Nairobi, Kenya from 30 May to 02 June 2016 Read more
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Geneva, Switzerland from 21 June to 23 June 2016 Read more
Report of the twelfth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties Read more
Report of the eleventh meeting of the Basel Convention Implementation and Compliance Committee Read more
Report of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and T... Read more
To explore means by which objectives of the Ban Amendment might be achieved. Read more
PACE is a multi-stakeholder partnership that will provide a forum to tackle the environmentally sound management of used computing... Read more
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A list of concept notes for voluntary financial contributions for the biennium 2016/17 is now available on the BRS websites
The Secretariat hands over the signed BRS Geneva Gender Parity Pledge to Mr. Michael Moller, UNOG Director General.
The Secretariat is calling for applications by 26 November 2015 for two consultancies: one to assist the Implementation and Compliance Committee with its work on the control system, the other on the matter of the review of the Annexes to the Convention. Please view the Secretariat’s Communication and the terms of reference for the consultancies.
The Secretariat has been made aware that emails were recently sent using abusively for instance the name of the Executive Secretary of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions or other staff as its author, a misleading sender’s name, or a misleading email address. Please read the Secretariat’s communication about this issue.
The proposed programmes of work and budgets for the conventions for 2018-2019 are now available.
With financial support from Switzerland, parties will consult regionally at preparatory meetings organised in March in Bangkok, Dakar, Riga and Sao Paolo.
Expert Group finalizes practical manuals on Extended Producer Responsibility, financing systems, and guidance on the prevention and minimization of waste.
The BRS Secretariat welcomes Carlos Martin-Novella as Deputy Executive Secretary. Mr Martin-Novella, previously at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), replaces Kerstin Stendahl, who joins IPCC, as of 1 January 2017.
With funding from Switzerland, a national consultation on the Basel Convention and facilitation of entry into force of the Ban Amendment in the Maldives was held 9-10 January 2017.
The objective of this webinar is to share the experience on PCB handling, gained in the implementation of a PCB destruction project in the Mediterranean Region. The project was implemented by the Stockholm Regional Centre in Barcelona (SCRC and SCP/RAC) and the Un Environment Mediterranean Assessment and Pollution Control Programme (MED POL).
Find out more about the work of the Basel and Stockholm Regional centre in Pretoria, South Africa.
The objectives of this webinar are to provide guidance to Parties on how to enhance their current PCB inventories, raising awareness of existing guidance materials on the environmentally sound management of PCBs in the context of PCB destruction projects in the Mediterranean region.
The Executive Secretary and staff wish all parties, observers, collaborators, partners and donors a peaceful and successful (Triple COPs) 2017.
The Secretariat recently extended its agreement with IMPEL on illegal waste and chemicals trafficking to include cooperation relevant to all three conventions.
The report of the joint meeting of the COPs bureaux held on 3 and 4 November 2016 is now available.
The Electronic Reporting System allows parties easy access, including through the new account recovery tool, for submitting their national reports, due 31 December 2016.
Read our interview with Gabriela Medina to understand how regional efforts help implement the Basel and Stockholm conventions.
Funded by Germany and Japan, and hosted by the Public Waste Agency for Flanders, this meeting focuses on pilot projects and on guidance manuals on prevention, extended producer responsibility, and financing.