A Fair will be held during the 2025 COPs, from 30 April to 2 May 2025, at the Geneva International Conference Centre (CICG), 17 rue de Varembé, Geneva, Switzerland. Focusing on the theme selected for the 2025 meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the three conventions “Make Visible the Invisible: sound management of chemicals and waste”, the objective of the Fair is to raise awareness on the work of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions and their contribution towards addressing the crises of pollution, biodiversity loss and climate change.
The Fair will provide and opportunity for Parties, partner institutions, non-governmental organizations, intergovernmental organizations, the Basel and Stockholm Convention Regional Centres and private companies to exhibit their activities, projects and technologies that are available to support the implementation of the conventions,as well as provide a platform for partners to network and explore opportunities for collaboration and joint ventures with the aim of implementing activities of common interest.
Partners are invited to showcase their activities, projects as well as relevant clean technologies for the sound management of chemicals and wastes and promoting opportunities for developing alternatives –including non-chemical alternatives- to chemicals listed under the conventions. Exhibitors will also be encouraged to share and demonstrate how their work contributes towards attaining the objectives of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions for a pollution free future.
The Fair is an an interactive event hosted under the aegis of the COPs in the exhibition area blending both furnished booths for exhibitors to display their activities as well as a space for hosting specific interactive activities such as, competitions, screening of videos, panel discussions and debates on ways to promote the implementation of the Conventions and raise the visibility of their contribution towards addressing the crises of pollution, biodiversity loss and climate change.
The target audience for the Fair are participants and observers attending the 2025 meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, as well as other representatives from the private and public sector, civil society and the media that are invited to attend the event.