At its first face-to-face meeting and in line with its terms of reference, the Basel Convention Plastic Waste Partnership (PWP) working group established four project groups to support the implementation of its workplan.
Mandate
The terms of reference for the Basel Convention Plastic Waste Partnership (PWP) stipulate that the Partnership shall be organized through a working group, established by the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention in its decision BC-14/13, and project groups are to be established by the working group. The project groups are to work on specific tasks to assist in the undertaking of activities falling within the mandate of the working group. The activities of the project groups are overseen by the working group and all work products prepared by project groups are subject to review and approval by the working group.
Establishment of the project groups
At its first face-to-face meeting, the PWP working group decided to establish four project groups and nominated the co-chairs for each project group. Both are shown in the table below.
Members of the project groups
Any member of the working group wishing to join one or several of the project groups should inform the Secretariat accordingly. The current list of members can also be found in the table below.
Project group workplans
The working group also agreed on the activities in the workplans of the project groups of the PWP for the biennium 2020-2021 (see table below). On this basis, the project groups further developed their respective workplans and reached agreement on their content in July 2020. Supported by the Secretariat, the project groups will work intersessionally by electronic means to implement their workplans.
| Project group |
Co-chairs |
Members |
Workplan |
| 1. Plastic waste prevention and minimization |
Mr. Tom Pye (United Kingdom)
Mr. David Wagger (Institute of Scrap
Recycling Industries)
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2. Plastic waste collection, recycling and other
recovery including financing and related markets |
Mr. Marco Buletti (Switzerland)
Mr. Shahriar Hossain (Environment and
Social Development Organisation)
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| 3. Transboundary movements of plastic waste |
Ms. Zhe (Victoria) Zhang (China)
Mr. Zaigham Abbas (Pakistan)
Mr. Alberto Santos Capra (Basel Convention
Regional Centre for South America in Argentina)
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| 4. Outreach, education and awareness-raising |
Ms. Jewel Joy Batchasingh
(Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training
and Technology Transfer for the Caribbean Region)
Ms. Nanette Laure (Seychelles)
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The activities are being undertaken in close cooperation with other activities under the Basel Convention and other organizations, as appropriate, so as to enhance synergies, increase efficiency and avoid duplication of efforts. In undertaking their activities, the project groups will explore, where applicable, innovative approaches and work in cooperation with other stakeholders. The project groups will duly consider geographical, local, national and regional conditions and circumstances insofar as they may be relevant to the respective activities.