On October 12, 2018 in the conference hall of the Information Aarhus Center in Osh, with the financial support of the OSCE Program Office in Bishkek, a round table was held to discuss the draft of National Action Plan for the implementation of the Aarhus Convention in the Kyrgyz Republic for 2019-2023. Events was visited by staff of the Osh-Batken Fund nature conservation and development of the forest industry of the State Agency for Environment Protection and Forestry, the OSCE Program Office in Bishkek, Aarhus Centre in Osh, Safety and Mining Supervision RU GIETB in Osh, Kara-Suu District, Nookat, Aravan district of the State Inspectorate for Environmental and Technical Safety, journalists of regional newspaper “Osh janyrygy”, “Echo Osha”, “Ush sadosi” and volunteers.

The meeting was opened by the director of the Aarhus Center, Isabayev K. then he gave the floor to the environmental and economic adviser Prudtskikh D. He thanked the participants and briefly spoke about the implementation of the Aarhus Convention in the Kyrgyz Republic.

The international expert Yunusov T. introduced the participants to the principles of the Aarhus Convention, a review and analysis of the implementation of the Development Strategy of the Aarhus Centers of the Kyrgyz Republic for 2015-2018.

Isabaev K. presented a presentation on the activities of the Aarhus Center in Osh on the implementation of the Aarhus Convention in the Kyrgyz Republic.

Further, the participants with Yunusov T. discussed the draft of National Action Plan for the implementation of the Aarhus Convention in the Kyrgyz Republic for 2019-2023. During the round table, participants received suggestions that were taken into account by an international expert.

After the round table was completed, the staff of the OSCE Program Office in Bishkek and the Aarhus Center in the city of Osh discussed the work plan of the Aarhus Information Center for 2019-2020.

Public Relations Specialist of the Aarhus Information Center in Osh,