Background

This workshop is part of a series of regional workshops on the Environmentally Sound Management (ESM) of PCBs and POPs wastes organized by the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention in compliance with decisions SC-3/7 and SC-4/8 of the Conference of the Parties (COP). Through the decisions, the COP requested the Secretariat to undertake training and other capacity building activities to assist developing countries and countries with economies in transition in implementing the Basel Convention technical guidelines on POPs wastes. The Secretariat has also developed an electronic training tool on the POPs wastes guidelines to serve as support of capacity building activities.

Objectives

  • Improved capacity of participants on the concepts, principles and standards for the ESM of POPs wastes as presented in the Basel Convention POPs waste guidelines;
  • Experience and improved knowledge of the participants on practical aspects of the ESM of POPs wastes;
  • Awareness of participants is increased on the interactive training tool on POPs wastes, the guidelines on Best Available Techniques and Best Environmental Practice, the PCBs Elimination Network, as well as on other Secretariat activities related to POPs wastes.

Documents


DocumentsEnglish
Programme193.39 K
Agenda209.29 K
Report229.14 K
List of participants19.16 K

Workshop Presentations

  • Introduction
  • Country presentations
  • POPs wastes
  • PCBs

Photo gallery

The participants of the workshop included Focal Points and Contact Points of the Stockholm Convention, as well as national stakeholders, representatives from the private sector, international experts and members from regional UN offices. 18 country representatives participated in the regional training workshop on POPs wastes and PCBs, which took place from 2 to 5 February 2009 in Kingston, Jamaica. The workshop was opened by the Honorable Minister in the office of the Prime Minister’s Office, Mr. Daryl Vaz. Mr. Chris Corbin (second from left) from the UNEP Caribbean Regional Coordinating Unit in Kingston is delivering opening remarks on behalf of his organization.
Mr. John Vijgen (standing at the right), the expert on POPs pesticides, discusses with the participants possibilities to implement Environmentally Sound Management of obsolete POPs pesticides in the Caribbean. The field trip included a visit to the Jamaica Public Services (JPS) Electrical Utility site in Kingston, where transformers are stored in an environmentally sound manner. The participants also discussed action plans and possible ways forward to speed up the implementation of the Stockholm Convention at the national level. The regional training workshop for the English-speaking Caribbean countries that are Parties to the Stockholm Convention took place at the Courtleigh Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica.
Another station of the field trip was a lake containing caustic mud from a bauxite plant. Acid will be used to neutralize the mud. The participants were discussing ways to manage the lake including diverting rainfall to avoid flooding of the lake. A container serving as a temporary storage for various obsolete pesticides. Some of the stored pesticides had started leaking and need to be repackaged and disposed of. Workshop participants heading towards JPS's PCB Storage Facility
Workshop participants being addressed by Mrs. Claudia Davis, Head of Materials Management, Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) A JPS employee demonstrates the use of the Chlo-N-Oil Test Kit for screening the concentration of PCB in Transformer Oil JPS employee affixes non-PCB label to a screened Transformer
The participants of the workshop included Focal Points and Contact Points of the Stockholm Convention, as well as national stakeholders, representatives from the private sector, international experts and members from regional UN offices.
18 country representatives participated in the regional training workshop on POPs wastes and PCBs, which took place from 2 to 5 February 2009 in Kingston, Jamaica.
The workshop was opened by the Honorable Minister in the office of the Prime Minister’s Office, Mr. Daryl Vaz.
Mr. Chris Corbin (second from left) from the UNEP Caribbean Regional Coordinating Unit in Kingston is delivering opening remarks on behalf of his organization.
Mr. John Vijgen (standing at the right), the expert on POPs pesticides, discusses with the participants possibilities to implement Environmentally Sound Management of obsolete POPs pesticides in the Caribbean.
The field trip included a visit to the Jamaica Public Services (JPS) Electrical Utility site in Kingston, where transformers are stored in an environmentally sound manner.
The participants also discussed action plans and possible ways forward to speed up the implementation of the Stockholm Convention at the national level.
The regional training workshop for the English-speaking Caribbean countries that are Parties to the Stockholm Convention took place at the Courtleigh Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica.
Another station of the field trip was a lake containing caustic mud from a bauxite plant. Acid will be used to neutralize the mud.
The participants were discussing ways to manage the lake including diverting rainfall to avoid flooding of the lake.
A container serving as a temporary storage for various obsolete pesticides. Some of the stored pesticides had started leaking and need to be repackaged and disposed of.
Workshop participants heading towards JPS's PCB Storage Facility
Workshop participants being addressed by Mrs. Claudia Davis, Head of Materials Management, Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS)
A JPS employee demonstrates the use of the Chlo-N-Oil Test Kit for screening the concentration of PCB in Transformer Oil
JPS employee affixes non-PCB label to a screened Transformer