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BASEL CONVENTION REGIONAL CENTRE
BRATISLAVA, SLOVAK REPUBLIC
1995: Establishment of the BCRC as a unit within
SLOVAK ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY – CENTRE OF
WASTE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Based on a feasibility study – prepared by Finland
UN – UNEP/SBC/SAE project No. BS/3100-97-01
• generous grant from the Swiss government
• grant from DEPA
• in-kind contribution from the Slovak Republic
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BASEL CONVENTION REGIONAL CENTRE
BRATISLAVA, SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Basel Convention
on the Control of Transboundary Movements of
Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
• Adopted on March 22, 1989 by the Conference of
Plenipotentiares at Basel, Switzerland
• May 5, 1992 Entry into force
• 164 Parties to the Basel Convention
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BASEL CONVENTION REGIONAL CENTRE
BRATISLAVA, SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Basel Convention
key objectives:
• to minimize the generation of HW in terms of quantity
and hazardousness
• to dispose of HW as close to the source of generation
as possible
• to reduce the movement of HW
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BASEL CONVENTION REGIONAL CENTRE
BRATISLAVA, SLOVAK REPUBLIC
The two main points of the Basel Convention
• Control regime for the Transboundary Movements of
Hazardous wastes
• Environmentally Sound management (ESM) of
Hazardous Wastes
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BASEL CONVENTION REGIONAL CENTRE
BRATISLAVA, SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Building the capacity through training and technology
transfer
BCRCs
Argentina, China, Egypt, El Salvador, Indonesia,
Nigeria, Senegal, Slovak Republic, South Africa,
Russian Federation, Trinidad and Tobago and
Uruguay, Iran
• to help countries implement the BC
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BASEL CONVENTION REGIONAL CENTRE
BRATISLAVA, SLOVAK REPUBLIC
• Knowledge of the current state of waste
management in CEE countries was considered
basic condition for the project realisation.
Operational strategy for the Centre
• Training courses and workshops
• Supplementary projects to the workshops and
comprehensive studies
• Assistance and advisory services
• Promotion and public awareness
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BASEL CONVENTION REGIONAL CENTRE
BRATISLAVA, SLOVAK REPUBLIC
PRIORITY AREAS
• Adoption and implementation of BC into national
legislation
• Setting up environmentally sound HW management
systems
• Introduction of the waste management information
system at a national level
• Technologies for environmentally sound treatment
and disposal of HW
• Promotion of public awareness
• Control system for HW transboundary movement
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TRAINING PROCESS EVALUATION
Current Situation
• All countries under the competence of BCRC
Bratislava became Parties to the Basel Convention
Result
• All countries have established Competent Authorities
and Focal Points under Article 5 of the Basel
Convention
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BCRC BRATISLAVA TRAINING COURSES
June 1997 to March 2000: 10 training courses
No. 1: June 1997
• Implementation of the Basel Convention into the
National Legislation
(Demonstration Project – Petroleum Refinery
Slovnaft Bratislava)
No. 2: October 1997
• Identification of Hazardous Wastes
(Hazardous waste collection, Saubermacher
Company in Graz, Austria)
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BCRC BRATISLAVA TRAINING COURSES
No. 3 December 1997
• The Information Management System on Wastes
(Tyre Company Matador Puchov, Slovakia)
No. 4 March 1998
• Enforcement of the Basel Convention Principles
(Slovak Gas Industry, Danube-River Hydro-Energetic
Complex)
No. 5 June 1998
• Public Awareness Programmes
(Aluminium Plant, Envirofilm)
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BCRC BRATISLAVA TRAINING COURSES
No. 6 September 1998
• Cleaner production and Waste Minimisation
(Pulp and paper Mill AssiDoman Packaging Sturovo,
Slovakia)
No. 7 November 1998
• Methods of Waste Disposal with Focus on Incineration
(incineration plant EbS in Vienna – Simmering, Austria
and waste alternative Treatment Company in Slovakia)
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BCRC BRATISLAVA TRAINING COURSES
No. 8 May 1999
• Control of the Transboundary Movements of Hazardous
Wastes
(Visit to the Slovak-Austrian border check point)
No. 9 March 2000
• Implementation of the Basel Ban Amendment (Danish
Project)
No. 10 June 2002
• Comparative Analysis of International Waste Lists and
Control Systems
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COOPERATION WITH OTHERS MEAs
• Bratislava, April, 2002
• Preparation and Presentation of the BCRC
Bratislava at the Sub-regional workshop for
Implementation of Stockholm Convention on POPs
• Kiev, November 2002
• Presentation of BCRC Bratislava at Sub-regional
Workshop for Implementation of Rotterdam
Convention
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ACTIVE PARTICIPATION
• Seventh International HCH & Pesticides Forum
(Kiev, June, 2003)
Kiev Declaration
on the establishment of a programme action for the
environmentally sound management of obsolete
pesticides and other stocks of unwanted persistent
organic pollutants for ECA countries
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ACTIVE PARTICIPATION
• Sarajevo, October, 2003
Presentation of BCRC Bratislava at Regional
Training workshop on the Monitoring and Control of
Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes in
the Context of the Basel Convention in the Balkans
• Budapest, December, 2003
Presentation of BCRC Bratislava at WTO Regional
Seminar on Trade and Environment for CEE
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11th BCRC BRATISLAVA WORKSHOP
Cleaner production - Waste Minimization Training
Bratislava, November, 2003
• knowledge on cleaner production
• principle of practice, strategies, tools and method to adopt
preventive approach on preparation and management of
clearing production projects
• planning and organisation of projects in enterprises
• quality of implementation plan
• environmental and economic evaluation
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12th BCRC BRATISLAVA WORKSHOP
Workshop on the Strengthening of Co-operation based on
Chemical and Hazardous Wastes Conventions
• Prague, march, 2004
• Participating countries: Austria, Germany, Czech Republic,
Hungary, Poland, Slovak Republic, Slovenia
• NFPs (Basel, RotterdamStockholm, Montreal), Customs
Officers, Environmental Inspectorates
• Share information, exchange of experiences
• Make clear identification of links among chemical and HW
Conventions
• Support the implementation
• Strengthening of co-operation
• Avoid the duplicity of activities
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12th BCRC BRATISLAVA WORKSHOP
Frequently Discussed Topics
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Exports of the POPs as waste for destruction
Two non-combustion technologies in the region
NGO position
Problem with the interim storage of collected POPs as
waste
POPs contaminated sites
Inventories of PCB and PCBs equipment are still in
process
Inventories of CFCs
Problem with limit values for low level POPs wastes
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Recommendations related directly to BCRC
• To strengthen this co-operation through regularly updated
information exchange - channelled through the BCRC
Bratislava which will handle database
• To exchange results of national inventories of POPs and
POPs as wastes, BCRC will facilitate this process in the
CEE region
• To inform other countries about the list of PCB products,
PCB transformers, capacitors and other equipment
containing PCBs, which were produced and used in the
countries of the region, BCRC will facilitate this process;
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13th BCRC BRATISLAVA WORKSHOP
Regional Workshop on the Preparation of a Regional
approach for the ESM of POPs as Wastes for Selected
CEE countries
(11 CEE countries)
• To develop recommendations for a regional approach for
the ESM of POPs waste
• To make recommendations for how to make national
inventories of POPs waste
• To develop national strategies for the elimination of POPs
waste
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• To undertake first investigations on which technologies
are available and could be chosen for the environmentally
sound transport, storage and destruction of POPs waste,
taking into consideration cost effectiveness
• To increase policy-awareness of the POPs waste issue in
the region
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RECOMMENDATIONS
• Ensure synergy and co-ordination between POPs related
regional initiatives
• Sharing knowledge and experience in ESM and
elimination of POPs wastes and related wastes
• Guidance for undertaking detailed inventories of PCBs,
obsolete pesticides, dioxins and furans
• Additional workshop conducted on PCBs, obsolete
pesticides and unintentionally produced by-products
• Training of trainers and other stakeholders
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RECOMMENDATIONS
• Follow up activities to NIP, action plans, taking into
account the “Directive 79/117/EEC” on POPs
• Development and maintenance of information resource,
incl databases, publications, reports legislation
• To support regional approach on POPs containing wastes
and obsolete stockpiles taking into account the
complexity of HW management and disposal
• Lobbying for political support
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2005-06 Business Plan
The Centre will focus its activities on:
• Capacity building of the Regional Centre
• Implementing the Obligations of the Convention
• The ESM of Basel Convention Priority Waste Streams
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Project in progress
• Project on
Legal assistance for the elaboration and adoption of
national legislation for the effective implementation of
the Basel Convention in Bulgaria, Former Republic
of Macedonia and the Republic of Serbia and
Montenegro
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UNDER PREPARATION
AGREEMENT
between
THE SECRETARIAT OF THE BASEL CONVENTION ON THE
CONTROL OF TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENTS OF
HAZARDOUS WASTES AND THEIR DISPOSAL
and
THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC
concerning
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A BASEL CONVENTION
REGIONAL CENTRE FOR TRAINING AND TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER FOR CENTRAL EUROPE
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7th CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES
Geneva, October 25-29, 2004
Preparatory segment
• Strategic Plan - capacity building
• BCRCs
• Preparation of technical guidelines
• BC Partnership programme
• Partnership with MEAs
• Work programme of the for 2005-06
High level:
Partnership for Meeting the Global Waste Challenge
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