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General information

Brochure - Basel Convention Regional and Coordinating Centres. 27 May 2008.
Status of the signature of the Framework Agreements
Archives items: the archive contains some old documents which appeared in this section at some moment in the past

Description & links

The Basel Convention Regional Centres (BCRCs) at a glance.
An overview of the Basel Convention Regional and Coordinating Centres for Capacity Building and Technology Transfer (BCRCs)
Directors/Contact Persons of the Basel Convention Regional Centers
Web "portals" for the Regional Centres in Beijing, China, Bratislava, Slovakia, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Cairo, Egypt, Dakar, Senegal, Jakarta, Indonesia, Montevideo, Uruguay, Pretoria, South Africa and San Salvador, El Salvador are on-line; others are to follow.

Legal establishment

Relevant COP Decisions: I/13, II/19, III/19, IV/4, V/5, VI/3, VI/4, VII/9, VIII/4, IX/4


	Text of Model Framework Agreements for the establishment of the BCRC as an institution established under national law but having regional rol may be obtained from the secretariat

Status of the BCRCs

Consultative Meetings of the Basel Convention Regional Centres Reports of the status of the Basel Convention Regional Centres (status reports) Meetings of the Governing Bodies of the Basel Convention Regional Centres.

Decision OEWG V/28

Comments received from Parties and others on decision OEWG-VI/28 on the Developments and obstacles in the implementation of the Strategic Plan for the Implementation of the Basel Convention.

Activities

Regional awareness raising workshop on enhancing cooperation and coordination for the implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions in Asia 19-21 April 2010 Beijing, China (see also "Logistic Information and Travel Arrangements")
The Joint Workshop of the Basel and Stockholm Conventions Regional and Subregional Centres. Geneva, 28 September - 2 October 2009
Projects, workshops and other activities that were carried out during the 2007-2008 biennium
Projects undertaken by the BCRCs under the Strategic Plan
Projects undertaken by the BCRCs and Parties under the Technical Cooperation Trust Funds
Past, Ongoing and Upcoming Activities. Includes conferences, training workshops, seminars, programme activities and projects undertaken in close collaboration with the Secretariat of the Basel Convention
The secretariat is currently involved as a partner in the development of the African Stockpiles Programme. The objective of the Africa Stockpiles Programme is to clean up and safely dispose of all obsolete pesticide stocks from Africa and establish preventive measures to avoid future accumulation.
Updated List of training workshops, seminars and meetings envisaged by the Basel Convention Regional and Coordinating Centres on Training and Technology Transfer (BCRCs) for the years 2009 and 2010.

Operation of the BCRCs

Report on the review of the operation of the Basel Convention Regional and Coordinating Centres (30 November 2009). Comments received from Parties, signatories and others
Relevant decisions:VIII/4, OEWG-VI/2 and IX/4
Report on the Operation of the Basel Convention Regional and Coordinating Centres. Comments received from Parties and Regional Centres
Guidelines for the preparation of the Business Plans of the Centres for the period of 2009-2011

Business Plans 2009 - 2011

Draft Business Plans 2009 - 2011 for the BCRC and BCCC

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