| Date of establishment |
2012 - 2014 |
| Legal basis |
Montreal Protocol, the Basel Convention, the Rotterdam Convention, and the Stockholm Convention, and national laws and regulations associated with the MEAs |
| Objective |
Project REN aims to:
- To increase the collective capacity of law enforcement agencies in Asia to combat illegal trade in harmful substances and hazardous waste (HSHW) and eventually environmental crime;
- To introduce activities that would encourage legal trade in chemicals and waste in order to discourage unauthorized trade in HSHW;
- To strengthen further the flourishing platform for regional enforcement networking by increasing its sustainability, and
- To provide a mechanism where global, regional and national enforcement partners can act on illegal trade in HSHW in the region in a coordinated manner.
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| Nature |
Project |
| Membership |
Participating countries represented by enforcement officers; 25 countries in North East, South, and South East Asia. |
| Observers |
- Embassy of Sweden, Thailand/ The Swedish Environmental Secretariat for Asia (SENSA), on behalf of the Swedish International Cooperation Development Agency (Sida)
- a representative from the Secretariats of the Basel/ Rotterdam/Stockholm Convention
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| Geographical scope |
Regional – 25 countries in North East Asia, South Asia and South East Asia |
| Substantive Scope |
Chemicals and waste covered by the Montreal Protocol, the Basel Convention, the Rotterdam Convention and the Stockholm Convention |
| Governance structure |
Project REN is administered by UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP) with advie from the Project Steering Group, which is comprised of a representative each from:
- Basel Convention Regional Center in Beijing
- Basel Convention Regional Center in Jakarta
- Basel Convention Regional Center in Tehran
- WCO Asia Pacific Regional Office for Capacity Building (ROCB A/P)
- WCO Regional Intelligence Liaison Office for Asia and the Pacific (RILO/AP) International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO)-INTERPOL
- United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
- a national focal point for the Montreal Protocol
- a national focal point for Basel /Rotterdam /Stockholm Conventions
- a national Customs Administration
- UNEP DTIE Chemical Branch (also representing Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management [SAICM])
- UNEP Compliance Assistance Programme (CAP)
- Project REN Coordinator
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| Cooperation |
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| Activities |
Project focus on five areas:
- Technical assistance for Problem-solving;
- Information/intelligence exchange;
- Facilitation of Enforcement operations and establishment of an Environmental Enforcement Award;
- Networking among environmental authorities, regional enforcement agencies, and Customs - Annual Workshop & On-line Forum, and
- Sustainability of enforcement networking
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| Source of funding |
Sida; the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of the Montreal Protocol (mainly in-kind); members of the Project Steering Group (mainly in-kind); match-funds through partnerships |
| Contact information |
Ms. Kakuko Nagatani-Yoshida
Policy & Enforcement Officer (Ozone)
UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
Room#0235, B Wing, 2nd Floor, UN Building, Ratchadamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok 10020, Thailand
Tel: +66 2 288 1679
Fax: +66 2 288 3041
Email: kakuko.nagatani@unep.org
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| Website |
http://www.mea-ren.org/index.php |