Small intersessional working group

The Small intersessional working group (SIWG) on the technical guidelines for the identification and environmentally sound management (ESM) of plastic wastes and for their disposal was established pursuant to paragraph 20 of decision BC-14/13.

  • The SIWG is open in nature and consists of members nominated by Parties from the five regional groups of the United Nations and is open to observers;
  • The SIWG shall call upon additional experts as needed, subject to the availability of resources;
  • The working language of the group shall be English and the group shall otherwise organize its working modalities according to the rules of procedure of the Basel Convention;
  • The SIWG organizes informal online meetings and/or face-to-face meetings, as applicable and necessary.

Members of the SIWG

Name

Country

Mr. Karim Ouamane

Algeria

Ms. Marcela Zamorano 

Argentina

Ms. Irina Talamoni

Argentina

Ms. Marisol Diaz Rivera

Argentina

Mr. Augusto Lionel Balarino

Argentina

Mr. Juan Facundo Domínguez

Argentina

Ms. Lana Barbour

Australia

Ms. Meihong Su

Australia

Ms. Jackie Raynor

Australia

Mr. Jason Dunn

Australia

Mr. Sadiq Salah Rahma

Bahrain

Ms. Tamara Kukharchyk

Belarus

Mr. Luk Umans

Belgium

Ms. Julie Croteau 

Canada

Mr. Christopher Mariano

Canada

Mr. Cristian Brito Martinez

Chile

Ms. Nana Zhao

China

Ms. Victoria Zhang

China

Mr. Yang Zheng

China

Mr. Adel Shafei Othman

Egypt

Mr. Gaël de Rotalier

European Commission

Mr. Robert Scazzola

European Commission

Ms. Franziska Krüger

Germany

Mr. Michael Ernst

Germany

Ms. Karen Watson

Guyana

Mr. Satyendra Kumar

India

Mr. Darren Byrne

Ireland

Ms. Minako Kageyama

Japan

Mr. Francis Chwanya

Kenya

Ms. Kamilah Wan Zaid

Malaysia

Ms. Fenny Wong Nyuk Nyin

Malaysia

Mr. Oumar Diaoure Cisse

Mali

Mr. Oludayo Olusegun Dada

Nigeria

Mr. Babajide Alo

Nigeria

Mr. Bernt Sigmund Ringvold 

Norway

Mr. Ole Thomas Thommesen

Norway

Mr. Mazhar Hayat

Pakistan

Ms. Silvia Ricardo

Portugal

Ms. Ana Teixeira

Portugal

Ms. Lucinda Gonçalves

Portugal

Prof. Yong-Chul JANG

Republic of Korea

Mr. Nawaf Bilasi

Saudi Arabia

Mr. Abdulhadi Alshehri

Saudi Arabia

Ms. Nanette Laure

Seychelles

Ms. Mishelle Govender

South Africa

Ms. Sharon Mogomotsi

South Africa

Ms. Åsa Stenmarck

Sweden

Ms. Helen Klint

Sweden

Mr. MMCSK Malwana

Sri Lanka

Mr. RM Jalthota

Sri Lanka

Mr. Patrick McKell

UK

Mr. Christopher King

UK

Ms. Tania Tucker

UK

Mr. Padraig O'Shea

UK

Ms. Hanna Wooldridge

UK

Ms. Gabriela Medina

Uruguay

Ms. Muchaneta Matata

Zimbabwe


Observers of the SIWG

Name

Organization

Mr. Stewart Harris

American Chemistry Council

Mr. Jay West

American Chemistry Council

Ms. Anastasia Swearingen

American Chemistry Council

Mr. Jim Puckett

Basel Action Network (BAN)

Mr. Ross Bartley

BIR

Mr. Alev Somer

BIR

Ms. Alessandra Menga

BSEF/HBCD Industry Group

Mr. Ahmed Tiamiyu

CAPWS Waste Management Services

Ms. Susan Winter

CECA Group

Mr. David Azoulay

Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)

Mr. Klaus Hieromi

CER GmbH

Ms. Lighea Speziale

CEWEP

Mr. Lorenzo Ceccherini

CEWEP

Mr. Ram Charitra Sah 

CEPHED, Nepal 

Ms. Lauren Weir

Environmental Investigation Agency

Mr. Tim Grabiel

Environmental Investigation Agency

Ms. Julie-Ann Adams

EERA

Mr. Kishor Parajuli

EX research institute

Mr. Osamu Sakamoto

EX research institute

Mr. Paolo Campanella

FEAD

Ms. Edyta Lam

Fluoro Council

Mr. Keith Petra

Fluoro Council

Mr. Steve Wong

Fukutomi recycling Ltd.

Ms. Sirine Rached

GAIA

Mr. Andrew Rollinson

GAIA

Ms. Maria Tsakona

Grid Arendal

Ms. Ieva Rucevska

Grid Arendal

Ms. Isabelle Pace

Hazardous Waste Europe

Mr. Alain Heidelberger

Hazardous Waste Europe

Mr. Nicolas Humez

Hazardous Waste Europe

Mr. Philippe Ruat

Hazardous Waste Europe

Ms. Sophia Danenberg

ICCAIA - Boeing

Mr. Naji Kodeih 

IndyACT, Lebanon 

Ms. Adina Renee Adler

Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Inc. (ISRI)

Ms. Sara Brosche

IPEN

Mr. Lee Bell

IPEN

Mr. Jindrich Petrlik

IPEN

Ms. Therese Karlsson

IPEN

Mr. Joseph Debougbeto

La grande puissance de Dieu - NGO

Ms. Anne-Gaelle Collot

PlasticsEurope

Mr. Franz Kraus

PlasticsEurope

Ms. Emile Dalebout

PlasticsEurope

Mr. Jacopo Salvaterra

PlasticsEurope

Mr. Patrick de Kort

Plastics Recyclers Europe

Ms. Mathilde Taveau

Plastics Recyclers Europe

Ms. Erica Nunez

The Ocean Foundation

Dr. Yahya Khamis Msangi

Togo welfare NGO

Ms. Emilie Winch

US (Department of State)

Ms. Larke Williams

US (Department of State)

Ms. Ryann Howard

US (Department of State)

Ms. Lia Yohannes

US-EPA

Mr. Elias Hanna

US-EPA

Ms. Susan Robinson

WM - Director of Sustainability Waste Management

Mr. Ralph Schneider

World Plastics Council