Location: Ibadan, Nigeria
Date of establishment: March 2007 (Framework Agreement). More
By decision BC-III/19 the Conference of the Parties of the Basel Convention in 1995, selected Nigeria as a site to establish a coordinating centre for Africa Region. This resulted to the establishment of BCCC Africa in 1996. However the Framework Agreement for its establishment was signed only in 2007.
Hosted by: The University of Ibadan in collaboration with the Government of Nigeria
Parties served: The Centre being a coordinating centre no specific country assigned to be served.
Expertise: ESM of Electronic waste, inventories of e-waste, POPs wastes etc.
For more information visit: http://www.basel.org.ng/
Prof. Gilbert Umaye Adie
Executive Director
Basel Convention Coordinating Centre for the African Region
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
University of Ibadan
Linkage Centre for Cleaner Production Technology and Hazardous Waste Management
1 Ijoma Road
Ibadan, Nigeria
Tel: +2348059998665
E-mail: gildie1975@gmail.com; gu.adie@ui.edu.ng