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OSCE Centre helps organize seminars on implementing the Aarhus Convention in Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK 15 June 2004
BISHKEK, 15 June 2004 - The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and its Osh Field Office have helped prepare a series of seminars in different areas of the country to discuss ways of implementing a key environmental information tool, the Aarhus Convention, in Kyrgyzstan.
The two-day events, organised together with the Ministry of Ecology and Emergencies of Kyrgyzstan, a branch of the Regional Environmental Centre in Central Asia and the ecological movement Biom, will take place in Osh on 17-18 June, Talas on 21-22 June, and Karakol on 24-25 June.
The aim of the seminars is to raise awareness about provisions of the Aarhus Convention and its three pillars: access to information, access to justice and participation in decision-making on environmental issues.
"The environment affects everybody's life in a positive or negative sense every day," said the Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Ambassador Markus Muller. "That's why it is important that everyone participates in decision-making on matters relating to the environment."
Among the participants in the seminars will be representatives of local administrations, the offices of the Public Prosecutor and courts, local non-governmental organizations, as well as parliamentarians and the media. Experts from Kazakhstan and Tajikistan will share experience on implementing the Convention in their countries.
The two-day events, organised together with the Ministry of Ecology and Emergencies of Kyrgyzstan, a branch of the Regional Environmental Centre in Central Asia and the ecological movement Biom, will take place in Osh on 17-18 June, Talas on 21-22 June, and Karakol on 24-25 June.
The aim of the seminars is to raise awareness about provisions of the Aarhus Convention and its three pillars: access to information, access to justice and participation in decision-making on environmental issues.
"The environment affects everybody's life in a positive or negative sense every day," said the Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Ambassador Markus Muller. "That's why it is important that everyone participates in decision-making on matters relating to the environment."
Among the participants in the seminars will be representatives of local administrations, the offices of the Public Prosecutor and courts, local non-governmental organizations, as well as parliamentarians and the media. Experts from Kazakhstan and Tajikistan will share experience on implementing the Convention in their countries.