Annual joint meeting to enhance cooperation and coordination between regional centres under Basel and Stockholm Conventions

SCP/RAC, as Regional Center for capacity Building and Technology transfer of the Stockholm Convention, assisted to the annual joint meeting to enhance cooperation and coordination between regional centres under Basel and Stockholm Conventions, organized by the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions on 5-8 October 2015.

More than 35 participants from 22 centres attended the meeting, as well as partners from UNEP Chemicals, the Minamata Secretariat, UNEP/OCHA and KemI, the Swedish Chemicals Agency. The very interactive format of the meeting allowed for a productive exchange of many ideas for both the general strategy for regional centres (i.e. how to enhance their technical capacity, visibility and resource mobilization skills) and for their interface with the clearing house mechanism.

The meeting objectives were to

•          Discuss the strategy for strengthening and sustainability of the Basel and Stockholm conventions regional centres, including raising the visibility of the regional centres;
•           Discuss the importance of sound management of chemicals, chemicals legislation and cooperation 
•           Brainstorm on, and collect feedback on the clearing-house mechanism (CHM) draft strategy 

Relevant documents

• Road map for the Basel and Stockholm Convention Regional Centres 2015-2019
• Strategy for the strengthening and enhancing the performance of the regional centres under the Basel and Stockholm conventions
• Decisions by BC COP12 and SC COP7 related to the Regional Centres

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