Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of establishment: July 2005 (Framework Agreement). More
BC-III/19 the Conference of the Parties of the Basel Convention in 1995, selected Argentina as a site to establish BCRC for South America sub-region. This resulted to the establishment of BCRC Argentina in 2002. However only in 2005 a Framework Agreement for its establishment was signed.
Hosted by: The Government of Argentina and located in the Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial (INTI)
Parties served: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
Expertise: ESM of electronic waste, combating illegal traffic on waste.
For more information visit: https://bcrc-argentina.net.ar/
Mr. Alberto Santos Capra
Director
Basel Convention Regional Centre (BCRC) for South America
Instituto Nacional de Tecnologiá Industrial (INTI)
Avda. Leandro N. Alem 1067 – 7 Floor
1001 Buenos Aires
Argentina
Tel: +54 911 5696 5512
E-mail: acapra@inti.gob.ar;