A new World Customs Organisation initiative, known as Operation DEMETER IV, starts in May 2018, to monitor and control cross-border movement of waste in maritime transportation, targeting illegal waste shipments.

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The Secretariat recently extended its agreement with IMPEL on illegal waste and chemicals trafficking to include cooperation relevant to all three conventions.

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Funded by Germany and Japan, and hosted by the Public Waste Agency for Flanders, this meeting focuses on pilot projects and on guidance manuals on prevention, extended producer responsibility, and financing.

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The objective of this webinar is to inform Parties to the Basel Convention and observers on the outcomes of the fourth meeting of the Expert Working Group which considered the programme of work adopted for it by the twelfth Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention and share information on progress in the EWG activities.

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The objective of this webinar is to inform Parties to the Basel Convention and observers on the outcomes of the third meeting of the Expert Working Group to facilitate the negotiations during the twelfth Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention and share information on progress in the EWG activities.

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The Technical Expert Group of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and their Disposal completed a framework for the environmentally sound management (ESM) of hazardous wastes and other wastes at its third meeting, held from 21 to 23 January 2013, in Glion, Switzerland.

The framework establishes a common understanding of what ESM encompasses and identifies tools and strategies to support and promote the implementation of ESM. It is intended as a practical guide for all stakeholders participating in the management of hazardous wastes and other wastes.

The framework will be considered and possibly adopted at the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention (COP 11) in April 2013, in Geneva, Switzerland.

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29 January 2013, at 4 pm (session in English)
31 January 2013, at 4pm (session in Spanish)

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The Technical Expert Group fleshed out the scope of a new framework for the environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes and other wastes at its second meeting, held from 30 September to 2 October 2012, in Geneva.  The framework is intended as a practical guide for all stakeholders participating in the management of hazardous and other wastes. 

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Follow-up to Indonesian Swiss CLI: providing further legal clarity, a draft glossary of terminology is now available for comments by Parties and others.

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The 3rd meeting of the technical expert group will meet in Glion sur Montreux, Switzerland, 21 to 23 January 2013.

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As a follow up to the CLI decision requesting the Secretariat to promote cooperation between existing enforcement networks, a meeting of enforcement networks and enforcement organizations hosting enforcement networks was held on 2-3 October 2012 in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Technical expert group to complete the development of a framework for the environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes and other wastes, from 30 September to 2 October 2012, in Geneva.

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Work underway to complete framework for environmentally sound management of hazardous and other wastes.

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The new Strategic Framework for 2012-2021 should enable the Basel Convention to highlight the links between waste management and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. The draft strategy sets out a vision, guiding principles, strategic goals and objectives, as well as means of implementation and indicators of achievement.

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