Understanding between the OSCE, the United Nations World Food Programme in Kyrgyzstan, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit and the Special Representative of the Government in the Batken province to implement a project on "addressing conflicts over drinking water in Isfana City" was signed on 26 April 2013...