Module 1 - The Basel Convention
Learning Objectives
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What the Basel Convention is, who its main actors are, how it works and its key legal provisions.
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Why National Reporting is important, what this involves, what information is needed, how to develop national inventories, and how to prepare and submit National Reports.
- How the PIC procedure of the Basel Convention is used to control transboundary movements (export, import, or transit) of hazardous wastes and other wastes.
Content
1. What is the Basel Convention?
2. What does National Reporting involve?
3. What information is needed to prepare National Reports?
4. How to submit National Reports through the Electronic Reporting System (ERS)?
5. The Basel Convention and the SDGs.
Module 2 - The Rotterdam Convention
Learning objectives
- What the Rotterdam Convention is, who are its main actors, how it works, and what benefits it brings for the protection of human health and the environment from certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides.
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How the Prior Informed Consent Procedure (PIC) and the Import Responses (IRs) for chemicals listed in Annex III to the convention serve as an early warning system for industrial chemicals, pesticides, and severely hazardous pesticide formulations (SHPFs) that Parties can use to determine whether trade and use require careful consideration and permission for imports from Parties.
Content
1. What is the Rotterdam Convention?
2. What is the Prior Informed Consent Procedure (PIC)?
3. Import Responses (IRs) for chemicals listed in Annex III.
4. The Rotterdam Convention and the SDGs.
Module 3 - The Stockholm Convention
Learning objectives
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What the Stockholm Convention is, who its main actors are, how it works, and its key legal provisions.
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What National Implementation Plans are, how they are prepared, and their importance in demonstrating how Parties will implement the Convention.
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Why National Reporting is important, what this involves, what information is needed, how to develop national inventories, and how to prepare and submit National Reports.
Content
1. What is the Stockholm Convention?
2. What are National Implementation Plans?
3. What does National Reporting involve?
4. What information is needed to prepare National Reports?
5. The Stockholm Convention and the SGDs.
Module 4 - Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions and the Sustainable
Learning Objectives
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The Sustainable Development Goals, Targets, and Indicators.
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Linkages between the Sustainable Development Goals, notably Goal 12, and the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions.
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What indicators 12.4.1, 12.4.2, and 12.5.1 are designed to measure and how implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions contribute to measuring these indicators.
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Why Parties should meet their obligations, not only in the context of the Conventions but also the Global Indicator Framework for the Sustainable Development Goals.
Content
1. Introduction to the Sustainable Development Goals.
2. The Sustainable Development Goals and chemicals and waste.
3. How the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions contribute to Goal 12.
4. Highlights on how the Conventions contribute to other Sustainable Development Goals.