The UNITAR Chemicals and Waste Management Programme in partnership with OECD, and funded by the Government of Switzerland, organised a series of regional workshops in 2015. These workshops were aimed towards professionals working nationally or at the regional level in the nano field or broader chemicals management. Perspectives and experiences from countries, regional experts, international organizations, industry, and non-governmental organizations were included.

Date and Location:

Bogotá, Colombia, 22-24 June 2015

Documents:

Workshop Meeting Report:  English  Spanish

Agenda

List of Participants

Draft resolution on nano for ICCM4 – Spanish 

Special Programme Newsletter 

Vladimir Murashov exposure- Bogota

Vladimir Murashov_WHO NANO HEALTH 

GEF6 strategy CWM

Presentations:

• Regulación de nanomateriales: Visión de Uruguay by Dr. Eduardo Mendez. Download
• Nanotecnología y elaboración de nuevos marcos regulatorios en Argentina: estrategias, acciones y desafíos by Gabriela Trupia. Download
• Latin American Nanotechnology and Society Networks by Noela Invernizzi. Download
• Situación actual de Costa Rica y del Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica by Allen Puente Urbina. Download
• Destino y Transporte de Nanopartículas en Suelos by Mauricio Escudey, Claudia Pizarro, Camila Bravo and Carmen Pizarro. Download
• Vision de Mexico: Coordinación General de Contaminación y Salud Ambiental by Frinee Cano. Download
• Brazilian Initiatives on Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology by José Mauro Granjeiro. Download
• Avances Hacia la Nanoseguridad en Mexico by Rubén J. Lazos Martínez. Download
• Uso de la Nanotecnologia en la Agricultura by María Isabel Cárcamo. Download
• Ministerio del Ambiente Ecuador by Elizabeth Flores Pazmiño. Download
• Nanotecnología y Nanomateriales Manufacturados. situación en panamá by Martin Alpírez Guardao. Download
• Situación de la Nanotecnología en el Perú by Adela Vega Ríos. Download
• St. Vincent & the Grenadines by Marcus Richards. Downloads
• Centro Coordinador del Convenio de Basilea, Centro Regional del Convenio de Estocolmo – Uruguay by Gabriela Medina. Download
• Propuesta de seguridad en actividades nano en la Universidad de los Andes by Felipe Munoz Nanorisk .Download
• Introducción a la Caja de Herramientas del IOMC para la Toma de Decisiones sobre la Gestión de productos Químicos. Download
• Nanotechnology: Risk Assessment & Safety Compliance in Thailand by Sirasak Teparkum. Download
• UNITAR Guidance for Developing a National Nanotechnology Policy. Download
• UNECE GHS Nanomaterial presentation. Download
• SAICM Presentation_Nano LAC Workshop 2015. Download
• OECD Chemicals and Nano Colombia June 2015 by Mar Gonzalez. Download