Within its mandate to improve the implementation of and compliance with paragraph 3 of Article 13 on national reporting, the Committee was requested to undertake a number of activities.
By its decision BC-17/14, the Conference of the Parties mandated the Committee to:
(a) Classify and, as appropriate, publish information on Parties’ compliance with their annual national reporting obligations for 2022 and 2023 based on the assumptions, criteria and categories adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its thirteenth meeting and the targets adopted by the Conference of the Parties at its fifteenth meeting,
(b) Develop recommendations on the revision of the targets referred to in paragraph 10 of decision BC-15/17 for the reports due for 2024 and subsequent years;
(c) In cooperation, as appropriate, with the Compliance Committee of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, continue to monitor United Nations Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework processes with a view to assessing the extent to which Parties with national reporting needs are including actions to address them in their cooperation frameworks, identifying best practices and, on the basis of the assessment, developing recommendations for the consideration of the Conference of the Parties;
(d) Monitor the activities carried out by or with the support of the Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres, the Executive Board of the Special Programme to support institutional strengthening at the national level for implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, the Minamata Convention, the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) and the Global Framework on Chemicals – For a Planet Free of Harm from Chemicals and Waste, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), SAICM and other entities such as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the World Bank and regional development banks, aimed at assisting Parties in the transmission of their national reports;
(e) Review progress made by Parties that have received assistance from the entities mentioned in subparagraph (d) above in the transmission of national reports;
(f) Develop recommendations for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its eighteenth meeting, taking into account the outcomes of the activities mentioned in subparagraphs (a) and (e) above;
(g) Review the measures, other than those under paragraphs 20 ˚(a) and (b) of the terms of reference of the Committee, that may be required when a Party has not submitted its national report for five or more years since the report due for 2018, and report to the Conference of the Parties at its eighteenth meeting.