From 9 to 11 September 2024, competent authorities and customs administrations attended the regional workshop on E-waste Amendments for countries in the Asia-Pacific region in Bangkok, Thailand. The regional workshop was organized by the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions with the support of the Basel and Stockholm conventions Regional Centre located in Indonesia (BCRC-SCRC Indonesia) with the overall objective to support Parties in their efforts to prepare for the implementation of the E-waste Amendments of the Basel Convention, that will become effective on 1 January 2025.

During the second part of its sixth meeting held in Geneva on 3-6 September 2024, the expert working group on the review of Annexes developed revised amendment proposals on Annex IV for consideration and possible adoption by the seventeenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to be held 28 April-9 May 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland.

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.