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OSCE finances feasibility study on remediation of pesticide burial site in Armenia

Posted on February 14, 2013.

A consortium of Tauw, Witteveen+Bos, Milieukontakt and Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment (AWHHE) is selected by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) to conduct a site assessment and feasibility study of the Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), pesticide burial site Nubarashen in Armenia. The Nubarashen Burial site was built in the [...]

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Environmental movement in Albania in a European context

Posted on December 22, 2011.

In a new publication Milieukontakt describes lessons learned about building civil society for the environment. The publication is based on more than 20 years experience in this field in over 30 countries. It is published in the framework of the project, ‘Serving Albanian Environmental Civil Society in Environment’ (SACSIE), conducted in Albania from 2007 to [...]

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Green Agenda on the Western Balkans: Final publication

Posted on December 22, 2011.

In February 2007 the program Green Agenda in The Western Balkans began with the intention to develop Green Agenda processes in at least 12 communities in 6 countries. Nobody knew if this process would work in a region so much affected by recent conflicts. The big question was: Are local citizens in the region capable [...]

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Urbanization and health day in baranovichi, belarus

Posted on April 26, 2010.

8 апреля в Барановичах в рамках празднования Всемирного дня Здоровья (девиз этого года – “Урбанизация и здоровье”) прошла общегородская выставка-ярмарка. В ней приняли участие предприятия пищевой отрасли, зональный центр санитарии и гигиены, медучреждения. ЭКОО “Неруш” представил проект “Устойчивое потребление для улучшения качества жизни”. Специально для выставки были распечатаны лифлеты “Нитраты”, “Радон”, “Электромагнитное излучение”, “Пищевые добавки”, [...]

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Training on sustainable consumption in Mogilev

Posted on April 26, 2010.

Шестнадцатого апреля на базе Могилевского областного центра экологического воспитания в рамках проекта «Устойчивое потреблениедля улучшения качества жизни» прошел тренинг, направленный на популяризацию идей устойчивого развития и устойчивого потребления. В тренинге приняли участие 25 руководителей эколого-биологических кружков из города Могилева и Могилевской области. Участники получили информационно-методические рекомендации по данной тематике, а также книги, буклеты и календари, [...]

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Project “Sustainable Consumption for better quality of life”, Belarus, obtains a wide circulation

Posted on March 30, 2010.

Руководитель партнерской организации “Неруш” голландско-белорусского проекта «Устойчивое потребление для улучшения качества жизни» Владимир Зуев сообщает из Барановичей: “25 марта на базе Ляховичского аграрного колледжа состоялся областной семинар “Современное экологическое образование и воспитание в средних специальных учебных заведениях: задачи, проблемы, пути решения”. В работе семинара приняли участие преподаватели и завучи ССУЗов Брестской области. С докладом «Формирование [...]

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SPAC project – Seminar on Food Safety in Minsk

Posted on February 22, 2010.

18 февраля 2010 года в Минске состоялся семинар «Безопасность пищевых продуктов». Социолог Ольга Терещенко, зав. кафедрой социальной коммуникации Белорусского госуниверситета, опираясь на результаты недавно проведенного исследования, осветила вопрос устойчивого потребления в представлениях потребителей Беларуси. В качестве экспертов перед участниками выступили Лариса Черник (БелГИМ), Юрий Горенюк (Республиканский центр гигиены и общественного здоровья Минздрава РБ), Виталий Лапа [...]

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Call for proposals on Integrated Water Management in Russia

Posted on January 22, 2010.

In the summer of 2009 the first Pskov Summer Course on IWRM was organized by the Pskov Teachers Training University (Pskov), the Russian River Network(Nizhni Novgorod), the Omsk Ecological Committee (Omsk), Verkhovye (Moskovskaya Oblast) in cooperation with Milieukontakt International (NL), the Province of Drenthe (NL) and Wageningen International (NL). The summer course is part of [...]

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Tauw Consortium Publishes Interim Reports of Central Asian Technical Study on Obsolete Pesticides

Posted on December 7, 2009.

Tauw, Witteveen & Bos, the International HCH & Pesticides Association, Milieukontakt and Green Cross – Switzerland publish the interim reports of the Obsolete Pesticides Technical Study in the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan. The project is financed by the Canada Persistent Organic Pollutants Fund, through the World Bank. Local [...]

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Training of Trainers workshop on Obsolete Pesticides-Invitation to apply

Posted on October 30, 2009.

Within the project  Capacity Building on Obsolete and POPs Pesticides in Eastern European Caucasus and Central Asian Countries a Training of Trainers on Obsolete Pesticides Inventory, Environmental Risk Assessment and Safeguarding will be organised in Minsk, from 18-19 January 2010. Milieukontakt is a partner within this GEF FAO project, as well as IHPA, Green Cross [...]

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Annual Report 2008

Posted on September 29, 2009.

Annual Report 2008 containing Financial Statement in English can be downloaded form page Annual Report (go to horizontal tool bar) or from the link below: Annual Report 2008 with Financial Statement (.pdf)

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Tauw, Witteveen & Bos, International HCH & Pesticides Association and Milieukontakt write a technical study on the problems of obsolete pesticides for Tajikistan

Posted on August 18, 2009.

In May this year the consortium of Tauw, Witteveen & Bos, the International HCH & Pesticides Association, Milieukontakt and Green Cross – Switzerland was selected by the World Bank to implement the project: Obsolete Pesticides Technical Study in the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, and the Republic of Uzbekistan. The project is financed by [...]

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Financial report 2007

Posted on December 9, 2008.

Annual financial report 2007 of Milieukontakt International is available online in Dutch language. You can download it 2007-jaarrekening.pdf

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Milieukontakt starts repackaging obsolete pesticides in Georgia

Posted on May 26, 2008.

Kakheti Region – After the Moldova campaign of 2006 Milieukontakt starts to repackage old stocks of pesticides in the Kakheti region of Georgia. Trained by experts from the Dutch engineering company Tauw a local team of individuals have repackaged approximately 80 tons of old stocks and transported some 100 tons of less hazardous waste to [...]

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