OSCE supports contest on promoting green organizations in Kazakhstan

The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan supported a contest on promoting “green” organizations that took place on 20 November 2020 in Nur-Sultan.

Some 40 representatives from the Parliament, the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources, the business sector, and international and non-governmental organizations participated in the event on site and via video conference. The event focused on promoting organizations with leading green practices and encouraging companies and their office employees countrywide to adopt sustainable environmental practices in their daily work.

The contest ran from 1 June to 30 October with results announced on 20 November 2020. Winners included government institutions, private companies, civil society and international organizations from across Kazakhstan. The event was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan in partnership with the Coalition for Green Economy and G-Global Development.

The event is part of the Programme Office’s long-term effort to promote the green economy in the host country and sustainable development principles in strengthening environmental security.