Republic of Senegal UNEP Ministry of Environment SBC

Basel Convention Regional Center for francophone

countries in AfricaBCRC - Senegal

Presentation of the Center

Formally established since the 1rst March 2005 as an “National Institution with regional mandate”.

The Government of Senegal is constructing a new building for the Center

The Government of Senegal contributes $US 60,000 a year for the functioning of the Center.

In place since 1999, hosted by the « African Institute of Urban Management » the Center has undertaken several activities:

Main activities

Training programmes and workshops: On inventory of hazardous wastes

methodology, Dakar 1999 Promotion of the ratification of the Basel

Convention, Dakar, 2002 Workshop on synergies (Basel, Rotterdam,

Stockholm Convention) Cotonou, 2003 Etc…

Main activities (con’t)

Projects Inventory of hazardous wastes in

Niger, Guinea and Comores Management of used oils in

Subsaharian Africa, Burkina Faso, Senegal

Identification of Basel wastes, precursor of dioxins in the informal sector Senegal

Demonstration of a Regional Approach to Environmentally

Sound Management of PCB Liquid Wastes and Transformers and

Capacitors Containing PCBsIn French speaking Africa

PCB PROJECT

Main purpose Accelerate the withdrawal of PCB in use and

the environmentally sound disposal of PCB waste at the regional level in an efficient and cost-effective manner in compliance with the Stockholm and the Basel Convention

Rationale Countries share similar problems related to

institutional setting and capacity for ESM of PCBs, and have common barriers in planning and implementing coordinated actions for ESM.

PCB PROJECT

Geographical Scope Benin Burkina Faso, Chad, Ivory Coast Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco Niger, Sao Tomé Senegal Togo.

PCB PROJECT

Cost: US$ 700,000 (funded by GEF)

Cooperating Agencies: UNEP, UNIDO Executing agency: UNEP (Secretariat of

the Basel Convention, Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention) BCRC-Senegal

Implementation

Phases:I - Training activities and capacity building

on ESM of PCBs and development of a model regulation

II - Demonstration activities and technical assistance to national regulations

Status: Funding approved by GEF on February 2006

Extrait de l’étude « Dioxines » dans le secteur informel