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View the decisions adopted at the COP-17.
Outcomes of the COP-17 to the Basel Convention are now available
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We invite you to be a part of the second day of the ministerial interactive discussions where outcomes on the sub-themes pollution, circularity, and implementation will be presented and discussed, available in six languages.
Watch the Ministerial Interactive Plenary of the High-Level Segment - 1 May at 10:00 - 13:00 CET
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Be part of the global conversation on pollution, circularity, and implementation. Watch the Opening Ceremony discussions on YouTube, available in six languages.
Watch the Opening Plenary of the High-Level Segment - 30 April at 15:00 - 16:00 CET
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The Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions are now underway from 28 April to 9 May.
Join the global effort to make the invisible visible. Explore our daily video highlights and photo gallery in the BRS COPs 2025 Newsroom.
The 2025 BRS COPs Have Officially Begun!
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Discover the inspiring topics that will be explored this year to Make Visible the Invisible in the environmentally sound management of chemicals and waste, and join the discussions!
The schedule of side events during the 2025 BRS COPs is now available!
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All meeting documents for the 2025 BRS COPs are now available in the 6 UN languages.
Basel Convention COP 17 meeting documents available
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Two training sessions of potential chairs for meetings of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions were held in Geneva from 3 to 7 February 2025.
In preparation for the 2025 BRS COPs potential chairs trained!
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The third call to submit proposals for pilot projects under the Plastic Waste Partnership is now open, with a submission deadline of 30 April 2025. Project proposals can receive funding ranging from USD 50,000 to USD 500,000.
Third call to submit pilot project proposals under the PWP is now open!
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The proposed programmes of work and budgets for the biennium 2026-2027 to be considered by the 2025 BRS COPs are now available.
Proposed budgets for the biennium 2026-2027 now available
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On 1 January 2025 the E-Waste amendments to the Basel Convention became effective, thus making all transboundary movements of
e-wastes, whether hazardous or not, subject to the prior informed consent (PIC) procedure.
E-waste Amendments to the Basel Convention became effective on 1 January 2025
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The BRS Secretariat is proud to share with you some of the key highlights in the year of 2024.
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The invitation letters for the 2025 meetings of the conferences of the Parties, as well as the high-level segment have been sent out to Parties. Information is available on the 2025 COPs webpages.
Invitation letters to the 2025 BRS COPs have been sent out
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On International Mountain Day, we celebrate the vital role mountains play in our lives and renew our commitment to protecting these precious ecosystems. Over the past year, we have made progress in tackling plastics waste in mountain areas in the context of our project "plastic waste in the remote and mountainous area”.
Join us in celebrating International Mountain Day
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The second meeting of the small intersessional working group on the electronic approaches to the notification and movement documents of the Basel Convention is taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, 3 – 4 December 2024. The outcomes of the meeting will be submitted for consideration by COP 17 in April-May 2025.
Experts meet in Geneva, Switzerland to advance the work on the electronic approaches to the notification and movement documents of the Basel Convention
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The national reporting questionnaire for 2023, due by 31 December 2024, is now available online!
Countdown to the deadline for national reporting
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The Fair is an interactive event that will be held from 30 April to 2 May 2025, at the Geneva International Conference Centre and will focus on the theme selected for the 2025 meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the three conventions “Make Visible the Invisible: sound management of chemicals and waste”.
Applications for requesting exhibition booths for the “Make Visible the Invisible Fair” during the 2025 BRS COPs are now open!
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Applications are now open to host a side event at the meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions from 28 April to 9 May 2025. Don’t miss out, apply online now!
Host a side event during the forthcoming meetings of the conferences of the Parties in 2025!
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Members of the Small Intersessional working group are meeting to advance the work on the development and updating of the technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of waste lead-acid batteries and other waste batteries.
The SIWG on waste batteries technical guidelines meets in Geneva 18-22 November 2024
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The webinar will provide an introduction to national reporting under the Basel Convention and the electronic reporting system to be used for submitting the national report to the Secretariat.
Join our webinar on 19 November 2024 and learn how to complete and submit the Basel Convention national report due on 31 December 2024
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The bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions met at a joint meeting in Geneva on 5 November 2024 and agreed to the tentative schedule of work for the 2025 meetings of the Conferences of the Parties.
Tentative schedule of work of the 2025 BRS COPs now available!
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The Secretariat is collecting expressions of interest to serve on the Roster of Experts specialized in matters relevant to ENFORCE.
ENFORCE calls for expressions of interest to serve on its Roster of Experts
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National authorities from ministries, customs and the judiciary participate in the Regional Workshop on legislative frameworks, illegal traffic and trade of hazardous chemicals and waste.
10 Spanish-speaking Parties from the Latin American and Caribbean region meet in Dominican Republic
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The bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions will discuss the organization of work for their upcoming 2025 COPs at a joint meeting in Geneva on 5 and 6 November 2024.
Preparations for the 2025 BRS COPs are in full swing now!
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A Regional Workshop aiming at assisting Parties in the preparation for the implementation of the E-waste Amendments to the Basel Convention which will come into effect on 1 January 2025, is being held in Johannesburg, South Africa from 14 to 18 October 2024. The workshop is organized by the Secretariat in collaboration with the Basel and Stockholm Conventions regional centres in South Africa.
Participants gather in Johannesburg, South Africa, on World E-Waste Day
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On 3-6 September 2024, experts on the review of Annexes resume their sixth meeting in Geneva to finalize the amendments proposal on Annex IV to the Basel Convention on disposal operations.
Experts on the review of Annexes resume their sixth meeting in Geneva
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