A consultant is sought, with a deadline of 26 August 2020, to work with the Secretariat’s Scientific and Technical Assistance Branch on chemicals and waste management during public health emergencies, conflicts and disasters.
The workshop features multiple sessions including training, capacity-building, dialogue between stakeholders and the identification of key elements of a national implementation plan.
Join the webinar on Thursday 30 September, aimed at Designated National Authorities and other interested stakeholders.
The 17th meeting of the Chemicals Review Committee ended online today, with experts recommending the listing of a further two pesticides by the Rotterdam Convention COP-12 in 2023.
More than 1,300 representatives from more than 160 countries agree key decisions to keep work towards sound management of chemicals and waste on track.
CRC-17 brings together scientists from around the world, online, with a busy agenda including the review of notifications of final regulatory actions for hazardous chemicals.
The online briefings will provide an overview of the issues that will be considered by the seventeenth meeting of the CRC, to be held by electronic means from 20 to 24 September 2021. The meeting will also provide information about the practical arrangements for the meeting. The briefing will in addition provide an overview of the seventeenth meeting of the POPRC, to be held in January 2022.
Read the official press release as more than 150 countries join the online segment of the 2021 meetings of the Conferences of Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam, & Stockholm conventions.