Building stability through environmental cooperation

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Building stability through environmental
cooperation OSCE case studies

• Presentation for the Hague Conference on
  Environment, Security and Sustainable Development

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OSCEs role

• Mediation and dialogue
• Support reform and institutional strengthening
• Awareness raising
• governments
• civil society / citizens

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Water and Security

• Tool for conflict prevention
• Chu and Talas
• Tool for confidence building
• Kura - Arraks
• Dniestr
• Tool for post-conflict rehabilitation
• Sava

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Environment and Security Initiative

• OSCE , UNDP UNEP
• Consultative mapping of risks and opportunities
  for collaboration

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Three Pillars

• Vulnerability assessment and Monitoring
• Capacity building and institutional strengthening
• Policy development and implementation

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Lessons learned

• Institutions matter
• Environmental issues can be catalysts for
  cooperation
• Regional approach can facilitate
• Political context