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BASEL CONVENTION

Secretariat of the Basel Convention

United Nations Environment Programme

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List of invitations

Invitations Page

1. Invitations related to decision OEWG-10/1 on the preparation of the midterm evaluation of

the strategic framework 3

2. Invitations related to decision OEWG-10/2 on developing guidelines for environmentally

sound management 4

3. Invitations related to decision OEWG-10/3 on the Cartagena Declaration on the Prevention,

Minimization and Recovery of Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes 6

4. Invitations related to decision OEWG-10/4 on the technical guidelines on the

environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated

with persistent organic pollutants

7

5. Invitations related to decision OEWG-10/5 on the technical guidelines on transboundary

movements of electrical and electronic waste and used electrical and electronic equipment, in

particular regarding the distinction between waste and non-waste under the Basel

Convention

10

6. Invitations related to decision OEWG-10/8 on providing further legal clarity 12

7. Invitation related to decision OEWG-10/9 on the Partnership for Action on Computing

Equipment 14

8. Invitation related to decision OEWG-10/10 on creating innovative solutions through the

Basel Convention for the environmentally sound management of household waste 15

9. Invitation related to decision OEWG-10/11 on Cooperation between the Basel Convention

and the International Maritime Organization 16

10. Invitation related to decision OEWG-10/13 on the Work programme of the Open-ended

Working Group for 2018–2019 17

11. Invitation related to decision BC-12/19 on the Work programme of the Open-ended Working

Group for 2016–2017 18

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1. Invitations related to decision OEWG-10/1 on the preparation of the

midterm evaluation of the strategic framework

Decision: OEWG-10/1: Preparation of the midterm evaluation of the strategic framework

Background:

1. Following the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, the Secretariat initiated work to support

the development of mid-term and final evaluations of the strategic framework through the creation of a baseline

based on year 2011 information to be submitted by parties.

2. By decision OEWG-10/1, the Open-ended Working Group invited Parties to provide to the Secretariat,

by 30 September 2016, information for the year 2015 relevant to the indicators listed in section V of the

strategic framework set out in the annex to decision BC-10/2, as requested in paragraph 17 of the strategic

framework, using the format for reporting developed by the Secretariat.

3. The Open-ended Working Group requested the Secretariat, on the basis of the information received

from Parties, to prepare a draft report on the mid-term evaluation of the strategic framework to be available by

15 November 2016 on the Basel Convention website.

4. Furthermore, the Open-ended Working Group invited Parties and others to provide comments to the

Secretariat on the draft report by 15 January 2017. The Secretariat was requested to prepare a revised draft

report, taking into account the comments received from Parties and others, for consideration by the Conference

of the Parties at its thirteenth meeting.

Invitations:

Invitations Respondents Method of submission Deadline for

submission

(a) Parties are invited to provide

information for the year 2015

relevant to the indicators listed in

section V of the strategic

framework set out in the annex to

decision BC-10/2.

Parties Please submit information

using online survey set out in

the link below

http://surveys.pops.int/fs-

StrategicFramework.aspx.

The username and password

have been sent to the Basel

Convention Focal Point in

March 2016. For questions,

please contact the Secretariat

contact point provided below.

30 September

2016

(b) Parties and others are invited to

provide comments on the draft

report on the mid-term evaluation

of the strategic framework to be

prepared by the Secretariat.

Parties and

others

The Secretariat will make the

draft report available on the

Basel Convention website by

15 November 2016.

Please submit comments on the

draft report to the Secretariat


15 January 2017

Secretariat contact point:

Ms. Carla Valle-Klan (Email: [email protected]; Tel.: +41 22 917 8686)

http://surveys.pops.int/fs-StrategicFramework.aspx

http://surveys.pops.int/fs-StrategicFramework.aspx


2. Invitations related to decision OEWG-10/2 on developing guidelines for

environmentally sound management

Decision: OEWG-10/2: Developing guidelines for environmentally sound management

Background:

By decision BC-12/1 on follow-up to the Indonesian-Swiss country-led initiative to improve the effectiveness of

the Basel Convention, the work programme of the expert working group on environmentally sound management

was adopted. Since COP-12, the expert working group has continued its work to develop an ESM toolkit that

includes practical manuals for the promotion of the environmentally sound management of wastes and fact

sheets on specific waste streams.

The tenth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group expressed its appreciation to the expert working group

and requested it to continue to develop activities, subject to the availability of resources, to implement its work

programme.

Following an opportunity for comments by Parties and others, the expert working group has been requested to

revise the set of draft practical manuals for the promotion of the environmentally sound management of wastes

and the draft fact sheets on specific waste streams and to submit them for consideration and possible adoption

by COP-13, and to revise the draft practical manuals on extended producer responsibility and financing systems

for environmentally sound management and to submit them for consideration by COP-13.

Additionally, the Secretariat has been requested to develop an online survey to assess the relevance and utility of

the Basel Convention documents related to environmentally sound management, and to prepare a report on the

responses received from Parties and others for submission to COP-13

Invitations:


submission

(a) Parties and others are invited to

submit comments on the set of

revised draft practical manuals

for the promotion of the

environmentally sound

management of wastes

(UNEP/CHW/OEWG.10/INF/3)

and the revised draft fact sheets

on specific waste streams

(UNEP/CHW/OEWG.10/INF/4).

Parties and

others

Please submit comments to the

Secretariat contact point

provided below.

The documents are available at:

www.basel.in/oewg10.

30 September

2016


test the set of revised draft

practical manuals


and the revised draft fact sheets


and to provide comments to the

Secretariat for consideration by

the expert working group on


management.

Parties and

others



provided below.


www.basel.in/oewg10.

Deadline not

specified

http://www.basel.in/oewg10




submission

(c) Parties and others are invited to

submit comments on the first

drafts of the draft practical

manuals on extended producer

responsibility and financing

systems for environmentally

sound management.

Parties and

others

The expert working group will

develop draft practical manuals

on extended producer

responsibility and financing

systems for environmentally

sound management and make

them available by 31 October

2016 for comments by Parties

and others.

Please submit comments on

these drafts to the Secretariat


15 December 2016

(d) Parties and others are invited to

submit responses to the online

survey to assess the relevance

and utility of the Basel

Convention documents related to


management.

Parties and

others

The Secretariat will develop an

online survey to assess the

relevance and utility of the

Basel Convention documents

related to environmentally

sound management, as outlined

in document

UNEP/CHW/OEWG.10/INF/6,

based on the guidance provided

in the annex to decision

OEWG-10/2, and make it

available to Parties and others

by 15 September 2016.

Please submit responses to this

online survey.

15 November

2016


Ms. Susan Wingfield (Email: [email protected]; Tel.: +41 22 917 8406)


3. Invitations related to decision OEWG-10/3 on the Cartagena

Declaration on the Prevention, Minimization and Recovery of

Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes

Decision: OEWG-10/3: Cartagena Declaration on the Prevention, Minimization and Recovery of

Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes

Background:

1. By decision BC-12/2, the Conference of the Parties adopted the road map for action on the

implementation of the Cartagena Declaration set out in the annex to that decision and invited parties and other

stakeholders to undertake activities to implement the road map and to provide information on such activities to

the Secretariat.

2. In addition, by the same decision, the Conference of the Parties mandated the expert working group on

environmentally sound management to develop guidance to assist parties in developing efficient strategies for

achieving prevention and minimization of the generation of hazardous and other wastes. A draft outline of this

guidance was submitted to the tenth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group in document

UNEP/CHW/OEWG.10/INF/5.

3. The expert working group has been requested to continue its work to develop the draft guidance on the

basis of the revised outline set out in the annex to decision OEWG-10/3, and, following an opportunity for

comments by Parties and others, to revise the draft guidance and submit it for consideration by the Conference

of the Parties at its thirteenth meeting.

Invitations:


submission

(a) Parties and other stakeholders

are encouraged to continue to

undertake activities to

implement the road map for

action on the implementation of

the Cartagena Declaration, and

to provide information on such

activities to the Secretariat.

Parties and

other

stakeholders

Please submit information on

activities to implement the road

map for action on the

implementation of the Cartagena

Declaration to the Secretariat


Deadline not

specified


submit comments on the draft

guidance to assist Parties in

developing efficient strategies

for achieving the prevention

and minimization of the

generation of hazardous and

other wastes and their disposal.

Parties and

others

The expert working group will

further develop the draft guidance

to assist Parties in developing

efficient strategies for achieving

the prevention and minimization

of the generation of hazardous and

other wastes and their disposal on

the basis of the revised outline set

out in the annex to decision

OEWG-10/3, and make it

available by 31 October 2016.

Please submit comments on this

draft to the Secretariat contact

point provided below.

15 December

2016


Ms. Susan Wingfield (Email: [email protected]; Tel.: +41 22 917 8406)


4. Invitations related to decision OEWG-10/4 on the technical guidelines

on the environmentally sound management of wastes consisting of,

containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants

Decision: OEWG-10/4: Technical guidelines on the environmentally sound management of wastes

consisting of, containing or contaminated with persistent organic pollutants

Background:

1. The following activities relating to the technical guidelines on persistent organic pollutants (POPs)

were included in the work programme of the Open-ended Working Group for the biennium 2016–2017:

(a) Undertake work towards a review of all provisional low POP content values in the technical

guidelines referred to in paragraph 2 of decision BC-12/3;

(b) Update the general technical guidelines for the environmentally sound management of wastes

consisting of, containing or contaminated with POPs and prepare or update specific technical guidelines with

regard to the chemicals listed in Annexes A and C to the Stockholm Convention by decisions SC-7/12–SC-7/14,

including the following:

(i) Establishment of levels of destruction and irreversible transformation for the chemicals

necessary to ensure that when disposed of they do not exhibit the characteristics of POPs

specified in paragraph 1 of Annex D to the Stockholm Convention;

(ii) Determination of which disposal methods constitute environmentally sound disposal as

referred to in paragraph 1 (d) (ii) of Article 6 of the Stockholm Convention;

(iii) Establishment, as appropriate, of the concentration levels of the chemicals in order to

define for the Stockholm Convention low POP content as referred to in paragraph 1 (d)

(ii) of Article 6 of the Convention.

2. At its tenth meeting, the Open-ended Working Group reviewed the following draft technical guidelines

and a compilation of comments on low POP contents:

(a) UNEP/CHW/OEWG.10/INF/18: Draft technical guidelines on the environmentally sound

management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with hexachlorobutadiene

(b) UNEP/CHW/OEWG.10/INF/19: Draft technical guidelines on the environmentally sound

management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with pentachlorophenol and its

salts and esters

(c) UNEP/CHW/OEWG.10/INF/20: Draft updated technical guidelines on the environmentally

sound management of wastes consisting of, containing or contaminated with polychlorinated

biphenyls, polychlorinated terphenyls, polychlorinated naphthalenes or polybrominated

biphenyls including hexabromobiphenyl

(d) UNEP/CHW/OEWG.10/INF/21: Draft updated technical guidelines on the environmentally

sound management of wastes containing or contaminated with unintentionally produced

polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofurans, hexachlorobenzene,

polychlorinated biphenyls, pentachlorobenzene or polychlorinated naphthalenes

(e) UNEP/CHW/OEWG.10/INF/23: Compilation of comments on low persistent organic pollutant

contents

3. By its decision OEWG-10/4, the Open-ended Working group invited Parties and others to provide

comments and information on the various technical guidelines on POPs and on the low POP content values in

accordance with the workplans set out in the annex to that decision. The Secretariat was requested to publish

sets of comments and revised versions of the technical guidelines on the website of the Convention.


Invitations:


submission



technical guidelines contained in

documents


INF/19, INF/20 and INF/21, as

referred to in section A of the

annex to decision OEWG-10/4.

Parties and

others

Please submit comments on the

draft technical guidelines

contained in documents


INF/19, INF/20 and INF/21to

the Secretariat contact point

provided below.


www.basel.in/oewg10

15 September

2016


submit comments on the first

revised drafts of the general

technical guidelines set out in

document

UNEP/CHW.12/5/Add.2/Rev.1

and the technical guidelines on

pesticides set out in document

UNEP/CHW.12/5/Add.9 to be

prepared by Canada and the

Secretariat, respectively, in

consultation with the small

intersessional working group, as

referred to in section B of the


Parties and

others

The first revised drafts of the

general technical guidelines set

out in document




UNEP/CHW.12/5/Add.9 will be


Secretariat, respectively, in

consultation with the small

intersessional working group by

30 September 2016.


those drafts to the Secretariat


15 November

2016

(c) Parties and others are invited to

submit comments on the second

revised drafts of the general

technical guidelines set out in

document




UNEP/CHW.12/5/Add.9 to be


Secretariat, respectively, as

referred to in section B of the


Parties and

others

The second revised drafts of

the general technical guidelines

set out in document




UNEP/CHW.12/5/Add.9 will be


Secretariat, respectively, by 17

January 2017.


those drafts to the Secretariat


28 February 2017




submission


submit, taking into account

relevant information from the

work undertaken in the

framework of the Stockholm

Convention, further comments

on the low persistent organic

pollutant content values

included in the existing and

draft technical guidelines, and

on related information,

including on: (a) countries’

implementation and related

challenges; (b) analytical

capabilities for measuring

persistent organic pollutant

content; and (c) studies, as

referred to in section C of the


Parties and

others

Please submit further comments

on the low persistent organic

pollutant content values

included in the existing and

draft technical guidelines, and

on related information to the


provided below.

15 December 2016




5. Invitations related to decision OEWG-10/5 on the technical guidelines

on transboundary movements of electrical and electronic waste and

used electrical and electronic equipment, in particular regarding the

distinction between waste and non-waste under the Basel Convention

Decision: OEWG-10/5: Technical guidelines on transboundary movements of electrical and electronic

waste and used electrical and electronic equipment, in particular regarding the distinction

between waste and non-waste under the Basel Convention

Background:

1. At its twelfth meeting, by decision BC-12/5, the Conference of the Parties adopted on an interim basis

the technical guidelines on transboundary movements of electrical and electronic waste and used electrical and

electronic equipment, in particular regarding the distinction between waste and non-waste under the Basel

Convention.

2. In paragraph 5 of decision BC-12/5, the Conference of the Parties acknowledged the need to look

further into the guidance on the distinction between waste and non-waste, and agreed to include the further

elaboration of work on this issue in the work programme of the Open-ended Working Group for 2016–2017 in

order to prepare draft revised guidelines for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its thirteenth

meeting, in particular with reference to paragraphs 31 (a) and 31 (b) of the technical guideline on the following

issues:

(a) Residual lifetime and age of used equipment;

(b) Management of hazardous wastes from failure analysis, repair and refurbishment operations in

developing countries;

(c) Obsolete technologies, including cathode ray tubes; and

(d) Presence of hazardous components in used equipment.

3. At its tenth meeting, the Open-ended Working Group took note of the compilation of comments

received from Parties and others on the outstanding issues regarding the technical guidelines set out in document


4. By decision OEWG-10/5, the Open-ended Working Group invited Parties and others to join the small

intersessional working group on e-waste and invited Parties to consider serving as lead country or to provide

financial support for further development of the technical guidelines. Additionally, the Working Group invited

Parties to provide responses to an online questionnaire, to be prepared by the Secretariat, in consultation with

the small intersessional working group on e-waste, which would aim at gathering information on their

experiences in the implementation of the technical guidelines. Parties and others were also invited to provide

comments on the issues mentioned in paragraph 5 of decision BC-12/5.

Invitations:


submission


join the small intersessional

working group on

e-waste established under

decision BC-10/5.

Parties and

others

Please send an email indicating

your interest in joining the small

intersessional working group on

e-waste to the Secretariat


Deadline not

specified



submission

(b) Interested Parties are invited to

consider serving as lead

country, or to provide financial

support, for further

development of the technical

guidelines, in consultation with

the small intersessional working

group, and to inform the

Secretariat of their willingness

to do so.

Interested

Parties

Please send an email indicating

your interest in serving as lead

country, or providing financial

support, for further development

of the technical guidelines to the


provided below.

Deadline not

specified

(c) Parties are invited to provide

responses to the questionnaire

to gather information on their

experiences in the

implementation of the technical

guidelines.

Parties The Secretariat will send out a

questionnaire, to be developed

in consultation with the small

intersessional working group, to

Parties and others by 29 July

2016, in order to gather

information on their experiences

in the implementation of the

technical guidelines.

Please respond to that

questionnaire.

15 January 2017


provide comments on the issues

mentioned in paragraph 5 of

decision BC-12/5.

Parties and

others



provided below.

30 October 2016




6. Invitations related to decision OEWG-10/8 on providing further legal

clarity

Decision: OEWG-10/8: Providing further legal clarity

Background:

1. By decision BC-12/19, the Conference of the Parties adopted the work programme of the Open-ended

Working Group for 2018-2019 whereby it, among other things, mandated the Working Group to:

(a) Consider the revised version of the draft glossary including explanations prepared by the small

intersessional working group on legal clarity, finalize the glossary and prepare a draft decision for the

Conference of the Parties at its thirteenth meeting for its consideration and possible adoption; and

(b) Consider recommendations on the review of Annex IV and related issues under Annex IX to the

Convention; and consider views from parties and others on the review of Annexes I and III to the Convention.

2. Following its consideration of the matter, the Working Group adopted decision OEWG-10/8 whereby

it, among other things:

(a) Invited Parties and others to provide by 15 July 2016 further views on the options identified in

section II of Annex II to document UNEP/CHW.12/INF/52;

(b) Invited Parties to nominate to the Secretariat by 15 July 2016 further experts for participation in

the small intersessional working group on legal clarity; and

(c) Invited Parties, with the support of the Basel Convention Regional Centres as appropriate, and

others to submit to the Secretariat and Canada by 28 October 2016 their views on the concept paper to be

developed by Canada by 26 August 2016 on the review of Annex IV to the Convention and related aspects of

Annex IX to the Convention, as well as on the review of Annexes I and III to the Convention, taking into

account the following:

(i) Options identified in section II of Annex II to document UNEP/CHW.12/INF/52;

(ii) Submissions set out in document UNEP/CHW/OEWG.10/INF/11;

(iii) Report set out in document UNEP/CHW/OEWG.10/INF/12; and

(iv) Further views received from Parties and others by 15 July 2016.

Invitations:

Invitation Respondent(s) Method of submission Deadline for

submission


provide further views on the

options identified in section II of

Annex II to document

UNEP/CHW.12/INF/52.

Parties and

others

Please submit further views on

the options identified in section II

of Annex II to document

UNEP/CHW.12/INF/52 to the

Secretariat contact point provided

below.

The document is available at:

http://www.basel.int/tabid/4248/

Default.aspx

15 July 2016

(b) Parties are invited to nominate

further experts for participation

in the small intersessional

working group on legal clarity.

Parties Please nominate further experts

for participation in the small

intersessional working group on

legal clarity to the Secretariat


15 July 2016

http://www.basel.int/tabid/4248/Default.aspx

http://www.basel.int/tabid/4248/Default.aspx


(c) Parties, with the support of the

Basel Convention Regional

Centres as appropriate, and

others are invited to submit to

the Secretariat and Canada their

views on the concept paper to be

developed by Canada by 26

August 2016 on the review of

Annex IV to the Convention and

related aspects of Annex IX to

the Convention, as well as on

the review of Annexes I and III

to the Convention, taking into

account the options identified in

section II of Annex II to

document

UNEP/CHW.12/INF/52, the

submissions set out in document


the report set out in document

UNEP/CHW/OEWG.10/INF/12

and the further views received

from Parties and others by 15

July 2016.

Parties and

others

Please submit views on that

concept paper to the Secretariat

contact point provided below and

to Canada at: (Ms. Julie Croteau:

[email protected])

28 October 2016


Ms. Juliette Kohler (Email: [email protected]; Tel.: +41 22 917 8219)

mailto:[email protected]


7. Invitation related to decision OEWG-10/9 on the Partnership for Action

on Computing Equipment

Decision: OEWG-10/9: Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment

Background:

1. At its tenth meeting, the Open-ended Working Group took note of the progress made in the

implementation of the Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment, including the draft revised section 3 of

the guidance document (UNEP/CHW/OEWG.10/INF/13, annex I) and the draft concept for a follow-up

partnership to the Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment (UNEP/CHW/OEWG.10/INF/13, annex II).

2. By decision OEWG-10/9, the Working Group invited Parties and others to submit comments on the

draft revised section 3 of the guidance document and the draft concept for a follow-up partnership referred to in

paragraph 1 of that decision to the Secretariat by 15 September 2016.

3. Furthermore, the Working Group requested the Partnership Working Group to revise section 3 of the

guidance document and the draft concept for a follow-up partnership, taking into account comments made

during the tenth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group and comments received from Parties and others, for

submission to the Conference of the Parties at its thirteenth meeting for its consideration.

Invitations:

Invitation Respondent(s) Method of submission Deadline for

submission

Parties and others are invited to

submit comments on the draft revised

section 3 of the guidance document

(UNEP/CHW/OEWG.10/INF/13,

annex I) and the draft concept for a

follow-up partnership

(UNEP/CHW/OEWG.10/INF/13,

annex II).

Parties and

others



provided below.


www.basel.in/oewg10

15 September 2016


Mr. Matthias Kern (Email: [email protected]; Tel.: +41 22 917 8767)



8. Invitation related to decision OEWG-10/10 on creating innovative

solutions through the Basel Convention for the environmentally sound

management of household waste

Decision: OEWG-10/10: Creating innovative solutions through the Basel Convention for the

environmentally sound management of household waste

Background:

1. At its tenth meeting, the Open-ended Working Group acknowledged the interest of Parties and others

in actively participating in the informal group on the environmentally sound management of household waste

and supported the proposal of the informal group for the Conference of the Parties to establish a household

waste partnership under the Basel Convention.

2. By decision OEWG-10/10, the Working Group invited Parties and others to submit comments on the

draft concept note on the household waste partnership (UNEP/CHW/OEWG.10/INF/14) to the Secretariat by 15

September 2016 and requested the informal group to finalize the draft concept note, including terms of reference

and a workplan for the biennium 2018–2019, taking into account the discussions during the tenth meeting of the

Open-ended Working Group and comments submitted by Parties and others, and submit the draft concept note

to the Conference of the Parties at its thirteenth meeting for its consideration.

Invitations:

Invitation Respondents Method of submission Deadline for

submission



concept note on the household waste

partnership


Parties and

others



provided below.


www.basel.in/oewg10

15 September 2016


Mr. Matthias Kern (Email: [email protected]; Tel.: +41 22 917 8767)



9. Invitation related to decision OEWG-10/11 on Cooperation between the

Basel Convention and the International Maritime Organization

Decision: OEWG-10/11: Cooperation between the Basel Convention and the International Maritime

Organization

Background:

1. In its decision BC-12/16, the Conference of the Parties requested the Secretariat to prepare a draft

guidance manual on how to improve the sea-land interface, taking into account the revised version of the IMO

Comprehensive Manual on Port Reception Facilities comments received from Parties and others and submit it to

the Open-ended Working Group for consideration at its tenth meeting.

2. At its tenth meeting, the Open-ended Working Group adopted decision OEWG-10/11 by which it

invited Parties and others to submit comments on the draft guidance manual set out in document

UNEP/CHW/OEWG.10/INF/15 to the Secretariat by 31 October 2016. The Working Group requested the

Secretariat to revise the draft guidance manual, taking into account the discussions at the tenth meeting of the

Open-ended Working Group and the comments received from Parties and others, and to submit it as so revised

to the Conference of the Parties for consideration at its thirteenth meeting.

Invitation:


submission


submit comments on the revised draft

guidance manual on how to improve

the sea-land interface


Parties and

others



provided below.


www.basel.in/oewg10

31 October 2016


Ms. Amelie Taoufiq-Cailliau (Email: [email protected]; Tel.: +41 22 917 8950)



10. Invitation related to decision OEWG-10/13 on the Work programme of

the Open-ended Working Group for 2018–2019

Decision: OEWG-10/13: Work programme of the Open-ended Working Group for 2018–2019

Background:

1. At its thirteenth meeting, the Conference of the Parties is expected to adopt the work programme of the

Open-ended Working Group for the biennium 2016–2017. In preparation for that, and in accordance with its

usual practice, the Secretariat prepared a draft work programme for consideration by the Open-ended Working

Group as set out in the annex to document UNEP/CHW/OEWG.10/12.

2. At its tenth meeting, the Open-ended Working Group took note of the draft work programme of the

Open-ended Working Group for 2018–2019 and invited Parties and others to submit to the Secretariat comments

on the draft work programme by 30 September 2016. It also requested the Secretariat to make the comments

available on the website of the Basel Convention and to revise the draft work programme, in consultation with

the Bureau of the Open-ended Working Group and the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties and taking into

account the discussions at the tenth meeting of the Working Group, for consideration and possible adoption by

the Conference of the Parties at its thirteenth meeting.

Invitation:


submission


submit comments on the draft work

programme of the Open-ended

Working Group for 2018–2019

(UNEP/CHW/OEWG.10/12, annex).

Parties and

others



provided below.


www.basel.in/oewg10

30 September 2016


Mr. Alain Wittig (Email: [email protected]; Tel.: +41 22 917 8227)



11. Invitation related to decision BC-12/19 on the work programme of the

Open-ended Working Group for 2016–2017

Decision: BC-12/19: the Work programme of the Open-ended Working Group for 2016–2017

Background:

1. At its twelfth meeting, the Conference of the Parties adopted decision BC-12/19 on the work

programme of the Open-ended Working Group for 2016–2017, by which it decided that the tenth meeting of the

Open-ended Working Group would be of four days’ duration, with up to three days of plenary sessions with

simultaneous interpretation provided to be applied flexibly by the Executive Secretary.

2. Furthermore, the Conference of the Parties invited Parties and others to submit to the Secretariat,

within two months of the end of the tenth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group, comments on

experiences with regard to the arrangements for that meeting and requested the Secretariat to compile any

comments received from Parties and others as well as comments made during the tenth meeting and to submit

them to the Conference of the Parties at its thirteenth meeting for its consideration.

3. To collect the feedback from meeting participants about the arrangements of the tenth meeting of the

Open-ended Working Group, the Secretariat carried out an online survey on the last day of that meeting. The

online survey may be accessed in French, English or Spanish from http://fs.pops.int/fs-oewg10.aspx until 30

June 2016.

Invitation:


submission


submit, within two months of the end

of the tenth meeting of the Open-

ended Working Group, comments on

experiences with regard to the

arrangements for that meeting.

Parties and

others



provided below.

2 August 2016


Mr. Alain Wittig (Email: [email protected]; Tel.: +41 22 917 8227)

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