Dozens of events, hundreds of partners, and thousands of conversations: the Science Fair was closed by donor partner Finland on saturday having underlined the scientific basis for the three conventions

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Stakeholders and partners highlight the range of relevant issues throughout the two-week COPs, as debates and ideas flourish for sustainable management of chemicals and waste

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Use the interactive BRS App for keeping up with the debates and events

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The interactive Manual for Customs on hazardous chemicals and wastes under the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions will enhance your knowledge of the three global treaties that contribute to safely managing the production, movement, use and disposal of hazardous chemicals and wastes.

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Suman Sharma answers your questions on How does Technical Assistance assist Parties implement the Chemicals and Waste Conventions?

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Kerstin Stendahl, BRS Deputy Executive Secretary, on how gender considerations are necessary for full implementation of the Conventions

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Second in the popular Countdown to the Triple COPs series of UNEP “Expert-of-the-Day”, Tatiana explains the importance of gender for the sustainable management of chemicals and waste

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A list of concept notes for voluntary financial contributions for the biennium 2014/15 is now available.

 

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The first meeting of the Environmental Network for Optimizing Regulatory Compliance on Illegal Traffic (ENFORCE) will be held in Bangkok, 18-19 November 2013.

 

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Legal responses to illegal traffic found to have merit, but opinions diverge on their effectiveness.

 

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A feasibility study commissioned by the Secretariat identifies cost effective, environmentally sound alternatives to the beaching method of ship recycling.

 

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A Forum on Environmentally Sound Management of E-waste examines best practice for designing e-waste management systems, Madrid, Spain, 16 September 2013.

 

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The overview of contributions is now available in the resource mobilization web page.

 

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An advance copy of the Basel Convention COP-11 report is available in English.

 

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The objectives of this webinar are to inform Parties to the Basel Convention on how to request assistance under the emergency mechanism in case of incident caused by transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and to request the support of the international community in case of incidents.

 

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Information requests contained in COP.11 decisions are now available.

 

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At its eleventh meeting, the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention elected a new Bureau and members of subsidiary bodies under the Convention. An update on the election of officers and members of bodies under the Convention is now available.

 

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The objective of the webinar is to provide an overview of the main decisions adopted during the 2013 COPs & ExCOPs.

 

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UNEP and FAO team up to promote synergies between the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions in two-week chemicals and waste meeting.

 

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A feasibility study identifies cost effective, environmentally sound alternatives to the beaching method of ship recycling.

 

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The Basel Convention data visualization tool shows interactively data provided by the Parties on generation and transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and other wastes.

 

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Staff members of the Secretariat have new standardized e-mail addresses.

 

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In cooperation with the authorities of the Canton of Geneva, the Swiss host country is organizing an excursion to the waste treatment centre of Cheneviers on Sunday, 5 May 2013.

Participants will travel from La Jonction by boat on the Rhône to the treatment centre. A morning excursion (10:15 am – 2 pm) is being offered.

Interested registered delegates are invited to complete the excursion registration form. Due to security reasons, the excursion is limited to 200 participants. The first 200 delegates having subscribed will be able to participate. Please note that this excursion is for registered delegates only.

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The number of Parties to the Convention rises to 180.

 

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Sustainable business models key to waste reduction.

 

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Learn how Colombia set up its EPR scheme for the take-back and management of E-waste 'from scratch', 18 April 2013, 4 pm (English).

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Invitation for comments by 31 July 2013 on the three draft guidance documents.

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Committee invites views on guidance addressing waste inventories, control system and illegal traffic take back.

 

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The objective of the webinar is to provide parties, observers and other stakeholders with an overview of the main issues that will be discussed during the upcoming meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions.

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Central American Workshop for Capacity Building on Environmentally Responsible Management of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE). This event aims at providing a training on e-waste management and will promote the environmentally sound handling of used and end-of-life electronic equipment through the PACE guidelines and ITU-T Recommendations and Toolkit for the ICT Sector.

 

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Join the session on best practices and policies on environmentally sound management of used and end-of-life ICT equipment, World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) 10-year Review, 26 February 2013, 16:05-17:30 Register

 

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The Technical Expert Group of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and their Disposal completed a framework for the environmentally sound management (ESM) of hazardous wastes and other wastes at its third meeting, held from 21 to 23 January 2013, in Glion, Switzerland.

The framework establishes a common understanding of what ESM encompasses and identifies tools and strategies to support and promote the implementation of ESM. It is intended as a practical guide for all stakeholders participating in the management of hazardous wastes and other wastes.

The framework will be considered and possibly adopted at the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention (COP 11) in April 2013, in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Recording of the webinar on the draft framework for environmentally sound management of hazardous and other wastes will be made available shortly.

 

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International efforts to regulate the trade in waste revolve around the Basel Convention. (Photo: Kai Loeffelbein)

 

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29 January 2013, at 4 pm (session in English)
31 January 2013, at 4pm (session in Spanish)

 

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Friday, 11 January 2013, 10h00 – 12h00, International Environment House II

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From the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions

 

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The Technical Expert Group fleshed out the scope of a new framework for the environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes and other wastes at its second meeting, held from 30 September to 2 October 2012, in Geneva.  The framework is intended as a practical guide for all stakeholders participating in the management of hazardous and other wastes. 

 

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Follow-up to Indonesian Swiss CLI: providing further legal clarity, a draft glossary of terminology is now available for comments by Parties and others.

 

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The 3rd meeting of the technical expert group will meet in Glion sur Montreux, Switzerland, 21 to 23 January 2013.

 

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At its eighth meeting held in Geneva from 25 to 28 September 2012, the Open-ended Working Group adopted ten decisions. Many of the decisions included invitations to Parties and others to provide information and comments.

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