Transcript Republic of Senegal

BCRCS- Senegal
WHERE DOES AFRICA STAND ON THE GLOBAL E-WASTE
ISSUE?
Side event at Basel/COP Regional Centers Fair
May 1st 2013, Geneva, ExCOPs 2013
Organized by BCCC-Africa/BCRCs in Egypt, Senegal and South Africa in
partnership with the “e-waste African Alliance”
Activities and lessons learned under the project
BCRC/SCRC-Senegal
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Activities
As listed in the project document the mainly
role of BCRC Senegal is to participate on
activities and to revise reports produced by
EMPA and national consultants
In the same way BCRC Senegal participated to
others activities in relationship with the
project
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Workshops
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Workshop “Clamping down on illegal waste
shipments to Africa”, 24- 26 November 2009,
Accra, Ghana
Kick-off Workshop Comp 1&2, 19-22, October
09, Lagos, Nigeria
Kick-off Workshop Comp 1&2, 26-28, October
09, Cotonou, Benin
Kick-off Workshop Comp 1&2, 29-30, October
09, Ivory Cost
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Con’t
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Working Seminar « Toward a sustainable ewaste management in Africa”, December 14
– 15th 2011, Head Office of the French
Development Agency (AFD), Paris
All of these activities have been acheived and reports available
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Studies
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Study flow/diagnostic, Benin, April 10
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Study flow/diagnostic, Ivory Cost, April 10
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National strategy, Ivory Cost, November 10
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Training
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WEEE-inspection and enforcement training,
The Netherlands and Belgium, September 13
– 24, 2010
National workshop, Benin, 5th-7th September
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Translation
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Training materials and Manual of e-waste
translated into French for the national
workshop of Benin
Translation “Where are WEEE in Africa”
into French for publication
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Lessons learned
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It was a rich experience to collaborate
(exchanges, discussions, sharing
information, etc.) with several and different
stakaholders in national, regional and
international levels
Visits of sites (ports, markets, plants,
institutions, etc.) were very benefit
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Con’t
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In some case we faced to certain problems
relating to low administrative procedures
and coordination and some activities
postponed one, two times.
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Next steps
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Publications and CD Roms including the
training material
Relevant documents translated into French
will be posted on BCRC- Senegal Website:
http://www.crcbs-afr.org/
Setting up of network ; Needs assessment ;
Training programs ; Joint collaboration/
IMPEL/BCRCs-Countries-SBC
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Recomandations
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To elaborate a training programme and to
find the way to organize training workshops
to capitalize other experiences and studies
had in other countries particularly in Africa
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