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The Second Round of funding of the Basel Convention’s Small Grants Programme, generously funded by the Norwegian NORAD agency, is now open.
Funding available for actions on plastic waste, deadline 31 October 2020
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The English advance version of the report of the twelfth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group (online segment), held on 1-3 September 2020, is now available.
Twelfth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group (online segment): Meeting report now available
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Children and exposure to hazardous pesticides: risk reduction strategies and the human rights-based approach” is the title of this Spanish-language webinar, on 29 September 2020.
New UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights & Toxics, Marcos Orellana, joins Rotterdam webinar focused on children & pesticides
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Representatives from the Barcelona Convention, CITES, Climate Change Convention, Convention on Biological Diversity, Minamata Convention, Montreal Protocol, and the Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, join the Basel Convention’s Implementation and Compliance Committee online to discuss ways ...
Global agreements for a healthy planet: 9 MEAs work together to address illegal traffic
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Back to school, back to university, back to the office? Snap the plastic waste you encounter and you could win the Plastic Waste Partnership’s photo contest, deadline 30 September.
Plastic Waste: Your photo could make a difference
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The Basel and Rotterdam conventions continue to grow as Tuvalu becomes the 188th, and 163rd Party respectively, with into force on 19 November 2020.
Tuvalu accedes to the Basel and Rotterdam conventions
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The new call for proposals will be presented and discussed during these Basel Convention online meetings.
Plastic Waste Partnership Briefing webinars organised to outline possibilities for funding actions on plastic waste
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Having recently deposited its instrument of accession WITH the UN Depositary in New York, the convention will ENTER INTO FORCE for Algeria on 19 October 2020.
Algeria becomes the 162nd Party to the Rotterdam Convention
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The OEWG-12 online segment takes place on 1 and 3 September 2020. For more details, including working documents in the 6 UN languages, see the tentative schedule of work.
All you need to know about the Basel Convention’s Open-ended Working Group meeting (OEWG-12) online segment, 1 to 3 September 2020
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Click here for COVID-19 medical waste news and guidance, along with other developments related to the sound management of chemicals and waste.
Latest BRS Newsletter is out and available online
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Applications are invited from Basel and Stockholm convention Regional Centres until 15 July 2020.
Deadline approaching for applications to the new Small Grants Programme on plastic waste
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Following feedback from regions, the OEWG meeting will not be held on 22 to 25 June 2020. Further consultations to take place on options for rescheduling.
Basel Convention’s Open-ended Working Group meeting (OEWG-12) postponed
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Basel, Rotterdam & Stockholm conventions described as environmental governance “Hits of 2019” by IISD
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Questionnaires have been distributed to Parties in order to gauge technical assistance needs and gather offers of technology transfer, to assist implementation of the three conventions.
Final call for Parties to submit their feedback to the Needs Assessment Questionnaires, responses still possible until 15 June 2020
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Adopted by Parties one year ago in May 2019, the Amendments become effective on 1 January 2021. Learn all you need to know by consulting the Secretariat’s FAQ, newly online.
Now online: Frequently-Asked-Questions on the Basel Convention Plastic Waste Amendments
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