In addition to the subregional workshop on the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management, a consultation to assist countries in the Central and Eastern Europe region to prepare for the upcoming negations on mercury will be convened, as well as a workshop on nanotechnology and manufactured nanomaterials offered by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and United Nations Institute for Training and Research.  

dates: 7-11 December 2009  
location: Lodz, Poland  
phone: 41-22-917-8532  
fax: 41-22-797-3460  
e-mail: saicm@chemicals.unep.ch  
www: http://www.saicm.org/index.php?content=meeting&mid=87&menuid=&def=1