Membership

Membership of ENFORCE is open to:

  • Parties to the Basel Convention;
  • Entities with a specific mandate to deliver implementation and enforcement capacity-building activities that could assist parties to the Basel Convention in preventing and combating illegal traffic of hazardous wastes and other wastes under the Basel Convention;
  • Entities with a specific role or relevance in relation to the above-mentioned task.

Each Conference of the Parties of the Basel Convention elects the following members:

  • One representative from each of the five United Nations regions that are parties to the Convention.Three party representatives are elected for one term and two for two terms.
  • Four representatives from the Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres, based on equitable geographical representation.Two of the Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres will be elected for one term and two for two terms.

Members of ENFORCE

Current elected members of ENFORCE

The elected members of ENFORCE for the biennium 2022-2023 are as follows:

  • Dr. Simeon Pulchérie, Benin for Africa (until the closure of COP-16)
  • Basel Convention Coordinating Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for the African Region in Nigeria (BCCC Nigeria) for Africa (until the closure of COP-16)
  • Mr. Norhisham Abdul Hamid, Malaysia for Asia-Pacific (until the closure of COP-17)
  • Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technical Transfer, Iran (BCRC-Iran) for Asia-Pacific (until the closure of COP-17)
  • Ms. Kristine Vardanashvili, Georgia for CEE (until the closure of COP-16)
  • Basel Convention Regional Centre for Central Europe, Slovakia (BCRC Slovakia) for CEE (until the closure of COP-16)
  • Ms. Lael Bertide-Josiah, Antigua and Barbuda for GRULAC (until the closure of COP-17)
  • Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for the South American Region (BCRC-Argentina) for GRULAC (until the closure of COP-17)
  • Ms. Katie Olley, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for WEOG (until the closure of COP-16)
  • No regional centre at this time - WEOG
    Elected members of ENFORCE for the biennium 2022-2023

    Former elected members of ENFORCE

    COP 11 (2013-2015) elected ENFORCE members             
    COP 12 (2016-2017) elected ENFORCE members
    COP 13 (2018-2019) elected ENFORCE members
    COP 14 (2020-2021) elected ENFORCE members             

    Additional members

    In addition to the elected representatives from Parties and the Basel Convention Regional Centres, the following organizations and entities are members of ENFORCE:

    • Arendal centre of the Global Resource Information Database (GRID-Arendal)
    • Asian Network for Prevention of Illegal Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes
    • BAN Toxics
    • Basel Action Network (BAN)
    • European Union Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law (IMPEL)
    • European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (EUROPOL)
    • International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE)
    • Latin America Network of Environmental Prosecutors
    • Regional Enforcement Network (REN)
    • United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
    • United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
    • United Nations on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
    • World Customs Organization (WCO) 

    The following organizations and entities are observers:

    • International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)
    • Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

      Organizations wishing to become a member of ENFORCE, may contact the Secretariat  for additional information on how to apply for membership.