Meeting/Workshop

Consultative meeting on the latest Developments in the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants will be held online via the Zoom platform on 10-11 October 2021. This workshop is designed for 12 countries from West Asia (Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, Oman, Iraq, Syrian Republic, Yemen, Lebanon, Jordan, and Palestine) and carried out by […]

Regional Validation Workshop of Reducing uses and releases of chemicals of concern (CoC), including Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), in the textiles sector will be held on 1 and 11 October 2021 online/virtually. This workshop was held in collaboration between the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, the United Nation Environmental Program (UNEP), BCRC-SEA & SCRC Indonesia

The ASEAN Dissemination Workshop on the Substitution and the ESM of Mercury-containing Medical Measuring Devices will be held on 28 September 2021 online/virtually in collaboration between the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, the Ministry of Health, the Asian Institute of Technology Regional Resource Center for Asia and the Pacific (AIT PRC.AP) and BCRC-SCRC Indonesia). This

Situation Assessment and Technical Guidelines on mercury-containing medical devices management project in Indonesia Launch Event will be held on 1 September 2021 online/virtually. The launch event was held in collaboration between the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, the Ministry of Health, the Asian Institute of Technology Regional Resource Center for Asia and the Pacific (AIT

Reducing uses and releases of chemicals of concern, including POPs, in the textiles sector. The Vietnam National Meeting was held on 20 July 2021. The purpose of this meeting was to introduce the activities that are being carried out to stakeholders from related sectors and to solicit input and recommendations, particularly regarding policies, management, chemicals

  On 17 July 2021, Reducing uses and releases of chemicals of concern, including POPs, in the textiles sector were held. National Meeting in Pakistan. The aim of the meeting was to introduce the ongoing activities to relevant sector stakeholders and to solicit input and recommendations, particularly regarding policy, management, chemicals used and the textile

National Coordination and Validation Meeting for the Development of Minamata Initial Assessment and National Action Plan for Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Indonesia, held online via the Cisco Webex Platform on 13 July 2021. This meeting was organized by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia (KLHK) and Basel and

  The Inception Workshop on Preparation of the Regional Asia Project – Reducing Uses and Releases of Chemicals of Concern (COC), including POPs, in the Textiles Sector Project Preparation Grant Phase will be held from 14.00-18.00 on 11 July 2021 on an online platform in Bangladesh. The main objective of this workshop is to discuss

Regional Asia Project – Reducing uses and releases of chemicals of concern, including POPs, in the textiles sector. Project Preparation Grant Phase – Virtual Launch Meeting: Indonesia was held on 10-11 May 2021. This meeting was held in collaboration between the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, the United Nation Environmental Program (UNEP), BCRC-SEA & SCRC

Field Visit to West Lombok to Assess the Current Practices of Healthcare Providers in Providing Health Services to Mercury-exposed Residents as well as those Affected by Mercury Pollution in the ASGM Area and Identify Key Service Problems/gaps, held on 7-9 April 2021. This field visit is one of the initial data collection steps to get