Join us in this Webinar to learn more about the distinct advantages of using international standards to manage e-waste.

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Come and learn more on the health effects of exposure to e-waste on children and vulnerable populations from the perspective of the World Health Organization's Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health.

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This webinar will open a series of live lectures in the occasion of the re-launch of the E-waste Challenge Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). This MOOC was initially launched in 2016 and the new version is being launched in February 2020.

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The second round of applications is now open for 4 months. The deadline for all applications to be submitted to the Special Programme secretariat is Wednesday 20th June 2017 at midnight.

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Follow BRS via twitter on @brsmeas to get latest postings on the sound management of chemicals and wastes.

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Seychelles deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Ban Amendment on 15 July 2015, bringing the total number of ratifications to 82 Parties.

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The online briefings aim at providing parties, observers and other stakeholders with an overview of the issues that will be discussed during the meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, to be held in Geneva, from 4-15 May 2015.

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The Annual joint meeting of Regional Centres under the Basel and Stockholm Conventions takes place in Geneva on 27-28 November 2014.

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The bureaux will meet from 11 to 12 November 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland to discuss preparations for the 2015 COPs.

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The objective of this webinar is to inform Parties to the Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, observers and other stakeholders in order to enable their full participation in the work of POPRC and CRC.

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The ninth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention (OEWG-9) will be held from 16 to 19 September 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland. 

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The first meeting of the Small Intersessional Working Group will be held on 2 and 3 June 2014 in Montreux, Switzerland.

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The launch of the full scale in December 2013 was a result of several years of planning, awareness raising & capacity building in Kenya and across Africa.

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Implementation and Compliance Committee invites parties and others to provide comments on guidance on inventories, the control system and illegal traffic take-back.

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At annual joint meeting Regional Centres of the Basel and Stockholm conventions exchange plans for evaluating performance and sustainability

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To ease the burden of reporting, the Secretariat has launched the new Electronic Reporting System  of the Basel Convention. Beginning 7 November 2013, the new Electronic Reporting System enables Parties to submit their annual national reports online.

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Legal responses to illegal traffic found to have merit, but opinions diverge on their effectiveness.

 

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The overview of contributions is now available in the resource mobilization web page.

 

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Consultancy announcement and call for applications by Friday 8 August 2013

Download the communication and application form.

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An advance copy of the Basel Convention COP-11 report is available in English.

 

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Our offer of online training has been expanded to address a variety of new issues relevant to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions. Find more by consulting the schedule of webinars for this year.

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This leaflet presents an overview of the Basel Convention control system for the transboundary movements (TBM) of hazardous wastes and other wastes.

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The Executive Secretary’s proposal for the organization of the secretariats of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions as requested per decisions BC-10/29 , RC-5/12 and SC-5/27 is now available.

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Tsinghua University serves as host to the Basel Convention Coordinating Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for the Asia and Pacific region, and the Stockholm Convention Regional Centre for Capacity-building and the Transfer of Technology in Asia and the Pacific.

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This publication is an element of the E-waste Africa programme, which aims at enhancing the environmental governance of e-wastes and creating favourable social and economic conditions in the recycling sector in Africa.

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The Multilateral Environmental Agreements Information and Knowledge Management Initiative (MEA IKM), launched today develops harmonized MEA information systems to assist Parties and the environment community at large access information from multiple agreements from one location. Supported by UNEP the initiative currently includes 17 MEAs from 12 Secretariats hosted by three UN organizations and IUCN.

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