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OSCE promotes green mobility and environmental awareness at the III Cycling Marathon for preschool children in Khiva
Publishing date: 1 June 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Climate change, Environmental activities
On the eve of International Children’s Day, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz) co-organized the III Cycling Marathon for preschool children on 31 May 2023 in Khiva.
OSCE facilitates Swedish Agency’s needs assessment visit on Montenegro’s firefighting capacities
Publishing date: 12 May 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Disaster risk reduction, Environmental activities
A needs assessment to evaluate the fire mitigating measures in Montenegro concluded on 12 May, conducted by the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) for the Ministry of Defense and with the support of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro.
OSCE seminar discusses international environmental standards in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 28 April 2023
Content type: News
What we do: Environmental activities, Environmental good governance
The Espoo Convention on the Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context and experiences of its implementation were in focus of a two-day OSCE-organized online seminar, which took place on 27 and 28 April 2023. The OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized the two-day event to raise
Young women professionals in Central Asia get career kick-start in energy sector through OSCE training course
Publishing date: 21 April 2023
Content type: News
What we do: Environmental activities, Energy security
The OSCE organized an intensive in-person and online training course from 17 to 21 April 2023 on renewable energy for around 100 young women from Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Mongolia, to help them kick-start careers in the sustainable energy sector.
Tajik rescuers complete the OSCE-EU organized training course on avalanche safety
Publishing date: 17 March 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Disaster risk reduction, Environmental activities
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe completed a capacity-building training course on avalanche safety for 20 representatives of Tajikistan’s Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defence on 17 March 2023. The two-week course aimed at enhancing the rescuers’ skills and capacities in the area of search and rescue operations in an avalanche area as well as the recovery of victims after an avalanche in challenging winter conditions.
Digitalization and development of women’s business focus of the IV Forum of Women Farmers co-organized by the OSCE in Tashkent
Publishing date: 28 February 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Environmental activities, Gender equality
The development of women’s business in agriculture was the focus of the Forum of Women Farmers “Digitization and New Technologies – Success Way of Farmer Women” co-organized today by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz) together with the International Business Women Association of Uzbekistan (IBWA) and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
OSCE supports decision makers in the Central Asian energy sector to foster women’s equal participation
Publishing date: 12 December 2022
Content type: News
What we do: Environmental activities, Energy security, Gender equality
The OSCE held a regional workshop on Fostering Women’s Participation in the Energy Sector in Central Asia, jointly with the Qazaq Green Renewable Energy Sources (RES) Association and with in-kind support from UNDP Kazakhstan in Astana, Kazakhstan, on 7-8 December. The event offered a platform for 30 representatives from energy ministries, industry, women’s energy associations, and academia from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan to discuss regional opportunities and challenges facing women in the energy sector.