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REPORTING BY REGIONAL CENTRES Reporting requirements and the performance evaluation of regional centres under the Basel and Stockholm Conventions 1. The Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention by its decision VI/3: “Establishment and functioning of the Basel Convention Regional Centres for Training and Technology Transfer� adopted the core functions of the Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres identified in appendices I and II to this decision (Appendix I on core functions of the Basel Convention Regional Centres and Appendix II on roles and functions of the Coordinating Centres). 2. The Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention by its decision SC-2/9 adopted the terms of reference for regional and subregional centres for capacity- building and transfer of technology set out in the annex I to this decision. Paragraph 24 of the terms of reference requires each centre to provide reports to ordinary meetings of the COP on the activities which it has undertaken to assist developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition in the implementation of their obligations under the Convention. 3. Paragraph 8 of decision SC-3/12 adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention at its third meeting underlines the performance of regional and subregional centres to be evaluated by the subsequent meeting of the Conference of the Parties according to the criteria set out in annex II of SC-2/9. 4. The Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention at its second meeting adopted the criteria for evaluating the performance of regional or subregional centres by its decision SC-2/9. The Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention adopted in an interim basis identical criteria for the evaluation of the performance of Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres. 5. The Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention at its 11th meeting and the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention at its 6th meeting adopted the methodology for evaluating the regional centres. The methodology is dependent on the activity reports submitted by the regional centres. 6. In order to undertake the evaluation of the regional centres by the Conference of the Parties of both Conventions, a comprehensive report describing activities of each of these centres under respective Conventions is therefore required. The Secretariat has developed the attached template to facilitate the preparation of the activity reports by regional centres taking into consideration of the subsequent use of the information contained in the report in evaluating the performance of the centre. 1
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Checklist of the information that is to be provided in the report: Mark the space Information to be provided before if completed
Complete table (B) List of the capacity building projects/activities undertaken those completed during the reporting period only (page 4) Complete Part 2 Section A: ACTIVITIES (PROJECTS) REPORTS SUMMARY for every single activity/project that is reported as completed during this reporting period (page 6) Complete Part 2 Section B: Specific Information on technical capability of the centre on followings: • • • • •
Identification, documentation and Implementation Identifying, undertaking and advancing cooperation, collaboration and synergies Identification of additional financial resources and other donors to fund projects Managing and conducting activities efficiently, effectively and transparently Capacity to meet various language requirement of the region/subregion
Make sure you have provided suitable examples in each type of capabilities and the means of verification for each of the examples.
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PART 1: THE ACTIVITY/PROJECT REPORTS Name of the Regional Centre Basel Convention Regional Centre for Central America submitting the report and Mexico (BCRC-CAM) Name of the person submitting Miguel Araujo the report Date of submission: September 30, 2014 Reporting period From (01/2013) to (09/2014)
A. BUSINESS PLAN/ WORK PLAN AND THE ACTIVITY REPORTS Overall Goal of Business plan/Work plan: To contribute to the ESM of Chemicals, and Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes of the Central American & Mexico Sub-Region, by coordinating efforts with the Central American Commission on Environment and Development (CCAD), public and private sector organizations and Academia of the region, and capturing relevant experiences from related international institutions and partnerships, as well as from other Basel and Stockholm Regional Centres. Objective 1: Environmentally Sound Management of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and Used Lead Acid Batteries (ULAB). Activities contributing to objective 1 1. Formulation of the Strategy and Action Plan for ESM of WEEE and ULAB in Central America and the Dominican Republic. The process of formulating this important strategy started tapping into the Regional Training Workshop on the Environmentally Sound Management of WEEE for Central America, organized in San Salvador, on March 19-21, 2013, with the support of Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment (PACE) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Telefonica, the Salvadoran Superintendency for Energy and Communications and the institutional backing of the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources of El Salvador, the Central American Commission on Environment and Development (CCAD), and the Central American Technical Commission on Telecommunications (COMTELCA). More than 80 delegated participated in this workshop, including representatives of Ministries of Environment, Health and Communications, from municipalities, private sector from Central America and overseas, Academia, NGO and a representative from BCRC-Caribbean, who enthusiastically endorse the process of formulation and implementation of the WEEE Strategy for Central America and the Dominican Republic, having formed the International and Regional Advisory Committees for this strategy. Moreover, the delegates to this workshop proposed a 20 point agenda for ESM of WEEE 3
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in Central America and the Caribbean. This workshop included presentations on the WEEE status in each of the countries of Central America, plus presentations via Skype from Dr. Shunichi Honda, Ministry of Environment of Japan, on the WEEE situation in Asia, from Ruediger Khoer on StEP activities, from the Secretariat of the Basel, Stockholm and Rotterdam Conventions, as well as from the Interpol Environmental Crime Unit in Lyon, France, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from Stephany Adrian WEEE expert from USAID, and from Cintia Gates, DELL Latin America Asset Recovery, from Atlanta, United States. The workshop also included a presentation from Patricia Whiting, who traveled to this meeting from the United States, from the world’s largest WEEE recycler, SIMS Recycling Solutions. This demonstrated that though the WEEE challenge is complex for Central American authorities, the through BCRC-CAM and ITC the region has access to a wide variety of experts than help to successfully tackle ESM of WEEE. A SWOT analysis was carried out based on information provided by each of the Central American countries to serve as a basis for formulating the WEEE Strategy. The outcomes of this workshop were widely shared regionally, and internationally, including the Web portal of the Basel Convention (www.basel.int), ITU (please see http://www.itu.int/en/ITUT/climatechange/201303/Pages/default.aspx), Telefonica (please see http://www.rcysostenibilidad.telefonica.com/blogs/2013/04/10/el-reciclaje-de-basura-electronicauna-tarea-pendiente/) and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) (please see http://chemicals-l.iisd.org/news/central-american-workshop-adopts-e-waste-handling-agenda/). After this workshop it was clarified jointly with CCAD that the Strategy would cover ESM of WEEE and ULAB in Central America and the Dominican Republic. Later on a National Workshops were organized in Costa Rica (July 24, 2013), Honduras (November 7, 2013) and the Dominican Republic (March 26, 2014), to collect elements for the WEEE & ULAB Strategy. BCRC-CAM concluded the process of formulating a proposal of this Strategy, after having organized a Regional Workshop in San José, Costa Rica in February, 2014, and a Teleconference in April, 2014. This regional workshop included two field visits, one to a WEEE dismantling facility (GEEP) and another to a $15 million ULAB ESM Recycling facility (PB Metals), which received support from BCRC-CAM with pro bono technical assistance since 2008 until 2013, from the international lead expert Brian Wilson, from our partner organization ILMC. PB Metals uses a “Green Slag” technology, which generates innocuous slag according to USEPA standards verified independently by a certified laboratory. The old facility, Recicladora Nacional del Plomo, which operated in a house net to a creek, with inappropriate technology, was properly shut down, with its 4
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furnace cut in pieces and smelted inside the furnace of the new facility, PB Metals, which was inaugurated in 2012. The proposed Strategy was presented to the Council of Ministers of the Central American Commission on Environment and Development (CCAD), which comprises eight countries (Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama), at their LIII Meeting held in Punta Cana, the Dominican Republic, on June 25, 2016. The proposed strategy was well received as the Council of Ministers like BCRC-CAM’s approach to combinate a solid and well consulted technical process with strong awareness raising efforts like the “Music for the Earth / SafePlanet” initiative, mentioned in detail on page 12, as they considered it improved the chances of a change towards environmentally responsible behaviour. This strategy is currently in the process of final editing by the Ministers liaisons, before its formal approval by the CCAD Council of Ministers. Its approval is expected in December 2014. The Centre also prepared an explanatory leaflet of the Strategy, in the shape of a tablet, which will be circulated widely after the strategy is formally approved by the CCAD Council of Ministers. As mentioned in the 2011-2012 Performance Evaluation, this activity was financed through the project “Sustainable Communities in Central American and the Caribbean”, from the Organization of the American States (OAS), with $50,000 financing from the United States State Department.
Participants in the San José, Costa Rica Regional Workshop, which reviewed the Draft WEEE and ULAB Strategy for Central America and the Dominican Republic
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Visit to GEEP WEEE dismantling facility in San José, Costa Rica
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Learning about the operation of the fluorescent lamp recycling equipment at GEEP
Visit to the PB Metals ULAB recycling facility in Cudirrabat, Costa Rica, with ESM
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BCRC-CAM Director presenting the WEEE & ULAB Strategy, to the CCAD Council of Ministers
2. WEEE & ULAB awareness raising activities: a) Prepared the “Scoring a Goal against Chemical Contamination” proposal, later on transformed into “Green Score”, which included a series of simultaneous edutainment concerts, where attendants would have paid their entrance with WEEE, which were to be linked with the 2014 FIFA World Cup, in coordination with BCRC-Caribbean, BCRC-South America, the Stockholm Regional Centres in Sao Paulo and Mexico, the Colombian National Cleaner Production Centre, and SafePlanet. This initiative was supported by the Executive Secretary of the Basel Convention. It did not worked because FIFA refused to collaborate, but its preparation contributed to facilitating the organization of the concept of “Music for the Earth / SafePlanet”, described below. b) Organized four WEEE collection campaigns in coordination with AUTOCONSA, a Central American company based in El Salvador which collects WEEE, in partnership with an electric distribution company (AES), two of them around Earth Day week and two on June (World Environment Month because of June 5 being World Environment Day), in 2012 and 2014.
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One of the two WEEE collection campaigns around Earth Week, in partnership with an electric distribution company (AES), several radios and a WEEE collection company (AUTOCONSA)
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Launching a WEEE collection campaigns with a major supermarket chain in El Salvador (SUPERSELECTOS) and AUTOCONSA in 2012, which gave one tree for each WEEE brought to the campaign
Two views of the WEEE collection campaigns, which made use of old telephone booths as WEEE collection bins
c) Organized the first “Music for the Earth / Safe Planet” edutainment event on June 29. 2014, in a blue-collar dormitory city, Soyapango, in partnership with a national supermarket store (SUPERSELECTOS), AUTOCONSA, the Central American Paper Group/ENCANTO, SafePlanet, the Municipality of Soyapango, SalvaNATURA, El Diario de Hoy, Universidad José Matías Delgado, and many others. In this special event entertainment was offered to children, the youth, adults, and senior citizens, with different kinds of music, contests, clowns, painted faces, and a workshop on how to make handicraft out of WEEE. 10
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Participants paid their entrance with WEEE or other recyclable wastes like paper, plastic or aluminium cans. Central American Paper Group contributed with the design of the logo, the scenario, sound and a contest on the best custom with recyclable materials. AUTOCONSA, obtained pro bono musicians. El Diario de Hoy offered painted to children, Superselectos provided a parking lot, outside their major store, and Recicladora La Centroamericana provided Chimbombin the clown. The event was very successful and it was profiled nationally and internationally (please see http://www.basel.int/Implementation/PublicAwareness/NewsFeatures/MusicfortheEarthSafe Planet/tabid/3837/Default.aspx). There are conversations to organize more “Music for the Earth / SafePlanet” events in El Salvador and in other Central American countries in 2015.
This is the coverage of ”Music for the Earth / SafePlanet” which was published in the Webpage of the Basel Convention and shared by Connect4Climate to its more than 640,000 members, causing a record of visitation to the Basel Website
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Audience at “Music for the Earth / SafePlanet, despite coinciding with the Costa Rica Greec FIFA World Cup soccer game
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3rd Price of Recyclable Customs
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A boy highlighted the importance of recycling ULAB in an ESM facility in Guatemala (Iberia)
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The Children enjoyed the Chimbombin clown who delivered environmental messages for the audience
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BCRC-CAM Director contributed with folk music, but there was also rock, salsa and even belly dancing
3. Collaboration to preparation of GEF/UNIDO WEEE Latin America Project Information Form (PIF) and Project Preparation. The Centre organized a teleconference with the Central American countries and the Dominican Republic to facilitate their contributions to the PIF in 2013, and in 2014, advanced conversations with UNIDO on providing key support in the process of project formulation of the sub-regional Central American component of this project, as well as in its implementation in several Central American countries, considering its leadership on WEEE and ULAB. This activity was carried out without financing as a contribution to the countries of the region and to help position the Centre as an executing agency in the implementation phase of this important project. BCRC-CAM participated in the Project Formulation Workshop to be held in Panama next December 10-12, 2014.
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4. Collaboration in the formulation of the Caribbean WEEE Regional Strategy. Director of BCRC-CAM participated with 4 presentations in a workshop organized by BCRC-Caribbean on July, 2013, as part of the collaboration with this important neighbouring Centre. 5. Technical support to Recicladora la Centroamericana, a Salvadoran small company which set up a ULAB temporary storage facility. BCRC-CAM provided during 2012-2014 technical support to this company, located in Soyapango, which is strongly committed to fully comply with Basel Convention Technical Guidelines and Green Lead Protocols. This collaboration was also backed by Brian Wilson, from ILMC and Luis Marroquin, from Acumuladores iberia. The company obtained its environmental permit in 2014 after four years of preparation, aiming to export to Acumuladores Iberia ULAB Recycling facility in Guatemala. 6. Prepared an exploratory mission from SIMS Recycling Solutions to consider establishing a regional WEEE dismantling facility in El Salvador, as part of the effort to build in the future a cradle-to-cradle eletrconic product cluster. The Vice President of this global WEEE recycling leader, Renee St Dennis came to El Salvador in January 2013 and had preliminary discussion with high level government officials. 7. Organization of the 2nd Edition of the E-waste Academy for Managers (EWAM) in San Salvador, in March-April 2014, in coordination with the United Nations University n Bonn and Solving the E-waste Project (StEP) . This event trained 24 government and private sector managers on ESM of WEEE, from different parts of the world. 21 of the participants came from 10 countries of South America, Central America and the Caribbean (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Peru, Trinidad and Uruguay), while 3 participants came from Africa (Burundi and South Africa). The training was provided by international experts from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The World Resources Forum, USEPA, UMICORE and the United Nations University, with facilitators provided by DELL, HP, NOKIA, UNIDO, and BCRC-CAM, among others. A video with the highlights of the Second Edition of EWAM can be seen in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvBOybGjwU0 .
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Participants in the second edition of EWAM in San Salvador, El Salvador
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Practical Training on WEEE dismantling at EWAM
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Learning with passion at EWAM in San Salvador
8. Coordination of a subgroup with other BCRCs to formulate a draft on “The Future of PACE”. BCRC-CAM Director was selected to coordinate this task during the February PACE Meeting in Indonesia, because of BCRC-CAM’s leadership and vision. Prepared a 1st draft document, which has been revised. A new draft was prepared at the end of November, tapping into the meeting of the Director of BCRCs and SCRCs in Geneva, with significant contributions from Leila Devia, Director of BCRC-Argentina, who became a co-leader of the paper. The draft was further improved at the December 4th, 2014 PACE teleconference. 9. Implementation of “Assessment of ESM of hazardous wastes and other wastes, including WEEE in Central American and the Dominican Republic” project, which includes identification of a regional alternative for ESM treatment of CRT, at an ESM ULAB Recycling facility in Guatemala (Acumuladores Iberia). This facility has received two international environmental awards (Green Lead), two regional and two national awards on Cleaner Production. BCRC-CAM obtained the commitment of $60,500 from the Ministry of Environment of Japan as a result of having organized a visit of Dr. Shunichi Honda to El Salvador and Costa Rica in 2013, to see first-hand BCRC-CAM’s work on WEEE and ULAB in the sub region. This project is one of the three Pilot Projects of the International expert Group on ESM of Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes of the Basel Convention. 20
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As part of this project, which started its implementation in July, 2014, the Centre has: i. Organized a regional advisory committee ii. Developed an instrument to gather relevant information for the assessment, which was distributed to Basel, and Stockholm Convention National Authorities in Central American countries and the Dominican Republic and in the case of El Salvador, it was also distributed to municipalities, and private companies. iii. Organized in July a study tour to BCRC-Asia Pacific, based in Tsinghua University in Beijing. This study tour was very productive, because thanks to coordination with our partner organization ILMC, BCRC-CAM Director was able to expand its visit to meet with Prof. Yeo Lin, Director of the Industrial Development Research Centre, at Zhejiang University in Changxing, who manages a European Union-China Project on Lead Acid Batteries. She was able to finance the visit to Changxing. Moreover, Luis Marroquin, the General Manager of Acumuladores Iberia, the Guatemalan ULAB recycling plant which is collaborating with a feasibility study on ESM of CRT treatment, was able to also participate in the study tour, and visited together with BCRC-CAM Director two ULAB manufacturing installations in Changxing, and two CRT treatment facilities around Beijing, and obtained three papers on ESM of CRT, which have been prepared in coordination with BCRC-Asia & Pacific. This Centre provided an excellent technical and logistical support, having being able to meet with the Director General for International Cooperation of the Chinese Association of Non Ferrous Metal Industry, the Director of the Chinese National Cleaner Production Centre and a high official from the UNIDO Centre for South-South Cooperation on Technology Transfer and the Director of the Blacksmith Institute in China. Moreover, this visit helped to strengthen the relationship between the two Centres and facilitated the decision of the Directors to announce at OEWG9 a South-South Partnership between the two Centres aiming for these two centres to become international reference centres on three issues: a) Used Lead Acid Batteries, b) WEEE, including CRT Treatment; and c) Coprocessing of hazardous wastes and other wastes on cement kilns.
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Visiting one Lead Acid Battery Manufacturing Facility in Chanxing with Prof Lin, Yeo (second from left to right) , Brian Wilson from ILMC, Miguel Araujo BCRC-CAM Director, and Luis Marroquin , Plant Manager of Acumuladores Iberia ULAB Recycling Facility Visiting a second Lead Acid Battery Manufacturing in the Changxing with Prof. Lin,Yeo and Brian Wilson
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Visit to the Director of the Blacksmith Institute in Beijing, with Natalia Lopez, Assistant to Prof Li, Jinhui, Director of BCRC-Asia & Pacific
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Visit to one CRT Treatment plant in Beijing
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Visit to TES-AMM nearby Beijing
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Organization of a side event at the Triple COP in May 2012 on WEEE, which also presented the International Initiative on ESM of ULAB, with participation of 13 Basel and Stockholm regional centres, in partnership with UNEP IETC in Osaka, Japan. Organization of side even in OEWG9 of the Basel Convention in September 2014. BCRCCAM reserved a side event slot and shared it with the International Expert Group on ESM of Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes of the Basel Convention, so that there were presentations of the three pilot projects which are overseen by this international expert group, which include this Japanese funded project. During this meeting both BCRC-Asia & Pacific and BCRC-CAM publicly announced their intention to set up a South-South partnership between these two Centres on a) ULAB; b)WEEE, including CRT treatment; and c) Co-processing of hazardous waste on cement kilns, which could allow these two Centres to become international reference centres in these three topics. This partnership announcement was well received to the point that GRULAC saluted it and BCRC-South America announced its intention to join this partnership. The participation of BCRC-CAM Director in OEWG9, financed by this project, allowed him to also participate in a PACE side event and to advance conversations with the Japanese delegation, aimed at obtaining an increase in funding of additional $19,000 in this Japanese funded project, to finance a larger three-day workshop in Mexico in December 2014, to be able to prepare a profile of a 5 year program (2015-2019) on ESM of Chemicals and Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes in Central America and the Dominican Republic. The Japanese officials expressed 26
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preliminary interest to co-finance such a program as long as it is under the work program of the International expert group on ESM of hazardous wastes and other wastes of the Basel Convention. BCRC-CAM is organizing jointly with SEMARNAT the December 1-3, workshop, where 1 day will be dedicated to review the draft Assessment on ESM of Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes, as well as a proposal for elements for a subregional strategy on ESM of Chemicals and Hazardous wastes and Other Wastes, and the proposed National Strategy for El Salvador on ESM of Chemicals and Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes. Demonstrating the excellent South-South Cooperation with the colleagues from Argentina and BCRCSouth America, Alberto Capra and Micaela Bonafina, will participate in this workshop. Alberto is the contact point of the Basel Convention for Argentina and Co-chair of the International Expert Group on ESM of Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes and Micaela, is a representative of the Director of BCRC-South America, who is steresting inreplicating this shift of business model towards a 5 year program. Lulwa AlĂ, from The GEF will be also participating in this important Mexico workshop. This project is expected to finalized in January 2015, leaving as outputs in additional to the assessment on ESM of hazardous wastes and other wastes, including WEEE in Central America and the Dominican Republic, protocols and a feasibility of CRT ESM in a ULAB recycling facility in Guatemala, a profile of the 2015-2019 Program for ESM of Chemicals and Hazardous Wastes and other Wastes in Central America and the Dominican Republic. 10. Support to building public-private efforts towards the implementation of the 2002-2008 Regional Strategy for ESM of ULAB. BCRC-CAM continued to support the implementation of this strategy in Central America, providing support to both government authorities and private companies committed to ESM in the collection, temporary storage, transportation and recycling of ULAB. BCRC-CAM support to the building of a public-private sector initiative on ESM of ULAB, produced special advances in Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic, helped by combined ILMC BCRC-CAM missions organized in 2013. 11. Support to the establishment of an international partnership for ESM of ULAB, including updating of Basel Convention Technical Guidelines. Despite the lack of impulse within UNEP IETC because of Matthew Gubb illness and later his passing, BCRC-CAM Director participated actively as a member of the GEF Technical Advisory Group on Chemicals and with the backing of the Basel Secretariat and UNEP Chemicals, obtained the incorporation of financing of ESM of ULAB within the GEF6 round. Moreover, BCRC-CAM Director provided technical support to the Guatemalan delegate before OEWG9, Ingrid Villatoro, explaining the need for a Party to offer its leadership in the updating of ULAB Technical Guidelines, which are 12 years old, and she formally made the offer to lead this process with the backing of BCRC-CAM and other Parties and regional 27
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Centres. Immediately after her statement, BCRC-Asia Pacific, based in China offered its support and later on GRULAC expressed its backing. Later on BCRC-CAM has received the offer of support from ILMC committing important staff time of Brian Wilson, considered the best international expert in ULAB. BCRC-South America, based in Argentina, has also expressed interest in bringing ESM of ULAB to several countries of this subregion, as well as BCRC-South Africa, and BCRC-Indonesia, among others. Objective 1 fulfillment status: The region’s knowledge in these new relatively issues continued to improved significantly during this biennium to the point new important allies were recruited (eg. Japan, StEP, BCRC-Asia Pacific based in China, UNIDO, the GEF) and BCRC-CAM is becoming an international reference center in ULAB and WEEE. During 2013-2014, BCRC-CAM, in coordination with the Executive Secretariat of the Central American Commission on Environment and Development (CCAD), successfully formulated a proposed Strategy and Action Plan for ESM of WEEE and ULAB in Central America and the Dominican Republic, which aims that the region achieves by 2019, and integrated management of WEEE and ULAB through an institutional management, citizen participation, education, awareness raising, development of markets, technologies and infrastructure, to protect environment and the quality of life in the region and to its inhabitants. Moreover, the region has become an international model of ESM of ULAB, with excellence in ESM in the recycling and collection of ULAB, having three ESM ULAB facilities in Guatemala (Acumuladores Iberia), Costa Rica (PB Metals) and the Dominican Republic (Verde Eco reciclaje Industrial), and one ESM collection facility in El Salvador (Recicladora La Centroamericana), having invested more than $35 million in green technology, equipment and facilities. The case of Guatemala is a special highlight, considering that its government diligently processes the acceptance of importing shipments of ULAB to be recycled at the Acumuladores Iberia (AI) and combats illegal shipments, while AI through its strong research and development program has turned around the traditional principles of lead smelting towards cleaner (less chemicals and less energy/lower carbon footprint) and cheaper processes, advancing rapidly towards their goal of generating zero waste (currently 1.76% waste, down from 20-30% waste 5 years ago). Similarly, thanks to BCRC-CAM the sub-region has become a leader in specialized training on ESM of WEEE and ULAB, a process which started in 2009, when BCRC-CAM organized a training at the Acumuladores Iberia ULAB Recycling facility and continues to grow in effectiveness and quality content at an accelerating pace. Objective 2: Program of Excellence on ESM of Chemicals, Residues and Wastes. 28
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Activities contributing to objective 2: 1. Formulation of a National Strategy on ESM of Chemicals and Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes for El Salvador, supported by the project “Capacity Building to Promote Synergies on the Coordinated Implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions at the National Level in El Salvador, Central America and Beyond�, financed by the European Union. This project was selected after an international contest. Under the guidance of the Vice Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of El Salvador, Dr. Angel Ibarra, even though this 5 month, which started on June10, 2014, originally included one monthly meetings of a national committee, a regional workshop and 1 national workshop , a very strong sectoral participation process was developed. Thus, 4 sectoral three hour consultation meetings were organized with Academia, the Private Sector, Central Government Organizations, and Municipalities. 2 additional meetings were held with 2 NGO interested in the topic and 5 community consultations were organized. A 1st National Workshop was organized in August, 2014 and a Regional Workshop was organized o October 16-17, 2014 and a second and final national workshop was held on October 29, 2014. Thus, only in this project a total of 14 consultations were organized in the process of formulating this strategy.
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1st National Workshop
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Another factor of the success in this intense consultation process was that BCRC-CAM Director decided to build one single team with the two consultants that were hired by this project and the other two consultants that were hired by the Japanese funded Assessment on ESM of Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes.} This project also produced a document: “Key Elements for a Central America and the Dominican Republic Strategy on ESM of Chemicals and Hazardous Wastes”, which contributed to the formulation of the profile for the “2016-2020 Program on ESM of Chemicals and Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes”, which was one of the outcomes of the Mexican 1-3, 2014 workshop financed by Japan through the Assessment on ESM of Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes, including WEEE. 2. Pre-Feasibility of Certification of Cement Kilns Ready for ESM Co-processing of Hazardous Wastes in Cement Kilns. The preparation of this $61,100 project financed by Norway, included consultations with the Latin American Federation of the Cement Industry (FICEM), which formally agreed to cooperate by facilitating the contacts with the Cement Kilns participating in the pre-feasibility study. FICEM also formally agreed with contributing in-kind with an international expert on co-processing of hazardous wastes, but at the end did not comply with this commitment. After developing a questionnaire, it was filled by 5 cement facilities, with the commitment of keeping the information confidential. A study was prepared with the BCRC-CAM consultant and it was presented in a workshop in San Salvador, which also served to review the national plans for the coordinated destruction of ODS and POPS. This became the first study of its kind, because the Basel 35
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Convention Technical Guidelines for Co-processing were approved recently (2011). The results reflected that in three out of 5 cement kilns, the temperatures at the stack were high enough to generate dioxins and furanes, thus alerting on the need to carry out a study with field visits to verify the information. The lack of an international expert, who was to be provided by FICEM, reduced the effectiveness of the study, but the project help to advance the topic with the important federation of the cement industry for Latin America and with the Parties of the Basel and Stockholm Convention in Central America. 3. Pilot destruction of ODS and POPS. BCRC-CAM worked closely with the Salvadoran Ministry of Health and the Ministry of the Environment, on the possibility of helping them to co-process obsolete pesticides, including DDT and Hexaclorobencene, stored in their warehouse and use this opportunity to prepare protocols that could be used internationally. Nonetheless, the political environment in the eve of the campaign for the March 2013 Presidential elections created an environment where neither HOLCIM-El Salvador, neither the Ministry of the Environment, were not able to agree on the co-processing of these substance in El Salvador. Thus BCRC-CAM explored the possibility of moving the pilot destruction to Costa Rica, but the process was extremely burocratic and it was thought not to be practical. A third option then was explored, to do a pilot destruction in a CEMPRO, a major cement kiln based in Guatemala, but at the end they could not agreed, as they made an economic analysis, and because of the high cost of used oil in Guatemala, their costs per ton were almost seven times the cost of HOLCIM-El Salvador. Thus this project has been closed and the remaining funds will be used to cover an approved PACE activity. 4. Participation in Al Gore’s Climate Reality Initiative. BCRC-CAM Director is convinced of the strong linkages between the chemical and wastes agenda and climate change and after having applied for a free training by the Nobel Peace Price and former Vice President Al Gore, organizing by his organization The Climate Reality Project, he was selected to be a member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps. In return, as all Climate Reality Leaders Miguel Araujo will have to organize 10 activities that help raise awareness on climate change, being op-ed contributions, presentations, panels, film screenings and other related activities. BCRC-CAM Director received a 3 day training by The Reality Project last November 4-6, 2014, in Rio, including one full day of personal training by Al Gore. Thus he is now authorized to use Al Gore’s presentations and to add content that is relevant to the Central American Subregion. BCRC-CAM director is planning to tap into this opportunity to highlight the linkages between climate change mitigation and ESM of chemicals and hazardous wastes, as well as the links between adaptation plans and ESM of chemicals and hazardous wastes. Additionally, BCRC-CAM network of international experts is likely to increase.
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Objective 2 fulfilment status The rich experience of BCRC-CAM on this area, facilitates the recognition by the contact points of the National Authorities of the Basel, Stockholm and Rotterdam Convention, and National Authorities of the Montreal Protocol, Climate Change and the Minamata Convention in organization, as well as bilateral and multilateral agencies, that it is about time for BCRC-CAM to change its business model of implementing small 5 month to 1 year projects and instead jump into a scheme of a 5 year program on ESM of chemicals and hazardous wastes and other wastes. This was in fact the main goal of 2014, and achieved, to finalize the year, with a profile for a 20152019 Program on ESM of Chemicals and Hazardous Wastes and key elements for a sub-regional ESM Strategy, to be co-financed by Japan, the GEF, other bilateral and multilateral agencies, and the private sector. Japan already expressed its interest to co-finance this program, as long as it is embraced by the International Expert Group on ESM of hazardous wastes and other wastes, where BCRC-CAM Director is a member. The partnership between BCRC-CAM and BCRC-Argentina has been key in these advances, not only by facilitating the participation of Alberto Capra, Sustainable Development, and Co-Chair of the International Expert Group on ESM of Hazardous Wastes of the Basel Convention, but also of Micaela Bonafino, representative of BCRC-South America, at the Mexico December 1-3, 2014, important workshop. Plus, BCRC-South America is supporting BCRC-CAM, among other things, 37
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so that it can benefit in the coming months the ENFORCE initiative. Furthermore, BCRC-South America will try to replicate this 5 year program on ESM in several countries of its sub-region. BCRC-CAM will also seek synergies for its ESM 5 year program with SCRC-Mexico, SCRCBrazil and SCRC-Uruguay. Moreover, BCRC-CAM believes that a 5 year programme is the desirable path for regional centres in other parts of the world, so that they can concentrate their work on delivering and mainstreaming ESM of chemicals and hazardous wastes and other wastes, instead of preparing numerous 5 months to 1-year projects. Additionally, the partnership between BCRC-Asia Pacific based in China, and BCRC-CAM, which is scheduled to be formalized at the Triple COP in May 2015, and BCRC-CAM collaboration with BCRC-Caribbean, will also help to increase the contribution of BCRC-CAM to other regions. Objective 3: Pilot Program on ESM of Hazardous Wastes at the municipal/local level Activities contributing to objective 3: 1. Preparation of a concept of a Sustainable Logistics System and of a Green Airport. The President of the Salvadoran National Authority on Ports, Airports and Railroad (CEPA) requested BCRC-CAM guidance towards tapping into the opportunity of the expansion of the El Salvador International Airport and the new concession of the La Union port, to move seriously towards green logistical infrastructure, with ESM of hazardous wastes. Thus with $7,500 UNDP funding, BCRCCAM activated its networks of international experts and was able to develop the first ever concept of a sustainable logistics system, which was later validated by a two day workshop held in November 2013, with participation of international experts from California, Spain, Washington DC, and representatives from the government, private sector, labor unions and Academia. Moreover BCRC-CAM Director became the main sustainability advisor to CEPA President and was able to participate in two related international events: the International Summit on Sustainable Cities in Nantes, France (September 2013), and the annual Airports Going Green Conference in Chicago (November 2013). In addition, BCRC-CAM Director participated in a joint visit to Guanajuato Interior Port financed by the Inter-American Development Bank, where they have developed in 7 years a $20,000 million sustainable industrial park. In addition, BCRC-CAM participated in a meeting in Miami where the US firm Kimley-Horn presented their proposal for a Master Plan for the El Salvador International Airport. On October 2013, BCRC-CAM Director was invited to present the Sustainable Logistics System at the annual meeting of the World Resources Forum, in Davos, where he used the opportunity to briefly introduce BCRC-CAM and its 4 areas of work.
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The vision of BCRC-CAM is that by bringing sustainability to main infrastructure projects, it will gain more influence in the value of adopting ESM of chemicals, hazardous wastes and other wastes, and this experience will be beneficial for the other countries of the region. A new administration started last June in El Salvador with President Salvador Sanchez Ceren, and the new Advisor to the President of CEPA strongly supports retaking these topics, especially now when a new Millennium Challenge $365 million compact is starting implementation and is aimed at the development of the Salvadoran shoreline, including supporting the better use of El Salvador logistical assets. BCRC-CAM Director just met with UN coordinator in El Salvador, to share a proposal to support the strengthening of a green investment executive committee, a corresponding national roundtable, and to present a proposed roadmap at an international conference to be organized in the second half of 2015. Objective 3 fulfilment status: BCRC-CAM is recognized by senior government officials and multilateral representatives in El Salvador as a forward thinking, innovative and extremely connected organization, which facilitates the acceptance of the outputs produced by this Centre, including of course the agenda of ESM of chemicals and hazardous wastes and other wastes. Objective 4: Capacity building Activities contributing to objective 4 1. Active publication of materials in social media (www.facebook.com/crcbcam , www.twitter.com/crcbcam) 2. 13 workshops organized by BCRC-CAM in partnership with others by a partner, as a collaboration with a project implemented by BCRC-CAM, with participation by BCRC-CAM physically or virtually, during 2013-2014. a. 6 WEEE workshops or training events i. PACE/ITU Workshop in San Salvador in March 2013. ii. 2nd Edition of the E-waste Academy (EWAM) iii. WEEE & ULAB Regional Strategy for Central America and the Dominican Republic 1. National workshop in Costa Rica on July 24, 2013 2. National Workshop in Honduras on November 7, 2013 3. National Workshop in the Dominican Republic on March 26, 2014 4. Regional WEEE & ULAB Strategy Workshop in Costa Rica on February 18-20, 2014 b. 3 workshops as part of the Synergies Project/Formulation of the National Strategy for ESM of Chemicals, Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes for El Salvador i. 2 National workshops 39
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ii. 1 Sub-Regional workshop c. 1 Global Workshop on the Basel Ban Amendment February 12-13, 2013 d. 1 workshop on the Feasibility of Co-processing in Cement Kilns in 2013 e. 1 workshop on Sustainable Logistics Systems in 2013 f. 1 Regional training and experience exchange workshop on ESM of Chemicals and Hazardous Wastes and other Wastes which was held in Mexico on December 1-3, 2014. 3. BCRC-CAM has participated with 16 presentations in different workshops and events: a. 4 presentations at the Caribbean WEEE Regional Strategy Workshop in 2013. b. 4 presentations at Triple Cop May 2013 (WEEE, Co-Processing, ULAB International Initiative). c. 2 presentations at OEWG9 (PACE and IEWG on ESM). d. 2 presentations at the annual meeting of the International E-waste Management Network (IEMN) in San Francisco (2012) and Hanoi (2013) e. 1 presentation of the Sustainable Logistic System and main areas of work of BCRCCAM, at the World Resources Forum on October 2013. f. 2 presentations at the two gatherings of the International Expert Group on ESM of Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes (Argentina in 2013 and Indonesia in 2014). g. 1 presentation at the PACE meeting in Indonesia (2014). Note: the above does not include presentations at teleconferences. Objective 4 fulfilment status: It is clear that BCRC-CAM contributes to capacity building in the Central America and Mexico Sub-region and beyond, and hopes to do it even better once in jumps into a 5 year program and starts its South-South Cooperation with China, and its South –South Cooperation with BCRC-South America.
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representatives from neighbouring countries, and helped to clarify what was possible by listening to experiences from other Central American countries. A preliminary draft of the national strategy was presented to seek feedback from the participants, having received several inputs. It also helped to identify elements for a regional strategy on ESM of chemicals and hazardous wastes. There is a full report in Spanish on the outcomes of this regional workshop. 2nd National Workshop which was held on October 29, 2014, where a final draft of the national strategy was presented to receive final comments and where important conclusions were collected and included in the new proposed national strategy. 30 delegates participated. A full report is available in Spanish
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BCRC-CAM participated physically or virtually via Skype: - Costa Rica July, 24, 2013 - Honduras November, 7, 2013 with participation of 54 delegates from government and private sector. There is a report in Spanish on this National Workshop in Annex I - the Dominican Republic, March 26, 2014. The project also organized a Regional workshop held in San José Costa Rica on February, 2014. It produced a proposed WEEE and ULAB Strategy for Central America and the Dominican Republic for 20152019, which was presented on June 25, 2014 to the Council of Ministers of the Central American Commission on Environment and Development (CCAD). Additionally BCRC-CAM produced a proposed user friendly explanatory leaflet on this strategy was prepared. The WEEE & ULAB Strategy for Central America is in the process of formally being approved by Council of Ministers of CCAD in the coming weeks. The delay on this process has been influenced by external factors. As part of this initiative, without funding from the Sustainable Community Project on Central America and the Caribbean, BCRC-CAM organized during 2013 and 2014 jointly with AUTOCONSA, Salvadoran a private collector of WEEE: • two WEEE collection campaigns around Earth Week on April 2013 and April 2014, in partnership with a Salvadoran electric utility (AES-El Salvador), and; • two 1 month WEEE collection campaigns around World Environment Day with a major Salvadoran Supermarket chain (SUPER SELECTOS) on June 2013 and June 2014, Moreover, as part of the same Sustainable Community Project on Central America and the Caribbean, but without 44
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funding from it, BCRC-CAM organized on June 29, 2014, the first Special Action Oriented Edutainment Event, “Music for the Earth / SafePlanet”, in partnership with SUPERSELECTOS, AUTOCONSA, Central American Paper Group, the Municipality of Soyapango, SafePlanet, SalvaNATURA, El Diario de Hoy, University Jose Matias Delgado, which gathered about 300 citizens in Soyapango, the second largest Salvadoran city, considered a bedroom of blue collar workers. Workshop on Regional Training Workshop on the 2013 Environmentally Sound Management of WEEE for Central America, organized in San Salvador, on March 19-21, 2013, with the support of Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment (PACE) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Telefonica, the Salvadoran Superintendency for Energy and Communications and the institutional backing of the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources of El Salvador, the Central American Commission on Environment and Development (CCAD), and the Central American Technical Commission on Telecommunications (COMTELCA) BCRC-CAM hosted the Second Edition of the E-Waste 2014 Academy for Managers (E-WAM), organized in San Salvador on March 31-April 4, 2014, in partnership with StEP, the United Nations University-Institute for Advanced Studies at Bonn, UNIDO, the Global Sustainability Initiative (GESI), USEPA, EMPA, NVMP, WorldLoop, HP, DELL and Microsoft Coordination of a subgroup with other BCRCs to formulate 2014 a draft on “The Future of PACE”. BCRC-CAM Director was selected to coordinate this task during the February PACE Meeting in Indonesia, because of BCRC-CAM’s leadership and vision. Prepared a 1st draft document, which has been revised. A new draft was prepared at the end of November, tapping into the meeting
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of the Director of BCRCs and SCRCs in Geneva and improved at the December 4th, 2014 PACE teleconference. Technical Assistance to Guatemala in its offering made at 2014 OEWG9 to lead the updating of Basel Convention Technical Guidelines on ULAB, which are 12 years old and obtaining of the commitment from Mexico to co-lead this effort, expressed by Luis Eduardo de Ávila, Director of Hazardous Wastes of the Mexican Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources during the December 1-3, 2014 workshop held in Mexico. Organization of a Regional Training and Experience 2014 Exchange Workshop on ESM of Chemicals and Hazardous Wastes, organized in Mexico on December 1-3, 2014 with financial support from the Japanese funded project “Assessment on ESM of Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes” and in-kind support from the Mexican Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT). Besides having representatives from the Ministries of the Environment of Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and the Dominican Republic, the Ministries of Health of Costa Rica and Panama (Basel Convention National Authorities for these two countries also participated, besides 15 participants from Mexico (government, NGO, Academia and private sector).
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during 2015 on two themes: a) South-South cooperation; and b) design of a regional waste exchange system, with information on the quantity and quality of waste available, its price and type of projected use and treatment/recycling process. • The decision to organize a side event during the Triple COP 2015 to share this new synergistic initiative. • The sharing by Mexico of its new aim to set up an integrated electronic products cluster in Mexico, including a refinery to extract precious metals from WEEE or WEEE components which could be imported from all over Latin America. Workshop on Sustainable Logistics System
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PART 2 A: ACTIVITIES (PROJECTS) REPORTS SUMMARY (Please provide a summary (max. 1 page) for each of the completed projects/activities)
Project no. and Project name Global Workshop on the Ban Ammendment Project duration ...............months Start and end dates: 03 /12 /2012 to 01/05/2013 Beneficiary Parties: Antigua & Barbuda, Bangladesh, Bahamas, Cuba, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Maldivas, Panama, Peru, St. Lucia Areas of technical assistance (refer to the guidance on technical assistance for SC related activities and strategic frame focus areas for BC related activities) Total project budget (in US$): $47,626 Funding sources and the 1Secretariat of the Basel Convention US$ 47,626 corresponding amounts: 2................................... US $... 3................................... US$... Collaborating agencies, if any: Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of El Salvador Please provide a brief narrative summary on the project activities and the outcomes (as much as possible in quantifiable terms) in the space given below: BCRC-CAM became active during 2012 on the issue of the ratification of the Ban Amendment, having liaised with the consultant of the Nordic Council, and coordinating a presentation by the consultant to the Parties of the region, tapping into the regional workshop held in 2012 on the Coordinated Destruction of ODS and POPS. In this presentation by the consultant Parties were briefed on the importance of the ratification of the Ban Amendment of the Basel Convention and draft letters were shared for the different phases of the ratification process, to facilitate their advance in the process. Because of this leadership, BCRC-CAM was chosen to host the Global Workshop on the Ban Amendment of the Basel Convention. BCRC-CAM role in this project was to organize the logistics of this important global workshop, and to follow up on the advance of the ratification process in Central American countries. Thanks to this work and the leadership taken by Guatemala and Costa Rica, this country was able to ratify the Basel Amendment while Costa Rica has presented before Congress the proposal of the ratification.
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National Authorities of the Basel and Stockholm Convention, and ITU members of CCAD countries (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and the Dominican Republic) Areas of technical assistance (refer to the guidance on technical assistance for SC related activities and strategic frame focus areas for BC related activities) Total project budget (in US$): $33,900 Funding sources and the 1PACE US$20,000 corresponding amounts: 2 ITU (in kind) US $10,000 3 TELEFONICA (in kind) US$ 3,000 4 SIGET (in kind) US$ 900 Collaborating agencies, if any: Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources of El Salvador, the Central American Commission on Environment and Development (CCAD), and the Central American Technical Commission on Telecommunications (COMTELCA) The outcomes of this workshop were highlighted in the Webpage of the Basel Convention and ITU Webpage http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/climatechange/201303/Pages/default.aspx BCRC-CAM contributed in this project by: i.Taking the lead in the organization of a rich agenda for the workshop, which included presentations by members of BCRC-CAM international network of WEEE experts from different parts of the world via Skype (experts from the Basel, Stockholm and Rotterdam Convention Secretariat, MIT, USEPA, UN University/SteP, Ministry of Environment of Japan, INTERPOL Environmental Crime Unit, Colombia WEEE Project, DELL) demonstrating that even though the WEEE challenge is big for Central American countries, these countries are not alone and can receive valuable technical support and advice. ii.Facilitating, in coordination with ITU representative Cristina Bueti, the process of obtaining a 20 point Agenda on ESM of WEEE for Central America and the Caribbean. iii.Obtaining with ITU´s support the participation of representatives from the National Telecommunications Authority (SIGET) and from the Central American Telecommunications Commission. iv.Using the workshop as the first step in the process of formulating the WEEE and ULAB Strategy for Central America, setting up the Regional Advisory Committee for this Strategy. v.Elevating the profile of the ESM of WEEE by obtaining the opening words by the Salvadoran Vice Minister of the Environment, the Executive Secretary of the Central American Commission on Environment and Development (CCAD), the US Ambassador, and the Ambassador of the Organization of the American States in El Salvador.
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Formulation of the WEEE Regional Strategy for Central America Project duration 20 months Start and end dates: 05 /02/2013 to -14/10/2014 Beneficiary Parties: Basel and Stockholm Convention National Authorities of CCAD countries (Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and the Dominican Republic) Areas of technical assistance (refer to the guidance on technical assistance for SC related activities and strategic frame focus areas for BC related activities) Total project budget (in US$): $143,000 (includes the Music for the Earth/SafePlanet Activity) Funding sources and the 1Organization of American States (with US$50,000 corresponding amounts: funding from the US State Department) 2 CCAD (in kind) US $30,000 3 Costa Rica (in kind) US $ 2,000 4 Honduras (in kind) US $ 1,000 5 The Dominican Republic US $ 1,000 6 AES (in kind) US $ 7,000 7 SUPERSELECTOS (in kind) US $15,000 8 Central American Paper Group (in kind) US $20,000 9 AUTOCONSA (in kind) US $ 5,000 10 El Diario de Hoy US $ 1,000 11 University Jose Matias Delgado US $ 1,000 11 BCRC-CAM (in kind) US $10,000 Collaborating agencies, if any:
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in the San Salvador metropolitan area, with activities for children (clowns and painted faces), the youth and adults, like contests for the best recyclable customs, music (belly dancing, folk, rock, salsa), training on how to make handicraft out of WEEE, etc. but requiring as payment to enter WEEE or other recyclable wastes (paper or plastic) . Moreover, the Music for the Earth /Safe Planet partnership has expressed interest in organizing similar events in 2015 not only in El Salvador but in other Central American countries and was shared in the webpage of the Basel Convention and Connect4Climate, thus opening the possibility for its replication in other parts of the world. Project no. and Project name
Pre-Feasibility for the Certification of Cement Kilns able for CoProcessing of Hazardous Wastes Project duration 10months Start and end dates: 10/10 /2012 to 17/09/2013 Beneficiary Parties: Central American countries Areas of technical assistance (refer to the guidance on technical assistance for SC related activities and strategic frame focus areas for BC related activities) Total project budget (in US$):$61,100 Funding sources and the 1Norway, through BRS US$61,100 corresponding amounts: 2................................... US $... 3................................... US$... Collaborating agencies, if any: CCAD, FICEM As a result of this project BCRC-CAM prepared a pre-feasibility for the certification of cement kilns able or co-processing of hazardous wastes, based on the Basel Convention Technical Guidelines for ESM of Co-processing in Cement Kilns, with the support of the Federation of the Cement Industry for Latin America (FICEM). BCRC-CAM shared with the Parties of the region that there was the possibility for them to process in their own country hazardous wastes at a cheaper cost, if capacity building was in place in central government offices, local government offices, and Academia, following the above mentioned Basel Convention Technical Guidelines. BCRC-CAM also highlighted the importance of promoting an intense dialogue with community leaders to explain the benefits of this option as well as the needed conditions. The pre-feasibility study, first of its kind in the world, was done based on a desk study of 5 cement kilns. The draft document was shared in a workshop in San Salvador on July, 2013. BCRC-CAM interest on co-processing has facilitated its incorporation as a topic of the partnership between BCRC-CAM and BCRC-China. Project no. and Project name Design of the Sustainable Logistics System for El Salvador Project duration 3months Start and end dates: 30/10/2013 to 12 /12/2013 Beneficiary Parties: El Salvador 52
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Areas of technical assistance (refer to the guidance on technical assistance for SC related activities and strategic frame focus areas for BC related activities) Total project budget (in US$): $30,500 Funding sources and the 1Project CEPA-UNDP-El Salvador US $ 7,500 corresponding amounts: 2 CEPA (in kind) US $ 4,000 3 Inter-American development Bank US $ 4,000 4 Technical Secretariat of the Presidency of El Salvador (in kind) US $ 7,500 4 BCRC-CAM (in kind) US $ 7,500 Collaborating agencies, if any: Salvadoran National Commission for Ports, Airports and Railroads (CEPA) Technical Secretariat of the Presidency of El Salvador Ministry of Environment and Natural resources of El Salvador This project produced a concept on Sustainable Logistics System applicable to El Salvador, which was validated at a 2 day workshop organized by BCRC-CAM for CEPA. A Report on this output is attached as Annex II. The counterpart support from CEPA, the Inter-American Development Bank and others, allowed BCRC-CAM Director to participate in two international events, the World Summit on Sustainable Cities, which was held in Nantes, France in September 2013, as well as the Airports Going Green Conference in Chicago in November, 2013, leading international event on sustainable airports, as well as the visit to Guanajuato, Puerto Interior, a Mexican $10 billion green industrial park, with ESM of hazardous waste and other wastes. All of the above have strengthened BCRC-CAM’s ability to provide advice to the Salvadoran government so that the current expansion of El Salvador International Airport Monsenor Romero and the development of the new City Port of La Union, are used to produce two sustainable logistics nodes. The Sustainable Logistic System, includes the prevention and minimization of the use of chemicals as well as the ESM of chemicals and hazardous wastes, like ULAB, WEEE, used oils, etc. Project no. and Project name
Synergies Project: Formulation of the National Strategy for ESM of Chemicals and Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes for El Salvador and Socialization with Central American Parties Project duration 5 months Start and end dates: 6/10 /2014 to 12/12 /2014 Beneficiary Parties: El Salvador and Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and the Dominican Republic Areas of technical assistance (refer to the guidance on technical assistance for SC related activities and strategic frame focus areas for BC related activities) Total project budget (in US$): $50,000 53
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1European Union through BRS US$50,000 2................................... US $... 3................................... US$... Collaborating agencies, if any: Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of El Salvador 5. Formulation of a National Strategy on ESM of Chemicals and Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes for El Salvador, supported by the project “Capacity Building to Promote Synergies on the Coordinated Implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions at the National Level in El Salvador, Central America and Beyond”, financed by the European Union. This project was selected after an international contest. Under the guidance of the Vice Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of El Salvador, Dr. Angel Ibarra, even though this 5 month, which started on June10, 2014, originally included one monthly meetings of a national committee, a regional workshop and 1 national workshop , a very strong sectoral participation process was developed. Thus, 4 sectoral three hour consultation meetings were organized with Academia, the Private Sector, Central Government Organizations, and Municipalities. 2 additional meetings were held with 2 NGO interested in the topic and 5 community consultations were organized. A 1st National Workshop was organized in August, 2014 and a Regional Workshop was organized o October 16-17, 2014 and a second and final national workshop was held on October 29, 2014. Thus, only in this project a total of 14 consultations were organized in the process of formulating this strategy. This project also produced a document: “Key Elements for a Central America and the Dominican Republic Strategy on ESM of Chemicals and Hazardous Wastes”, which contributed to the formulation of the profile for the “2016-2020 Program on ESM of Chemicals and Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes”, which was one of the outcomes of the Mexican 1-3, 2014 workshop financed by Japan through the Assessment on ESM of Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes, including WEEE. Project no. and Project name 2nd Edition of E-waste Academy for Managers (EWAM) Project duration 6 months Start and end dates: 1/11 /2013 to 30/04/2014 Beneficiary Parties: Argentina, Brazil, Burundi, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Peru, South Africa, Trinidad and Uruguay Areas of technical assistance (refer to the guidance on technical assistance for SC related activities and strategic frame focus areas for BC related activities) Total project budget (in US$):
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1 BCRC-CAM in kind US$20,000 2................................... US $... 3................................... US$... Collaborating agencies, if any: Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of El Salvador The 2nd Edition of the E-waste Academy for Managers (EWAM) was organized in San Salvador from March 31 to April4, 2014 was organized by BCRC-CAM in coordination with the United Nations University in Bonn and Solving the E-waste Project (StEP). El Salvador was chosen as a host country for this global training event, because of the offering to host it made to StEP by BCRC-CAM Director on 2013 and BCRC-CAM leadership on WEEE issues in the region leading the formulation of the WEEE and ULAB Strategy for Central America and the Dominican Republic and in global initiatives (PACE, StEP, International E-waste Management Network-IEMN) and for having organized successfully in May 2012 the International Dialogue on ESM of WEEE as well as the 5 th Physical Meeting of the Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment. The activity was supported financially by several partners (e.g. USEPA, DELL, HP, WRF, GESI and Worldloop) for a total of approximately $200,000. BCRC-CAM did not managed any funds in this global training activity, despite having received assurances on the contrary at the beginning of the conversations with StEP, but provided nonetheless an important in kind contribution from its Director and Karina Flores BCRC-CAM, expert event organizer, regarding the selection of candidates, the program of the training and its concept, and on logistical aspects, because of its important contribution to Central America and beyond. This global event trained 24 government and private sector managers on ESM of WEEE, from different parts of the world. Out of the 24, 21 of the participants came from 10 countries of South America, Central America and the Caribbean (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Peru, Trinidad and Uruguay), while 3 participants came from Africa (Burundi and South Africa). The training was provided by international experts from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The World Resources Forum, USEPA, UMICORE and the United Nations University, with facilitators provided by DELL, HP, NOKIA, UNIDO, and BCRC-CAM, among others. A video with the highlights of the Second Edition of EWAM can be seen in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvBOybGjwU0 .
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13 workshops: a. 6 WEEE workshops or training events i. PACE/ITU Regional Workshop in San Salvador in March 2013. ii. 2nd Edition of the Global E-waste Academy for Managers (EWAM), held in San Salvador from March 31 to April 4, 2014, explained above. iii. 4 National and Regional Workshops to formulate the WEEE & ULAB Regional Strategy for Central America and the Dominican Republic 1. National Workshop in Costa Rica on July 24, 2013 2. National Workshop in Honduras on November 7, 2013 3. National Workshop in the Dominican Republic on March 26, 2014 4. Regional WEEE & ULAB Strategy Workshop in Costa Rica on February 18-20, 2014 b. 3 workshops as part of the Synergies Project/Formulation of the National Strategy for ESM of Chemicals, Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes for El Salvador i. 2 National workshops ii. 1 Sub-Regional workshop c. 1 Global Workshop on the Basel Ban Amendment February 12-13, 2013 d. 1 workshop on the Feasibility of Co-processing in Cement Kilns in 2013 e. 1 workshop on Sustainable Logistics Systems in 2013. As explained in Annex 2. f. 1 Regional training and experience exchange workshop on ESM of Chemicals and Hazardous Wastes and other Wastes which was held in Mexico on December 1-3, 2014. Additionally BCRC-CAM has participated with 16 presentations in different workshops and events: g. 4 presentations at the Caribbean WEEE Regional Strategy Workshop in 2013. h. 4 presentations at Triple Cop side events on May 2013 (WEEE, Co-Processing, ULAB International Initiative). i. 2 presentations at OEWG9 (PACE and IEWG on ESM). j. 2 presentations at the annual meeting of the International E-waste Management Network (IEMN) in San Francisco (2012) and Hanoi (2013) k. 1 presentation of the Sustainable Logistic System and main areas of work of BCRCCAM, at the World Resources Forum on October 2013. l. 2 presentations at the two gatherings of the International Expert Group on ESM of Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes (Argentina in 2013 and Indonesia in 2014). m. 1 presentation at the PACE meeting in Indonesia (2014).
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B: SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THE TECHNICAL CAPABILITY OF THE CENTRE 1. Identification, documentation and implementation of actions and practices Give at least one example which demonstrates that your centre has the capability in all counts to identify, document and implement project activities. The examples should be based on facts and be verifiable. Please indicate the means of their verification. Centre’s capability Identify
Document
Example Capacity building for the synergistic implementation the implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam & Stockholm Conventions (in practice including Montreal Protocol and the Minamata Convention) in Central America, the Dominican Republic and beyond, through the formulation of the National Strategy on ESM of Chemicals and Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes for El Salvador, and Elements of a similar sub-regional strategy for Central America and the Dominican Republic.
Means of verification SSFA, and amended SSFA
Identification of potential synergies between BCRC-Asia Pacific based in Beijing and BCRC-CAM
Report on study tour to China
Identification of potential collaboration between Central America and Mexico on a synergistic agenda, confirmed by the statement made by Luis Eduardo de Avila, Director of Hazardous Wastes at the Mexican Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) at the December 1-3, 2014 workshop, sharing his decision to join BCRC-CAM initiative of a synergistic chemicals and waste 5 year program and apply jointly to GEF and other donors for funding.
Co-financing of workshop in Mexico and workshop report which will be shared with the International Expert Group on ESM of the Basel Convention (in preparation)
Process of formulation of the National Strategy on ESM of Chemicals and Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes
Preliminary report on the formulation of the National Strategy on
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ESM of Chemicals and Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes Implement Having formed 1 team with the four consultants of the Japanese funded Assessment Project on ESM of HW & OW and the European Union funded Synergies project
This performance report, which shows that instead of just 1 national workshop, 1 regional workshop and 5 monthly meetings of a committee, the synergies project was able to organize 9 workshops.
2. Identifying, undertaking and advancing cooperation, collaboration and synergies Give at least two examples, if possible, which demonstrate that your centre has the capability in identifying, undertaking and advancing cooperation, collaboration and synergies while implementing project activities. The examples should be based on facts and be verifiable. Please indicate the sources of their verification. Example
Means of verification
1. Synergies Project which supports the formulation of the National Strategy for ESM of Chemicals and Hazardous Wastes and Other wastes for El Salvador, which will also identify elements for a Central American Strategy on ESM of Chemicals and Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes. 2. Organization of Regional Workshop on the ESM Assessment on Hazardous Wastes in Central America in coordination with PACE activity project, adding the formulation of a project profile for ESM of chemicals and hazardous wastes 2016-2020.
SSFA and agenda for San Salvador workshop on October 16 and 17, 2014.
3. Scoring a Goal Against Chemical Contamination/Green score, prepared jointly with BCRCs and SCRCs of Latin America and Caribbean in coordination with Secretariat
Proposal sent to FIFA with letter from Jim Willis.
Concept note of Workshop to be held in Mexico on Dec1-3, 2014
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4. Music for the Earth / SafePlanet, coordinated with different stakeholders and with the BRS Secretariat-
News published on Basel Website and on Basel Convention Website
5. Promotion of International Initiative for ESM of ULAB in partnership with UNEP/IETC
Leadership role in Side event at Triple COP 2013
6. Sharing of side event at OEWG9 with all ESM Pilot Projects
Side event at OEWG9
7. Partnership with BCRC-China on WEEE, ULAB and Co-Processing
Announcement at OEWG9 ESM side event and draft MOU.
8. Using participation at GEF Technical Advisory Group on Chemicals to propose incorporation of ULAB within GEF6.
GEF6
Title of activity 1.Prefeasibility of Certification of Cement Kilns
Source of funding Ministry of Environment Norway
Amount (USD) $61,100
Means of verification SSFA
2. Assessment of ESM of Hazardous Wastes and Other Wastes
Ministry of Environment of Japan
$80,000
Ammended SSFA
3.Synergistic Implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
European Union
$50,000
SSFA
4. PACE/ITU Training Workshop
PACE
$20,000
SSFA
5. Activity Project
PACE
$25,000
PACE WG Decision
6. Sustainable
UNDP-El Salvador
$ 7,500
MOU attached
http://www.basel.int/Implementation/P ublicAwareness/NewsFeatures/Musicfo rtheEarthSafePlanet/tabid/3837/Default .aspx
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Logistic System 7.Formulation of WEEE and ULAB Strategy for Central America
Organizaton of American States
$50,000
MOU
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4. Managing and conducting activities efficiently, effectively and transparently Give at least one example on each count which demonstrates that your centre conducts its activities efficiently, effectively and transparently in implementing projects/activities. The examples should be based on facts and be verifiable. Please indicate the means of verification. Conduc ting activitie s Efficient ly
Example
Means of verification
Synergies project, having organized many more required consultation meetings and workshops by reducing their length to half a day and promoting sectoral meeting instead of a monthly meeting of a national committee
Preliminary report on the project and this report and pictures.
Effectiv ely
BCRC excels in the effective organization of high quality training workshops and side events at OEWG and COPS.
Agenda and outcomes of ITU/PACE Workshop as published in ITU webpage
http://www.itu.int/en/ITUT/climatechange/201303/Pages/default.aspx Organization of PACE side events at Triple COP and at OEWG.
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Transpar ently
Hiring of Staff in Synergies and ESM Assessment Projects done after public announcement of positions and by a joint committee with the Central American Commission on Environment and Development
Announcements published in BCRC-CAM Website and signed aide memoires of the selection of consultants. Exanple: http://www.sica.int/busqueda/Noticias.aspx? IDItem=85950&IDCat=3&IdEnt=889&Idm=1&Idm Style=1
5. Capacity to meet various language requirement of the region/subregion Give at least one example which demonstrates that your centre meets various language requirements of the region. The example should be based on facts and be verifiable. Please indicate the means of verification.
Language
Means of verification
Spanish
Native language
English
Papers and reports to BRS
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