The project covered National analysis on HCWM including all relevant streams according to the existing classifications and handling methods. The existing legal framework, its gap analyses and present enforcement have been considered. In addition, highlights on the main national and local stakeholders including the HCW generators have been given in the report.

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The Basel Convention Regional Centre in Pretoria (BCRC) and the Swedish Chemicals Agency (KemI) plan a regional cooperation in Anglophone Africa to enhance chemicals management through the implementation of the Strategic Approach towards International Chemicals Management (SAICM), the Stockholm convention, the Rotterdam Convention and the Basel Convention.

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