First global workshop on the facilitation of the entry into force of the Ban Amendment

Dakar, Senegal, from 3 to 4 September 2012

The workshop was organized with support from the Basel Convention Regional Centre for French-speaking countries in Africa and Stockholm Convention Regional Centre in Senegal (BCRC/SCRC-Senegal).

Workshop objectives

Providing relevant information to those Parties to the Convention that have not yet ratified, accepted, acceded to or approved the Ban Amendment and that were Parties to the Convention at the third session of the Conference of the Parties (COP3) which could facilitate entry into force of the Ban Amendment;

Facilitating information exchange between Parties to the Convention that have not ratified, accepted, acceded to or approved the Ban Amendment and between these Parties and the Parties that have ratified it.

Target audience

The target audience would include the decision-makers and the Focal Points of the Basel Convention from Comoros, Cote d’Ivoire, Croatia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, India, Iran, Lebanon, Malawi, Namibia, Pakistan, Philippines, Russian Federation, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, and Viet Nam.

The decision-makers and Focal Points of the Basel Convention from interested Parties that have already ratified the Ban Amendment (developed and developing countries) would also be welcomed at the workshops at their own cost.

The working languages of the workshop in Senegal were French/English. 

Workshop documents

 

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Tentative agenda
57.56 K
English		58.69 K
French
Background materials
82.68 K
English
Information Note
101.36 K
English		86.46 K
French