Overview and Mandate

The Open-ended Working Group (OEWG), one of the subsidiary bodies of the Basel Convention, was given the following mandate by decision VI/36 (Institutional arrangements), adopted by the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Basel Convention:

  1. To assist the Conference of the Parties in developing and keeping under continuous review the implementation of the Convention’s work plan, specific operational policies and decisions taken by the Conference of the Parties for the implementation of the Convention, as specified in article 15;
  2. To consider and advise the Conference of the Parties on issues relating to policy, technical, scientific, legal, institutional, administration, finance, budgetary and other aspects of the implementation of the Convention within the approved budget, including identification of the specific needs of different regions and subregions for training and technology transfer and to consider ways and means of ensuring the establishment and functioning of the Basel Convention Regional Centres for Training and Technology Transfer;
  3. To prepare its work plan for consideration by the Conference of the Parties;
  4. To report to the Conference of the Parties on the activities it has carried out between meetings of the Conference of the Parties.

COP Decisions relevant to the Open-ended Working Group

 
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BC-VI/36Institutional arrangements27 K17.31 K
BC-VI/37Work programme of the Open-ended Working Group 57.5 K30.87 K
BC-VII/12Work programme of the Open-ended Working Group for 2005–200657.5 K24.17 K
BC-VII/39Institutional arrangements20 K8.61 K
BC-VIII/10Work programme of the Open-ended Working Group for 2007–200870 K28.77 K
BC-IX/32Work programme of the Open-ended Working Group for 2009–2011 18.88 K22.33 K
BC-10/25Work programme of the Open-ended Working Group for 2012–201364.5 K36.22 K
UNEP/CHW/OEWG.11/OEWG-11/15Work programme of the Open-ended Working Group for 2020-202114.72 K200.65 K
BC-11/19Operations and work programme of the Open-ended Working Group for 2014–201572 K26.88 K
BC-12/19Work programme and operations of the Open-ended Working Group for the biennium 2016-2017278 K28.73 K
BC-13/17Work programme and operations of the Open-ended Working Group for the biennium 2018–201921.23 K34.21 K
BC-14/20Work programme of the Open ended Working Group for the biennium 2020–202123.74 K129.73 K
BC-15/23Work programme of the Open-ended Working Group for the biennium 2022–202322.78 K175.66 K
BC-16/20Work programme of the Open-ended Working Group for the period 2024–202525.23 K177.79 K
BC-16/23Clearing-house mechanism for information exchange20.71 K122.17 K