Basel Convention regional centre and Stockholm Convention regional centre in Indonesia

The Conference of the Parties of the Basel Convention in 1995 selected Indonesia to host one of the Basel Convention Regional Centres. Subsequently, a Framework Agreement was signed in 2004 to this effect. The same Centre was endorsed by the Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention in 2013 as a Stockholm Convention Regional Centre for an initial 2 years, extended for another 4 years by COP.7.

Expertise of the centre includes industrial waste, particularly hazardous waste management; e-waste inventory; inventory of POPs and NIP updating; conducting national and regional training and awareness-raising workshops on issues relating to the Basel Convention, Rotterdam Convention, Stockholm Convention and Minamata Convention. Some of the notable project/activities undertaken by the centre are listed below:

Activities related to the Stockholm including Rotterdam Conventions

  • Review and update of the NIP of Indonesia
  • Global workshop on Updating NIPs, 8-10 December 2015, Jakarta, Indonesia
  • Global workshop to promote the use of guidance materials and knowledge sharing among developing countries on industrial POPs (PBDEs, PFOS ad HBCD) under the Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, 22-24 Nov 2016, Jakarta, Indonesia

Activities related to the Basel Convention

  • A Study on E-waste Management in ASEAN, 2016
  • Regional Training Workshop on Repair, Refurbishment, Reconditioning of Used EEE and Recycling and Final Disposal of E-Waste, 19-21 Apr 2011, Bangkok, Thailand
  • E-waste Training Workshop for Asia and the Pacific, 10-14 Aug 2009, Hanoi, Vietnam.
  • Regional Workshop for the Environmentally Sound Management of e-Wastes, 13-15 Mar 2007, Siem Reap, Cambodia.
  • Development of e-waste data base in cooperation with UNEP/SBC.
  • Development of Technical Guidelines on e-waste Inventory and 3 R
  • Workshops of Asian Network for Prevention of Illegal Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes

Activities related to Minamata Convention

  • Workshop on Technology Transfer to Mercury-Free Gold Recovery, Pacitan Regency, Indonesia, 21 July 2016.

Activities related to asbestos

  • Pilot project on the environmentally sound management of asbestos wastes within Indonesia (Jan 2010 – Aug 2011)
  • Regional Workshop for the Environmentally Sound Management of Asbestos Containing Materials, 19 Dec 2006, Jakarta.
  • Regional Training Workshop on ESM of Asbestos Wastes, 19-21 Oct 2010, Jakarta
  • Inter-agency Workshop on the Sound Management of Industrial Chemicals, with Special Emphasis on Asbestos, for the Asia-Pacific Region, 29 Sept–1 Oct 2014

At present BCRC-SCRC Indonesia is currently undertaking the following projects:

  • Mercury emissions from the coal-fired power sector in Indonesia (Jan-Dec 2017)
  • Global Monitoring Plan on POPs in Indonesia (2017-2020)

Parties served: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

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