The “Training Manual for Chairs of Meetings of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions” was developed by the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies on Sustainability (UNU-IAS) in cooperation with the Secretariats of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, within the framework of the training programme for potential Chairs and Presidents of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions’ meetings.

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This factsheet provides guidance to co-chairs of contact and other groups at meetings of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions in a short, summarized manner. Its content is built on the Training Manual for Chairs of Meetings of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions and it is intended to serve as a checklist for co-chairs of contact and other groups.

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The first edition of the “Multilateral Environmental Agreement Negotiator’s Handbook” is a joint publication from 2004 of Environment Canada and the University of Joensuu – United Nations Environment Programme Course on International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy.

It is intended to be a solid introduction to and reference tool for negotiating and working on multilateral environmental agreements. A third edition was published in 2024 by the University of Eastern Finland and the United Nations Environment Programme.

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A comprehensive knowledge base is available on the United Nations Information Portal on Multilateral Environmental Agreements (InforMEA) to help both new and experienced negotiators to understand and navigate multilateral environmental negotiations and related processes. It includes an interactive version of the 3rd edition of the Multilateral Environmental Negotiator's Handbook, training materials, video examples of negotiations, case studies, a collection of rules of procedure and financial rules of various multilateral environmental agreements and the UNEP Glossary of Terms for Negotiators of Multilateral Environmental Agreements.

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