Hosted by the Basel and Stockholm Regional Centre in Dakar, Senegal, with support from the Secretariats of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, this workshop intends to enhance the understanding of members of the Stockholm Convention's Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC) and the Rotterdam Convention's Chemicals Review Committee (CRC), as well as national officials from the West Africa and North Africa region, of the processes for reviewing and listing chemicals under the Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, while providing opportunities for information exchange and a forum for discussing and exploring a synergized approach for the implementation of the Conventions at the national and regional levels.
dates: 19-21 November 2013 venue: Hôtel des Almadies location: Dakar, Kaolack, Senegal contact: Cherryl André de la Porte, Secretariats of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions phone: +41-22-917- 8203 fax: +41-22-917-8098 e-mail: candredelaporte@brsmeas.org www: http://synergies.pops.int/Implementation/SynergiesActivities/TrainingWorkshops/Africa/WSSenegal2013/tabid/3500/mctl/ViewDetails/EventModID/8849/EventID/426/xmid/11029/language/en-US/Default.aspx