This training workshop will target trainers and national experts on the environmentally sound management (ESM) of PCBs and POPs wastes from the English-speaking Caribbean region. The objective of the workshop is to enhance the capacity of the participants to deliver further training on the concepts, principles and standards for the ESM of POPs wastes, as presented in the Basel Convention technical guidelines on POPs wastes. The workshop will be organized in collaboration with the Caribbean Regional Coordinating Unit of UNEP located in Kingston, Jamaica. For more information contact: tel: +41 22 917 87 29; fax: +41 22 917 80 98; e-mail: ssc@pops.int; Internet.  

dates: 2-5 February 2009  
location: Kingston, Kingston, Jamaica