Activities

	Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal

Capacity building activities for the implementation of the Strategic Plan

Focus Area and other domains	BCRC / Party	Location, Year	Project	Documents (Reports, Publications)
E-Waste	Indonesia	Apr 2007	Preliminary Inventory of Electronic and Electrical (E-Waste) in Indonesia	Report of the Activities
Used oils	Slovak Republic	Apr 2006	Workshop on Waste Lubricating Oil Management	Draft Report of the Workshop Annex 1 - List of participants
POPs	South Africa	Oct 2005	Regional Workshop for the Africa Region "Assessment of Existing Capacity and Capacity Building Needs to Analyse POPs in Developing Countries"	Final Report
POPs	South Africa	Tanzania, Oct 2005	3rd Sub-Regional Workshop, Conclusion of the PCBs Inventory Project for SADC Countries and Training on Action Plans for PCBs	Final Report
POPs	South Africa	Mozambique, Nov 2004	2nd Sub-Regional Workshop, Conclusion of the PCBs Inventory Project for SADC Countries and Training on Action Plans for PCBs and Dioxins/Furans	Final Report
POPs	China	Dec 2005	Regional Workshop for the Asian and Central and Eastern European Countries "Assessment of Existing Capacity and Capacity Building Needs to Analyse POPs in Developing Countries"	Final Report
POPs	Argentina	Brazil, Dec 2004	Regional Workshop on POPs Destruction Technologies on the Environmentally Sound Destruction of POPs and Decontamination of POPs-Containing Waste in the Context of the Basel Convention and the Stockholm Convention	Final Report (in Spanish)
POPs	Trinidad and Tobago	Mar 2006	Consultative Meeting on Obsolete Pesticides Management in the Caribbean	Final Report
POPs	Uruguay	Sep 2005	Regional Workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean "Assessment of Existing Capacity and Capacity Building Needs to Analyse POPs in Developing Countries"	Final Report (in English and Spanish)
Asbestos	Egypt	May 2006	Technical Assistance for Handling of Asbestos in Disengaged Gaza Settlements and Design of Solid Waste Management System for Gaza	Mission Report
Prevention and minimization	SPREP-PRC	New-Zealand, Mar 2005	Regional Workshop for the Asia Pacific Countries on the draft BAT/BEP Guidelines under the Stockholm Convention	Overview and Summary Outcomes Regional Consultations
Prevention and minimization	Argentina	Feb 2005	Regional Workshop for Latin America and the Caribbean Countries on the draft BAT/BEP Guidelines under the Stockholm Convention	Overview and Summary Outcomes Regional Consultations
Prevention and minimization	Bahrain	Mar 2005	Regional Workshop for the West Asian Countries on the draft BAT/BEP Guidelines under the Stockholm Convention	Overview and Summary Outcomes Regional Consultations
Inventories	SPREP - PRC	Samoa, July 2006	Training Workshop on National Reporting and Inventories of Hazardous Wastes
Database	China	2006	Establishment of a BCRC-SEA's website
Cooperation among the chemicals and hazardous wastes conventions	Egypt	Oman, Dec 2005	Sub-Regional Workshop on the Coordinated Implementation of Chemicals and Hazardous Wastes Conventions	Mission Report
Cooperation among the chemicals and hazardous wastes conventions	Egypt	Feb 2005	Regional Workshop on the Implementation of the Stockholm Convention and Synergies with Others Related Agreements	Final Report
Cooperation among the chemicals and hazardous wastes conventions	Uruguay	Jamaica, Jul 2005	Sub-regional Workshop on the Implementation of Chemical Conventions for English-speaking Caribbean Countries	Preliminary Summary Report
Rotterdam Convention	South Africa	Jun 2006	Workshop on the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade	Final Report
Rotterdam Convention	Uruguay	Nov 2005	Workshop for the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade	Final Report (in Spanish) Rotterdam Convention Activity in a BCRC
Legislation	Egypt	Nov 2006	Regional Workshop Aimed at Promoting Ratification of the Basel Protocol on Liability and Compensation for Damage resulting from Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal	Report of the Workshop
Legislation	Indonesia	2006	Regional Workshop aimed at Promoting the Ratification of the Basel Protocol on Liability and Compensation for Damage Resulting from Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal	Report of the Workshop
Legislation	Slovak Republic	2006	Regional Workshop aimed at Promoting the Ratification of the Basel Protocol on Liability and Compensation for Damage Resulting from Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal	Final Report
Legislation	Cameroon (Party)	May 2005	Regional Workshop on Compliance with and Enforcement of Multilateral Environmental Agreements

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