The Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Convention Conference of the Parties (COPs) was held in Montevideo, Uruguay from 14-15 April, 2015.
As a Party to these three (3) multilateral environmental agreements, otherwise referred to as the BRS Conventions, Trinidad and Tobago participated in this Regional Preparatory Meeting. The country was represented by Ms. Keima Gardiner, Environmental Engineering Specialist, Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources.
The Meeting was also attended by representatives from the Group of Latin American and Caribbean Countries (GRULAC) who were Party to at least one of the three aforementioned chemical and waste Conventions. In addition, there were observers from regional Basel and Stockholm Regional Centres and Coordinating Centres, a range of Intergovernmental organisations (IGOs) and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), representatives from the BRS Secretariat, as well as, the President of the Bureau of the COP to the Stockholm Convention and a representative from the donor country, Switzerland.
The aim of the regional preparatory meeting was to provide parties with an opportunity to consult each other, in advance of the Meetings of the COP, in order to identify regional priorities and challenges, consider meeting documents and discuss substantive joint BRS matters. Ms. Gardiner chaired one of the sessions of this meeting, in her capacity as one of the Vice Presidents to the Bureau of the COP to the Stockholm Convention.
Key recommendations that would be presented, as a region, at the COPs of the BRS Conventions in May, 2015 included proposals related to regional initiatives, strategic issues, financial and technical support, fostering partnerships for ensuring that hazardous wastes are managed and disposed of in an environmentally sound manner and discussing matters as it relates to guidance on the operations of the Basel Regional Centre for the Caribbean.
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