The Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for the Caribbean Region (BCRC-Caribbean), in collaboration with the Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment (PACE) of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, is convening this “Workshop for Capacity Development in the Environmentally Sound Management (ESM) of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) in the Caribbean”. The workshop aims to: allow participants to develop an understanding of regional WEEE management issues and raise awareness on the importance of the ESM of WEEE; provide expert training in the four PACE guidelines for the ESM of WEEE as well as their importance to Basel Convention implementation; to strengthen cooperation and communication on environmentally sound e-waste management across the Caribbean sub-region; and to build capacity in the region to manage e-wastes.  

date: 12 June 2013   location: Trinidad and Tobago   additional: Port of Spain   phone: +1-868-628-8369   fax: +1-868-628-2151   e-mail: bcrc.caribbean@gmail.com   www: http://bcrc-caribbean.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/bcrc-caribbean-workshop-for-capacity.html