Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
Date of establishment: BCRC in October 2004 (Framework Agreement)
SCRC in August 2011 (Nomination). More
By decision BC-III/19 the Conference of the Parties of the Basel Convention in 1997, selected Indonesia as a site to establish a BCRC for Asia Pacific region. Following the framework agreement between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Secretariat of the Basel Convention in October 2004, Basel Convention Regional Centre for Southeast Asia (BCRC-SEA) was established. The centre however came into operation effectively only since January 2006. In August 2011, the same centre was nominated by the Asia and the Pacific region to serve as a Stockholm Convention regional centre as well. In 2013 it was endorsed by COP 6 as a Stockholm Convention Regional or Subregional Centre for a period of two years. Subsequently, the Conference of the Parties at their 7th and 9th meetings have endorsed it again for the terms of four years each.
Hosted by: The Ministry of Environment of Indonesia
Parties served: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam
Expertise: ESM and inventory of Electronic waste, hazardous waste management, updating of NIPs, etc.
For more information visit: www.rc-sea.org
Coordinator/Director: Mr Anton Purnomo
Contact person: Ms. Cynthia Indriani
Telephone: +62 21 85 20 408
Fax: +62 21 85 20 408
Email: secretariat@rc-sea.org; director@rc-sea.org; antonpurnomo@gmail.com
Address: JI. D. I Panjaitan Kav. 24, Building A, 6th Floor, 13410, Jakarta, Indonesia