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OSCE Centre holds training for TV journalists on covering environmental issues
ALMATY 7 April 2004
ALMATY, 7 April 2004 - A master class for television journalists on environment issues, organized by the OSCE Centre in Almaty in co-operation with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the Ecological Press Centre, was held here from 29 March to 7 April. It was attended by nineteen television journalists.
"The media has a significant role to play with regard to environmental issues", said Ambassador Ivar Vikki, Head of the OSCE Centre. "Improved information on these issues, especially technical and scientific aspects, can lead to a heightened awareness among citizens of the problems that need to be resolved."
Better access to environmental information is a key issue in a number of OSCE States. Increasing the level of knowledge gives citizens the ability to influence policy choices in their respective countries. It is widely acknowledged that lack of such information is a potential source of conflict. Giving journalists the technical capacity to bring such information to public light is a crucial element of this process.
Trainers at the event included members of Kazakhstan's Research Institute for Environment and Climate, the Hydrometeorology Centre, the National Environmental Society, the Association of National Parks, as well as environmental lawyers and a journalist from Saint-Petersburg, Gennady Shabarin, who writes about environmantal issues.
"The media has a significant role to play with regard to environmental issues", said Ambassador Ivar Vikki, Head of the OSCE Centre. "Improved information on these issues, especially technical and scientific aspects, can lead to a heightened awareness among citizens of the problems that need to be resolved."
Better access to environmental information is a key issue in a number of OSCE States. Increasing the level of knowledge gives citizens the ability to influence policy choices in their respective countries. It is widely acknowledged that lack of such information is a potential source of conflict. Giving journalists the technical capacity to bring such information to public light is a crucial element of this process.
Trainers at the event included members of Kazakhstan's Research Institute for Environment and Climate, the Hydrometeorology Centre, the National Environmental Society, the Association of National Parks, as well as environmental lawyers and a journalist from Saint-Petersburg, Gennady Shabarin, who writes about environmantal issues.