Publications
Mining for Closure
Publishing date: 4 March 2014
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The guidebook was prepared by the Environment and Security Initiative as a useful source for the best practices and policies for sustainable mining and closure of mines. It was translated and published into Armenian with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan.
Dniester Without Borders- Executive Summary
Publishing date: 27 January 2014
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Border management, Environmental activities
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This publication briefly informs about the results of the Dniester process and presents achievements of an OSCE-supported project “Transboundary Co-operation and Sustainable Management in the Dniester River Basin: Phase III – Implementation of the Action Programme”. It provides a summative description of the project activities on development and signing of the Moldovan-Ukrainian Dniester River basin Treaty, transboundary water monitoring, fish fauna conservation, information sharing on the basin level, public awareness, and reducing vulnerability to extreme floods and climate change. The summary presents recommendations for further activities in the Dniester basin and is a valuable reference for the further development of the transboundary integrated water resources management. More information on these issues is contained in the full report “Dniester without border”. This summary is available in English and Russian.
Dniester Without Borders
Publishing date: 27 January 2014
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Border management, Environmental activities
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This publication presents achievements of a project “Transboundary Co-operation and Sustainable Management in the Dniester River Basin: Phase III – Implementation of the Action Programme”. It describes in detail activities on development and signing of the Moldovan-Ukrainian Dniester River Basin Treaty, transboundary water monitoring, fish fauna conservation, information sharing on the basin level, public awareness, and reducing vulnerability to extreme floods and climate change. It provides recommendations for further activities in the Dniester basin and is a valuable reference for the further development of the transboundary integrated water resources management. Available in Russian only.
Increasing stability and security: Improving the environmental footprint of energy-related activities in the OSCE region
Publishing date: 17 December 2013
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Compilation of consolidated summaries from the 21st Economic and Environmental Forum
Transforming Risks into Co-operation
Publishing date: 12 December 2013
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Environmental activities
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Environment and Security Initiative 2003-2013
Wildlife detector dogs: A guideline on the training of dogs to detect wildlife in trade
Publishing date: 11 December 2013
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
Publisher: World Wildlife Fund
This publication aims to provide an overview on the training and use of wildlife detector dogs comparing methodologies in different countries. The Russian translation of the publication provided by the OSCE is part of the project “Prevention of Illegal Cross-border Transport of Hazardous Waste and Other Cross-border Environmental Crimes”.
Radiological control cards
Publishing date: 15 October 2013
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Border management, Environmental activities
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This publication is an instrumental guide into radioactive materials, procedures of their identification and security measures. It is aimed at environmental inspectors, customs personnel, border guards. Its small format will allow the officials to have it at hand while performing load checks at the border crossings. It is not available in English.
Workbook on radiation control issues
Publishing date: 15 October 2013
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Border management, Environmental activities
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This publication is a useful reference source for environmental inspectors and border guards, as it provides a selection of legal acts, instructions on the procedures that are needed to monitor radiation in trans-border cargos. It also contains samples of documents to be filled by inspectors and recommendations on personnel security measures. Available in Ukrainian only.
Guide for practical implementation of the Law on Environmental Impact Assessment
Publishing date: 15 June 2013
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Environmental activities
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Guide was developed by the Regional Aarhus Centre Subotica with the Mission’s assistance in order to address lack of knowledge on the content and rights defined by the Law on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) among the civil society and business community. The bilingual Guide (in Serbian and Hungarian) provides guidelines to the rights for public engagement and other legal requirements related to practical implementation of the Law and is intended primarily for citizens, journalists, CSOs but also for investors and representatives of local authorities.
The Aarhus Convention in the Republic of Serbia Law and Practice
Publishing date: 10 January 2013
Content type: Book
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Environmental activities
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe