Panama City, Panama, from 28 to 30 March 2023
Venue: The Latin America and the Caribbean regional preparatory meeting for the 2023 meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions took place from 28 to 30 March 2023 in Panama City, Panama.
Meeting Objectives: The objective of the regional preparatory meeting was to give Parties within the Latin America and the Caribbean region the possibility to consult each other in advance of the 2023 COPs, consider meeting documents, discuss substantive matters, identify regional priorities and challenges, and facilitate the preparation of regional positions. The programme for the meeting was developed in consultation with members of the bureaux of the conferences of the Parties to the three conventions from the Latin America and the Caribbean region. As indicated in the programme, certain sessions of the meeting were closed for observers in order to allow Parties to discuss regional positions on items of the agendas of the meetings of the conferences of the Parties.
Working Language: English and Spanish.
Organizers: The meeting was organized in cooperation with the Basel and Stockholm conventions Regional Centre located in Panama (BCRC/SCRC Panama). The regional preparatory meetings for the 2023 meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions were organized thanks to the generous financial support provided by the Governments of Germany and Switzerland.
Participants were invited to consult the meeting documents of the 2023 conferences of the Parties in advance of the regional preparatory meeting.