The Basel Convention COP 17 Bureau meeting took place in Geneva on 29 June 2024.
Focal Points, Competent Authorities, and Customs Administration from the French-speaking countries gathered in Dakar, Senegal on 9 and 10 July 2024 to discuss challenges and opportunities for the implementation of the Plastic Waste Amendments to the Basel Convention with a focus on enforcement. The need to improve the national legislation and strengthen the cooperation between the environmental entities and customs were particularly highlighted as main tools to prevent and combat illegal traffic in plastic wastes.
The Basel Convention Implementation and Compliance Committee convened its sixteenth meeting in Geneva on 23 and 24 June and from 29 June to 2 July 2024.
On Tuesday 25 June 2024. Co-Chairs Lendita Dika (North Macedonia) and Judith Torres (Uruguay) welcomed over 360 participants to the meeting, encouraging them to engage actively and share insights to further strengthen the Basel Convention. The meeting is being held in Geneva, Switzerland from 25 to 28 June 2024.
The Bureau members will discuss the provisional agenda and preparations for the seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention to be held in Geneva, 28 April to 9 May 2025
On 23 and 24 June 2024, the Committee kick started its meeting by holding ground-breaking dialogues with the 14 Basel Convention Regional Centres and a range of international partners. The Committee will resume its deliberations on 29 June to 2 July 2024.
Side events on key issues covered under the Basel Convention will be held during the lunch breaks (13:15-14:45) and in the evenings (18:15-19:45). The full schedule, with links to register online, is available here.
The webinar briefings will provide information to all Parties and observers on the objectives, possible outcomes, and working modalities of the OEWG-14 to take place from 25 to 28 June 2024 in Geneva.