The Basel Convention Coordinating Centre for the African Region (BCCC-Nigeria) is inviting applications for the positions of regional gender & labour expert for the project “Circular and POPs-free plastics in Africa (GEFID11049)” which is being implemented by UNEP, with BCCC-Nigeria as the executing agency. The objective of this project is to reduce the import, production and use of POPs in plastic-containing products and the generation of uPOPs in selected the countries (Kenya, Nigeria, South-Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe).
The Basel Convention Coordinating Centre for the African Region (BCCC-Nigeria) is inviting applications for the positions of National Project Preparation Experts for the project “Circular and POPs-free Plastics in Africa (GEFID11049)” which is being implemented by UNEP, with BCCC-Nigeria as the Executing Agency.
From 31 Janauary - 2 February, the Basel Convention Coordinaing Centre for the African Region (BCCC-Africa) in collaboration with the Secretariats of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, the Joint Environment Unit of the United Nations Environment Programme (JEU) and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) convened focal points from 11 West-African countries
The Basel Convention Coordinating Centre for the African Region (BCCC-Africa) on the 18-20 January, 2023 organized a training workshop for enforcement agencies and critical stakeholders.
The Basel Convention Coordinating Centre for the African Region organized the inception workshop of the PACE II Pilot Project titled:
“Promoting the use of the Basel Convention technical guidelines on transboundary movements of WEEE and UEEE, and enhancing associated national reporting obligations in Nigeria.”
The Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm (BRS) conventions, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), with support from the Basel Convention Coordinating Centre for Capacity Building and Technology Transfer for the African Region (BCCC-Nigeria), organized a regional training activity between the 17-18 of November 2022 at tSouthern Sun Hotel, Ikoyi, Lagos, to strengthen the capacity of States Parties in West Africa to implement the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions as well as the United Nations Convention against