Teachers of the “Green Patrols” programme trained on environmental education with OSCE support
On 10–11 November 2025, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), organized a two-day training in the city of Guliston, Sughd Region, Republic of Tajikistan, aimed at strengthening environmental education for schoolteachers engaged in the “Green Patrols” initiative.
The training was conducted within the framework of the EU-funded OSCE extra-budgetary project “Stakeholder Engagement for Uranium Legacy Remediation in Central Asia” (Phase III), implemented jointly by the OSCE and UNDP. The event was organized in close collaboration with the Public Organization “Youth Group on Protection of Environment” / Aarhus Centre of Khujand and local authorities.
Around 40 participants, including Green Patrol teachers, representatives of local authorities, public organizations, and experts, took part in the event. The OSCE plays a key role in advancing the Green Patrols initiative, which unites young people committed to promoting environmental awareness and sustainability across the region.
The training aimed to strengthen the professional and methodological skills of teachers of environmental education by introducing them to the updated “Supplementary Environmental Education Guidebook,” interactive teaching methods, and tools for independent class delivery within the Green Patrols programme.
Participants explored national environmental priorities, learned about innovative educational approaches, and engaged in hands-on exercises to design lesson plans and annual activity calendars for their schools’ Green Patrols.
The event provided a platform for teachers to exchange experiences, discuss key challenges in environmental education, and develop practical solutions to enhance student engagement. Participants highlighted that the introduced interactive and practice-based learning methods would help increase young people’s environmental knowledge and foster a stronger sense of responsibility for ecological protection.
Through this training, the OSCE reaffirmed its commitment to supporting environmental awareness, public participation, and sustainable development in Tajikistan and across Central Asia.