Side Events

 

COP 10 will include several side events related to the Basel Convention and the theme "Prevention, minimization and recovery of wastes".

Please click here to download the side event schedule. 

Side Events schedule
Date Time Programmes Where Docs
Monday
17th October
13:15 – 14:45 Colombian Ministry of Information and Communication Technology and "Computadores Para Educar": Contribution of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to the preservation of the environment: ICT as part of the solution Room
Barahona 2
 
  Evening Host country reception Claustro de las Animas  
Tuesday
18th October
13:15 – 14:45 Consultative process on financing options for chemicals and wastes (UNEP) Room
Barahona 2
 
    Progress made under the Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment (PACE) Room
Pegaso
  Evening Indonesian-Swiss country-led initiative reception Claustro de las Animas  
Wednesday
19th October
13:15 – 14:45 Colombian-Swiss Side-Event on a Latin American Public- Private e-Waste Initiative Room
Barahona 2
  Evening Does the Hong Kong Convention Provide an Equivalent Level of Control as the Basel Convention for Ships ?
Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
Room
Pegaso
 
    Clearing House Mechanism and InforMEA (United Nations Information Portal on Multilateral Environmental Agreements) Room
Barahona 2
 
Thursday
20th October
13:15 – 14:45

Experiences in environmentally sound management of e-waste in Africa and Asia-Pacific:
SBC, Government of Japan, BCRC China, BCCC Nigeria

Room
Barahona 2
 
    Chemical Leasing: A service based business approach to sound chemicals management and waste minimization (UNIDO) Room
Pegaso
  Evening Is current low POP content limit for dioxins in waste consistent with a sustainable development ?
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
Room
Barahona 2
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Friday
21st October
 13:15 – 14:45

Implementation of projects in the region by the BCRC for Central America and Mexico:

  • Environmentally sound management of used leadacid batteries
  • Co-destruction of ozonedepleting substances and persistent organic pollutants
Room
Pegaso