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Proceedings of the Regional Preparatory Meeting for the 2017 meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions for the Central and Eastern European and

1 Proceedings of the Regional Preparatory Meeting for the 2017 meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions for the Central and Eastern European and Central Asian region Riga, Latvia, 21 to 23 March 2017 Background In order to assist Parties in preparing for the back-to-back meetings of the conferences of the Parties in 2017, the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions requested the Executive Secretary of the conventions to support regional meetings to assist regional preparatory processes, coordinated with other regional meetings (decisions BC-12/23, RC-7/13 and SC-7/31). The regional preparatory meetings for the 2017 COPs are being held back to back with working sessions to address regional specific issues related to ratification and early implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury. The regional preparatory meetings have been organized in close cooperation with the bureaux members of the concerned regions. 1. The regional preparatory meeting for the 2017 meetings of the conferences of the Parties (COPs) to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions for the Central and Eastern European and Central Asian region was held in the al Protection and Regional Development, Riga, Latvia, from 21 to 23 March The meeting was held back-to-back with a regional working session of the Minamata Convention on Mercury held on 24 March 2017, at the same venue. 2. The regional preparatory meeting was hosted by the Government of Latvia and organized thanks to the generous support of the Government of Switzerland, with support from the Basel and Stockholm conventions regional centre in Slovakia. 3. The objective of the meeting was to provide an opportunity to participants to familiarize themselves with the items on the provisional agendas of the COPs as well as the tentative organization of work of the meetings. It also aimed at enabling Parties to discuss regional priorities and regional positions for the meetings. The programme of the meeting is set out in annex I to the present proceedings. 4. The meeting was attended by a total of 67 participants, including 55 representatives from 26 Central and Eastern European and Central Asian country Parties and 12 representatives from observer organizations. The list of participants is set out in annex II to the present proceedings. 5. Participants exchanged views on the 2017 COPs meeting documents for those agenda items that were part of the programme of the Central and Eastern European and Central Asian regional preparatory meeting. All COPs documents can be found on the meeting website at:

2 Annex I PROGRAMME PREPARATORY MEETING FOR THE 2017 MEETINGS OF THE CONFERENCES OF THE PARTIES TO THE BASEL, ROTTERDAM AND STOCKHOLM CONVENTIONS TUESDAY 21 MARCH :30-9:30 Registration 9:30-10:00 Opening and welcome FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN AND CENTRAL ASIAN REGION RIGA, LATVIA, 21 TO 23 MARCH 2017 Item 1. Introduction to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions 2017 COPs 9:30-10:30 Organization of work: schedule of work, high-level segment, practical arrangements, credentials and election of officers and members of subsidiary bodies 11:00-11:20 Coffee break Item 2. Regional consultations: Joint issues at the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions COPs 11:20-12:30 Review of the synergies arrangements International cooperation and coordination Technical assistance and capacity building Regional centres (Basel and Stockholm) 12:30-14:00 Lunch break 14:00-15:00 Financial resources Compliance (Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm) Programme of work and budget 15:00-15:20 Coffee break 15:20-17:00 Break out group on joint issues (closed session for Governments only) 17:00-17:30 Recap from break out group in plenary WEDNESDAY 22 MARCH 2017 Item 3. Regional consultations: Stockholm Convention 9:30-10:30 Listing of chemicals in Annexes A, B and/or C to the Convention: decabromodiphenyl ether, short-chain chlorinated paraffins and hexachlorobutadiene Effectiveness evaluation and reporting Brominated diphenyl ethers PCB Exemptions and PFOS, its salts and PFOSF 10:30-10:50 Coffee break 10:50-12:10 Break out group on Stockholm Convention issues (closed session for Governments only) 12:10-12:30 Recap from break out group in plenary 12:30-14:00 Lunch break

3 Item 4. Regional consultations: Basel Convention 14:00-15:30 Technical guidelines on POPs wastes, e-waste and mercury wastes Follow-up to the Indonesian-Swiss country-led initiative to improve the effectiveness of the Basel Convention Cartagena Declaration Partnerships under the Basel Convention Operations and work programme of the Open-ended Working Group for :30-15:50 Coffee break 15:50-17:10 Break out group on Basel Convention issues (closed session for Governments only) 17:10-17:30 Recap from break out group in plenary THURSDAY 23 MARCH 2017 Item 5. Regional consultations: Rotterdam Convention 9:30-10:30 Consideration of chemicals for inclusion in Annex III to the Convention: fenthion, trichlorfon, paraquat, chrysotile asbestos, short-chain chlorinated paraffins, tributyltin compounds, carbofuran, carbosulfan Intersessional work on the process of listing chemicals in Annex III, including proposals for amendments to the Convention submitted by African countries 10:30-10:50 Coffee break Status of implementation of the Convention 10:50-12:10 Break out group on Rotterdam Convention issues (closed session for Governments only) 12:10-12:30 Recap from break out group in plenary 12:30-14:00 Lunch break Item 6. Update on recent developments under the Minamata Convention 14:00-14:30 Update on recent developments under the Minamata Convention (by the interim secretariat of the Minamata Convention) Item 7. Closure of the regional preparatory meeting for the 2017 Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions COPs 14:30-16:30 Conclusions, recommendations and closure of the meeting The regional preparatory meeting for the 2017 meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions was hosted by the Government of Latvia and organized thanks to the generous support of the Government of Switzerland

4 Annex II Regional preparatory meeting for the 2017 meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions Working session to address regional specific issues related to ratification and early implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury Riga, Latvia March 2017 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

5 I. PARTIES Albania (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Ledjana Bojaxhi Head of Sector Waste Sector Blv.Zhan D'Ark No Tirana Albania Tel: lediana.karalliu@moe.gov.al / ledjana_k@yahoo.com Ms. Laureta Dibra Head of Sector Air and Climate Change Sector Blv.Zhan D'Ark No Tirana Albania Tel: Laureta.Dibra@moe.gov.al Armenia (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Anahit Aleksandryan Head of Division Hazardous Substances and Waste Policy Division Ministry of Nature Protection Governmental Building 3, Republic Square 0010 Yerevan Armenia Tel: anahit.aleksandryan@mnp.am / anahit.aleksandryan@yahoo.com Mr. Artak Khachatryan Head of Division Division of Waste Inventory, Classification and Technology Investigation Waste Research Center Ministry of Nature Protection 46 Charents Street 0025 Yerevan Armenia Tel: wr_center@mnp.am / khachart7@yahoo.com Azerbaijan (BC, SC) Mr. Yashar Karimov Lead advisor Environmental Protection Department Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources B.Aghayev str 100A 1073 Baku Azerbaijan Tel: yashaoper@rambler.ru Mr. Tural Huseynov Lead advisor International Cooperation Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources B. Aghayev Street 100A 1073 Baku Azerbaijan Tel: thuseynov90@gmail.com Belarus (BC, SC) Ms. Maryna Belavus Member of Council NGO Ecological Initiative 14,Ignatovskogo str.,apt Minsk Belarus Tel: maryna.belavus@gmail.com Mr. Ruslan Mikhalevich Deputy Head Waste Management Department Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection 21,Nemanskaya str.,apt Minsk Belarus Tel: ecologyhelp2@gmail.com Bosnia and Herzegovina (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Nermina Skejović-Hurić NFP Stockholm Convention Department for Environmental Protection Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations Musala Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina Tel: nermina.skejovic-huric@mvteo.gov.ba / nerabosnia@yahoo.com / Bulgaria (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Lina Patarchanova Chief Expert/NFP Basel Convention Waste Management and Soil Protection Directorate and Water 22 Maria Luiza Boulevard 1000 Sofia Bulgaria Tel: lpatarchanova@moew.government.bg Ms. Tsvetanka Dimcheva State Expert/NFP Stockholm Convention Hazardous Chemicals Department

6 and Water 22 Maria Luiza Boulevard 1000 Sofia Bulgaria Tel: Croatia (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Romana Grizelj Senior Expert Advisor Directotare for climate activitie, sustainable development and protection of soil, air and sea and Energy Radnicka Cesta Zagreb Croatia Tel: romana.grizelj@mzoip.hr Ms. Gordana Vesligaj Senior Expert Advisor Directorate for environmental impact assessment and sustainable waste management and Energy Radnicka Cesta Zagreb Croatia Tel: gordana.vesligaj@mzoip.hr Czech Republic (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Milada Vomastková (attending the BRS regional preparatory Senior Officer Deparment of Environmental Hazards and Environmental Damages Ministry of the Environment Vršovická Prague Czech Republic Tel: milada.vomastkova@mzp.cz Ms. Irena Sedlačkova (attending the BRS regional preparatory Junior Officer Waste Management Department Ministry of the Environment Vršovická Prague Czech Republic Tel: irena.sedlackova@mzp.cz Estonia (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Liis Kaar Chief Specialist Department of Public Health Ministry of Social Affairs Gonsiori Tallin Estonia Tel: liis.kaar@sm.ee Ms. Mari-Liis Ummik Senior Officer Waste Department Narva mnt 7A Tallinn Estonia Tel: mari-liis.ummik@envir.ee Georgia (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Ana Berejiani Chief Specialist Waste and Chemicals Management Service and Natural Resources Protection 6 G. Gulua Str Tbilisi Georgia Tel: a.berejiani@moe.gov.ge / falestras@gmail.com Mr. Alverdi Chankseliani Head Waste and Chemical Management Service and Natural Resources Protection 6 G. Gulua Street 0114 Tbilisi Georgia Tel: a.chankseliani@moe.gov.ge Hungary (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Teodóra Fáta Kristóf (attending the BRS regional preparatory Environment Technology Expert Department of Environmental Development Ministry of Agriculture Kossuth Lájos tér Budapest Hungary Tel: fata.teodora.kristof@fm.gov.hu Kazakhstan (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Ardagul Alimkhanova Chief Expert Waste Management Department Ministry of Energy Block A, 19 Kabanbai Str.

7 Astana Kazakhstan Tel: Ms. Amina Beibitova Consultant Waste Management Department Ministry of Energy Block A, 19 Kabanbai Str Astana Kazakhstan Tel: Kyrgyzstan (BC, RC, SC) Mr. Ali Khalmurzaev Chief Specialist Regulation Center of environment protection and Ecological Safety State Agency on Environment Protection and Forestry of the Kyrgyz Republic 228, Toktogul Str Bishkek Kyrgyz Republic Tel: envforest@elcat.kg Ms. Zhamalkan Kadoeva Head Division of Environmental Legislation State Agency on Environment Protection and Forestry of the Kyrgyz Republic 228, Toktogul Str Bishkek Kyrgyz Republic Tel: jamal.kadoeva@gmail.com Latvia (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Ilze Donina (attending the BRS regional preparatory Senior Desk Officer Environmental Protection Department al Protection and Regional Development 25, Peldu Street 1494 Riga Latvia Tel: ilze.donina@varam.gov.lv Ms. Silvija Nora Kalnins Senior Expert Department of Environmental Protection al Protection and Regional Development Peldu Iela 25 LV-1494 Riga Latvia Tel: silvija.kalnins@varam.gov.lv Ms. Daina Ozola Senior Official Environment Protection Department al Protection and Regional Development Peldu Iela 25 LV 1494 Riga Latvia Tel: daina.ozola@varam.gov.lv Ms. Sanda Ilgaža (attending the BRS regional preparatory Senior Official Environment Protection Department al Protection and Regional Development Peldu Iela 25 LV 1494 Riga Latvia Tel: sanda.ilgaza@varam.gov.lv Ms. Dagnija Jirgensone (attending the BRS regional preparatory Senior Official Environment Protection Department al Protection and Regional Development Peldu Iela 25 LV 1494 Riga Latvia Tel: dagnija.jirgensone@varam.gov.lv Lithuania (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Justina Grigaraviciene (attending the BRS regional preparatory Chief Desk Officer Waste Department A.Jakšto g.4 LT Vilnius Lithuania Tel: justina.grigaraviciene@am.lt Montenegro (BC, RC, SC) Mr. Dragan Asanovic General Director Directorate for Waste Management and Communal Development Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism IV Proleterske Brigade Podgorica

8 Montenegro Tel: / / Ms. Jelena Kovaćević Head Department for Industrial Pollution Control and Chemicals Management Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism IV Proleterske Brigade Podgorica Montenegro Tel: Poland (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Anna Graczyk (attending the BRS regional preparatory Head of Division Division for International Instruments Bureau for Chemical Substances Dowborczykow 30/ Lodz Poland Tel: Mr. Przemyslaw Kurowicki (attending the BRS regional preparatory Head of Unit Department of Market Control Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection Wawelska 52/54 Street Warsaw Poland Tel: Mr. Marek Porycki (attending the BRS regional preparatory Expert Department of Market Control Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection Wawelska 52/54 Street Warsaw Poland Tel: Republic of Moldova (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Svetlana Bolocan Head Department of Pollution Prevention and Waste Management 9 Constantin Tanase Street 2005 Chisinau Republic of Moldova Tel: bolocan@mediu.gov.md Ms. Carolina Banaru Consultant Department of Pollution Prevention and Waste Management 9 Constantin Tanase Street 2005 Chisinau Republic of Moldova Tel: banaru@mediu.gov.md Ms. Tatiana Tugui Manager Environmental Prevention Pollution Office 9 Constantin Tanase Street 2005 Chisinau Republic of Moldova Tel: tuguitatiana@ymail.com / tatiana.tugui@eppo.md Romania (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Claudia Dumitru (attending the working session of the MC only) Senior Adviser/NFP Minamata Convention General Directorate of Waste, Contaminated Sites and Hazardous Substances Libertii Boulevard 12, Sector Bucarest Romania Tel: claudia.dumitru@mmediu.ro Ms. Mihaela Claudia Paun (attending the BRS regional preparatory Senior Policy Adviser Pollution Control and Impact Assessment Directorate Libertii Boulevard 12, Sector Bucarest Romania Tel: mihaela.ciobanu@mmediu.ro Ms. Maria Olteanu (attending the BRS regional preparatory Senior Scientific Adviser General Directorate of Waste, Contaminated Sites and Hazardous Substances Libertii Boulevard 12, Sector Bucarest Romania Tel: Mobile: maria.olteanu@mmediu.ro

9 Russian Federation (BC, RC, SC) Mr. Vladimir Lenev (attending the working session of the MC only) Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to International Organizations in Nairobi Lenana Road Nairobi Kenya Tel: Ms. Khalidya Khamidulina Director Health Department Russian Register of Potentially Hazardous Chemical and Biological Substances Varshavskoye Shosse, 19A Moscow Russian Federation Tel: Mr. Alexander Romanov Deputy Director General for international cooperation Scientific Research Institute for atmospheric air protection JSC 7, Karbyshev st Saint-Petersburg Russian Federation Tel: Ms. Olga Mukhina (attending the BRS regional preparatory Consultant Department of science and international cooperation Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights and Human Well-being 18, Vadkovsky lane Moscow Russian Federation Tel: Mr. Evgeny Kovalevskiy (attending the BRS regional preparatory Department of hygienic regulation FSBSI Research Institute of Occupational Health 31, Budennogo Prospect Moscow Russian Federation Tel: Serbia (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Suzana Andrejevic Stefanovic Head of Division/DNA Rotterdam Convention Department for Chemicals Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection 22-26, Nemanjina Street Novi Beograd Belgrade Serbia Tel: Ms. Gordana Petkovic Head of Department/NFP Basel Convention Department for EU Integration and International Cooperation in the field of Environmental Protection Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection 22-26, Nemanjina Street Novi Beograd Belgrade Serbia Tel: Slovakia (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Jana Mičáková State Aadvisor Department of Environmental Risk and Biosafety of the Slovak Republic Námestie Ľ. Štúra Bratislava I Slovak Republic Tel: jana.micakova@enviro.gov.sk Ms. Oľga Trcková (attending the BRS regional preparatory State Advisor Waste Management Department of the Slovak Republic Námestie Ľ. Štúra Bratislava Slovakia Tel: olga.trckova@enviro.gov.sk Tajikistan (BC, SC) Mr. Rakhmatullo Khairulloev Director Сentry Stockholm Convention on POPs Committee on Environmental Protection under the Government of Tajikistan 5/1 Shamsi street Dushanbe Tajikistan Tel: ecorms@mile.ru Mr. Abdusalim Juraev Head Department on Monitoring and Ecological Policies

10 Committee on Environmental Protection under the Government of Tajikistan 5/1 Shamsi street Dushanbe Tajikistan Tel: , Uzbekistan street Tashkent Uzbekistan Tel: The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Lendita Dika State Counselor Industrial Pollution and Risk Management Department and Physical Planning Pitu Guli No Debar The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Tel: lenditadika@hotmail.com / l.dika@moepp.gov.mk / Ukraine (BC, RC, SC) Ms. Natalia Shorobura Chief Specialist Department of Ecological Safety Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources 35, Vasilya Lipkivs kogo Str Kyiv Ukraine Tel: shorobura@menr.gov.ua Mr. Ruslan Koval Director SE Hygienic Regulation Committee of Ministry of Health of Ukraine 75, Saksagansky Str Kyiv Ukraine Tel: koval@uhrc.gov.ua Uzbekistan (BC) Mr. Diyor Pulatov Chief Specialist The Department of international relations and programs The State Committee for Nature Protection 2 a, Toytepa street Tashkent Uzbekistan Tel: (1043#) dpulatov@uznature.uz Mr. Nazrulislom Bakiev 3rd Secretary Department for cooperation with SCO and CIS Ministry of Foreign Affairs

11 II. OBSERVERS Global Environment Facility (GEF) Ms. Masako Ogawa Senior Environmental Specialist Program Unit 1818 H St. NW, Mail Stop N Washington, DC U.S.A. Tel +1(202) mogawa2@thegef.org United Nations Environment Europe Office Ms. Mijke Hertoghs Regional Coordinator - Chemicals & Waste United Nations Environment Europe Office International Environment House Chemin des Anémones CH-1219 Châtelaine, Geneva Switzerland Tel (0) mijke.hertoghs@unep.org United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Ms. Rodica Ella Ivan Industrial Development Officer Environment Department United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Vienna International Center, Wagramer Straße 5, 1400 Wien Austria Tel: r.ivan@unido.org United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Mr. Joost Dittkrist Consultant Chemicals and Waste Management Programme (CWM) United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Chemin des Anémones 1219 Chatelaine, Geneva Switzerland Tel: jost.dittkrist@unitar.org Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for Central and Eastern Europe (BCRC Slovakia) Mr. Martin Jakuš Waste management specialist Basel Convention Regional Centre Slovakia Karloveská 2, P.O.BOX Bratislava Slovakia Tel.: martin.jakus@sazp.sk Basel Convention Regional Centre for CIS countries (BCRC Russian Federation) Mr. Mikhail Tagilov Research Centre «Waste» FSBI «VNII Ecology» Znamenskoe-Sadki estate Moscow Russian Federation Tel: +7(911) m.tagilov@vniiecology.ru Stockholm Convention Regional Centre for Capacity-Building and the Transfer of Technology (SCRC Czech Republic) Ms. Kateřina Šebková Director /SCRC in the Czech republic Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment Masaryk University Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/ Brno Czech Republic Tel: sebkova@recetox.muni.cz Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment (AWHHE) Ms. Elena Manvelyan (attending the BRS regional preparatory President Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment Baghramyan Str. 24B 0019 Yerevan Armenia Tel: office@awhhe.am Arnika Association (AA) Ms. Jitka Strakova Coordinator Toxics And Waste Programme

12 International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN) Delnicka Prague Czech Republic Tel: International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN) Sustainability Design Division EX Research Institute, Ltd Takada, Toshima-ku Tokyo Japan Tel: takashi.nishida@exri.co.jp Ms. Olga Speranskaya IPEN Co-Chair The International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN) Sheremetievskaya Str. Moscow Russia Tel: olga@ipen.org International Alliance of Trade Union Organizations Chrysotile Mr. Dmitrii Selianin Adviser for International Affairs International Affairs International Alliance of Trade-Unions Organizations Chrysotile Pobedy Street, Asbest Russian Federation Tel: selyanind@gmail.com International Chrysotile Association Mr. Emiliano Alonso Legal Advisor 1 Place Ville Marie, Suite 3900 H3B 4M7 Montreal Canada Tel: e.alonso@alonsoasociados.com EX Research Institute Ltd. Ms. Kaoru Oka (attending the working session of the MC only) Deputy Division Director Sustainability Design Division EX Research Institute, Ltd Takada, Toshima-ku Tokyo Japan Tel: oka@exri.co.jp Mr. Takashi Nishida (attending the working session of the MC only) Consultant

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS GOVERNMENTS

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS GOVERNMENTS LIST OF PARTICIPANTS CONSULTATIONS FOR THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA REGION IN PREPARATION FOR THE SEVENTH SESSION OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE ON MERCURY (INC7) 3 TO