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Highlights from the scoping studies on integrating gender issues into the implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions in Nigeria and Indonesia are now available
Investigating how to integrate gender into implementation of the chemicals conventions
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Women are vulnerable to the harmful effects of chemicals when working in agriculture: are they also the solution?
Feature article: Reducing risks from pesticides by empowering rural women
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The BRS Clearing House Mechanism takes another step forward with joint country profiles now bringing all national information on chemicals governance into one place.
New joint information profiles now online for 193 countries
The BRS Clearing House Mechanism takes another step forward with joint country profiles now bringing all national information on chemicals governance into one place.
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Parties and observers, including from the private sector are invited to exhibit solutions at the BRS Technology Fair, which will be held on the margins of the COPs from 27 to 29 April 2017.
Technology Fair to showcase solutions at 2017 Triple COPs
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Angola deposited its instrument of accession, meaning that the Convention will enter into force for Angola on 7 May 2017, immediately following the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties.
Angola accedes to the Basel Convention, becoming the 186th Party
Angola deposited its instrument of accession with the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 6 February 2017, meaning that the Convention will enter into force for Angola on 7 May 2017, immediately following the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties.
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The Director of the Basel and Stockholm Regional Centre for anglophone Africa, Taeolo Letsela, shares his thoughts ahead of the 2017 Triple COPs.
Latest regional focus takes us to Pretoria, South Africa
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Maria-Cristina Cardenas is the second in our “Countdown to the COPs” series as UNEP’s expert-of-the-day.
What role for the private sector in implementing the chemicals conventions?
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With financial support from Switzerland, parties will consult regionally at preparatory meetings organised in March in Bangkok, Dakar, Riga and Sao Paolo.
Regional BRS Preparatory Meetings scheduled to ensure efficient COPs
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The BRS Secretariat welcomes Carlos Martin-Novella as Deputy Executive Secretary. Mr Martin-Novella, previously at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), replaces Kerstin Stendahl, who joins IPCC, as of 1 January 2017.
New Deputy Executive Secretary for the BRS Secretariat
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Expert Group finalizes practical manuals on Extended Producer Responsibility, financing systems, and guidance on the prevention and minimization of waste.
Basel Convention workshop on environmentally sound management delivers tools for hazardous waste management
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Pre-session documents for the three COPs, including the proposed programmes of work and budgets for the conventions for 2018-2019, are now available.
Now online: pre-session documents, including budget documents for consideration by the COPs
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With funding from Switzerland, a national consultation on the Basel Convention and facilitation of entry into force of the Ban Amendment in the Maldives was held 9-10 January 2017.
Strengthening Basel implementation and supporting Ban Amendment ratification in the Maldives
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Find out more about the work of the Basel and Stockholm Regional centre in Pretoria, South Africa.
Focus on regional implementation switches to Africa
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The Executive Secretary and staff wish all parties, observers, collaborators, partners and donors a peaceful and successful (Triple COPs) 2017.
Seasons Greetings and a Happy New Year
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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.
Strengthening enforcement of environmental law in Europe
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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The report of the joint meeting of the COPs bureaux held on 3 and 4 November 2016 is now available.
Outcomes of the joint bureaux meeting
The report of the joint meeting of the COPs bureaux held on 3 and 4 November 2016 is now available.
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The Electronic Reporting System allows parties easy access, including through the new account recovery tool, for submitting their national reports, due 31 December 2016.
Basel national reporting made easier for parties
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Read our interview with Gabriela Medina to understand how regional efforts help implement the Basel and Stockholm conventions.
What does the regional centre in Uruguay do?
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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.
Environmentally sound management of waste the focus for experts’ meeting in Belgium
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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Ministers have been officially informed of the high-level segment of the meetings of the triple BRS COPs, to be held in Geneva from 24 April to 5 May 2017.
Ministers to be invited to attend the high-level segment of the 2017 Triple COPs
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Sierra Leone has acceded to the Basel Convention, depositing instruments of accession to both the Basel and Rotterdam Conventions on 1 November 2016, entering into force on 30 January 2017.
Sierra Leone becomes the newest, and 185th, Party to the Basel Convention
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Ahead of the Triple COPs in April 2017, get the latest in everything connected to the sound management of chemicals and waste straight to your inbox each month.
Do you get the monthly BRS #Detox Newsletter?
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Parties are invited to submit their national reports for 2015 through the Electronic Reporting System, by 31 December 2016.
Basel Convention national reporting questionnaires for 2015 are now available
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Our regional focus switches to Latin America and the role of The Uruguayan Technological Laboratory (LATU) in Montevideo, which assists parties implement the Basel and Stockholm Conventions.
Uruguay playing lead regional role in sound management of chemicals and waste
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The high-level segment of the next Triple COPs is scheduled for the afternoon of Thursday, 4 May and the morning of Friday, 5 May 2017.
Dates agreed for high-level segment of 2017 Triple COPs
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