The Basel Convention Coordinating Centre for the African Region (BCCC-Africa) invites applications for the position of Project Assistant at the BCCC-Africa. The position is project-based and may last for several years.
On the 19th of December 2023, BCCC-Africa was in Lagos, to host the inception workshop of the Life Cycle Assessment of Selected Plastic Products/Wastes in Nigeria (A pilot project of the Basel Convention Plastic Waste Partnership).
2-3 October, 2023, BCCC-Africa was in Abuja for a Regional Workshop on the Management of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in articles. The workshop organized by the UNEP Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam & Stockholm Conventions in collaboration with BCCC-Africa.
On the 23rd of June, as part of the activities of the closing workshop of the project “Marine Litter and microplastics: Promoting the environmentally sound management of plastic waste and achieving the prevention and minimization of the generation of plastic waste in Ghana“. BCCC-Africa in collaboration with the Secretariat of the BRS Conventions organised a 1-day training session for officerss of the Ghanaian customs and other regulatory and enforcement agencies on the implementation of the Basel Convention in preventing the illegal traffic of plastic waste in Ghana.
From the 21-23 June BCCC-Africa was in Accra, Ghana to celebrate the successful conclusion of the project on “Marine Litter and microplastics: Promoting the environmentally sound management of plastic waste and achieving the prevention and minimization of the generation of plastic waste in Ghana “
On March 28, 2023 BCCC-Africa organized a Workshop on National Reporting obligations under the Basel Convention.