Regional FairSynergies through regional delivery

Programme 1-3 May 2013

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Wednesday 1 May09:00 – 20:00 Regional Fair Exhibition 13:15-14:45 “Where does Africa stand on the Global E-Waste

Issue?”

Side event hosted by: the Basel Convention Coordinating Centre for the African Region in Nigeria (BCCC) Africa, BCRC in Egypt, BCRC in Senegal and BCRC in South Africa in partnership with the Original Equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in Africa

Room: 4

18:15 -18:30 Inauguration Ceremony

Mr. Jim Willis, Executive Secretary Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, Mr. Franz Perrez (Switzerland), President of the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention, Ms. Magdalena Balicka (Poland), President of the Sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention, and Mr. Osvaldo Álvarez (Chile), President of the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention.

Exhibition area

18.30-19.15

(Immediately after the inauguration ceremony)

Panel discussion: Synergies through regional delivery

Panelists:• JillHanna,EuropeanCommission• Ms.ForellaLeon,Peru• Prof.OladeleOsibanjo,DirctoroftheBCCC-Nigeria• Prof.JinhuiLi,ExecutiveDirectoroftheBCRC/SCRC-China• Mr.IbrahimaSow,GEFSecretariatModerator: Mr. Michael Stanley-Jones

Exhibition area

Thursday 2 May09:00 – 20:00 Regional Fair Exhibition

13:15-14:45 “Network of regional centres in GRULAC and their activities on obsolete pesticides, dioxins and furans and mercury”

Side event hosted by: Basel Convention Coordinating CentreforLatinAmericaandCaribbeanRegionandStockholm Convention Regional Centre in Uruguay (BCCC-SCRC-Uruguay) and Stockholm Convention Regional Centre in Brazil (CETESB)

Room 4

13:15-13:45 “Implementation of chemicals and waste MEAs: regional practice and national case”

Side even hosted by: BCRC/SCRC-China and the Ministry of Environmental Protection of China

Exhibition area

18:15-19:45 “Supporting Green Entrepreneurship for a POPs free Mediterranean”

Side event hosted by: Stockholm Convention Regional Centre in Spain (Regional Activity Centre for Cleaner Production) and Basel Convention Regional Centre for the Arab States (BCRC-Egypt)

Room 15

Friday 3 May09:00 – 20:00 Regional Fair Exhibition13:15-14:45 “Supporting the implementation of the Basel

Convention: update on ESM of waste and WEEE “

Side event hosted by: BCCC-Nigeria, BCRC/SCRC-Iran, BCRC-Argentina, BCRC-El Salvador, BCRC-Trinidad and Tobago and UNEP IETC

Room 4

18:00-18:30 (Just after the Plenary ends)

Award ceremony - Awards will be given to the best dressed

booths

Exhibition area

18:15-19:45 “Coordinated destruction of hazardous chemi-cals”

Side event hosted by: BCRC-El Salvador and SCRC-Brazil

Room 15