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	GRULAC representatives met in Port-of-Spain to discuss preparations for the 2025 BRS COPs Representatives from Latin America and the Caribbean met in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago from 18 to 20 March 2025 in preparation for the upcoming meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions GRULAC representatives met in Port-of-Spain to discuss preparations for the 2025 BRS COPs Representatives from Latin America and the Caribbean met in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago from 18 to 20 March 2025 in preparation for the upcoming meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions
	Regional preparations for the 2025 BRS COPs kicked started by the African region in Lusaka Representatives from Africa met in Lusaka, Zambia from 18 to 20 March 2025 in preparation for the upcoming meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions. Regional preparations for the 2025 BRS COPs kicked started by the African region in Lusaka
	2025 BRS COPs meeting documents available All meeting documents for the 2025 BRS COPs are now available in the 6 UN languages. 2025 BRS COPs meeting documents available
	In preparation for the 2025 BRS COPs potential chairs trained! Two training sessions of potential chairs for meetings of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions were held in Geneva from 3 to 7 February 2025. In preparation for the 2025 BRS COPs potential chairs trained!
	BRS Highlights BRS Highlights
	Third call to submit pilot project proposals under the PWP is now open! The third call to submit proposals for pilot projects under the Plastic Waste Partnership is now open, with a submission deadline of 30 April 2025. Project proposals can receive funding ranging from USD 50,000 to USD 500,000. Third call to submit pilot project proposals under the PWP is now open!
	Proposed budgets for the biennium 2026-2027 now available The proposed programmes of work and budgets for the biennium 2026-2027 to be considered by the 2025 BRS COPs are now available. Proposed budgets for the biennium 2026-2027 now available
	E-waste Amendments to the Basel Convention became effective on 1 January 2025 On 1 January 2025 the E-Waste amendments to the Basel Convention became effective, thus making all transboundary movements of e-wastes, whether hazardous or not, subject to the prior informed consent (PIC) procedure. E-waste Amendments to the Basel Convention became effective on 1 January 2025
	BRS Highlights 2024 The BRS Secretariat is proud to share with you some of the key highlights in the year of 2024. BRS Highlights 2024
	Register now for the 2025 BRS COPs The online registration system for the meetings is now available. Register now for the 2025 BRS COPs
	Invitation letters to the 2025 BRS COPs have been sent out The invitation letters for the 2025 meetings of the conferences of the Parties, as well as the high-level segment have been sent out to Parties. Information is available on the 2025 COPs webpages. Invitation letters to the 2025 BRS COPs have been sent out
	Join us in celebrating International Mountain Day On International Mountain Day, we celebrate the vital role mountains play in our lives and renew our commitment to protecting these precious ecosystems. Over the past year, we have made progress in tackling plastics waste in mountain areas in the context of our project "plastic waste in the remote a... Join us in celebrating International Mountain Day
	Experts gather to advance the work on the electronic approaches to the notification and movement documents of the Basel Convention The second meeting of the small intersessional working group on the on the electronic approaches to the notification and movement documents of the Basel Convention is taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, 3 – 4 December 2024. The outcomes of the meeting will be submitted for consideration by CO... Experts gather to advance the work on the electronic approaches to the notification and movement documents of the Basel Convention
	Applications for requesting exhibition booths for the “Make Visible the Invisible Fair” during the 2025 BRS COPs are now open! The Fair is an interactive event that will be held from 30 April to 2 May 2025, at the Geneva International Conference Centre and will focus 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 c... Applications for requesting exhibition booths for the “Make Visible the Invisible Fair” during the 2025 BRS COPs are now open!
	Host a side event during the forthcoming meetings of the conferences of the Parties in 2025! Applications are now open to host a side event at the meetings of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions from 28 April to 9 May 2025. Don’t miss out, apply online now! Host a side event during the forthcoming meetings of the conferences of the Parties in 2025!

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GRULAC representatives met in Port-of-Spain to discuss preparations for the 2025 BRS COPs

Regional preparations for the 2025 BRS COPs kicked started by the African region in Lusaka

2025 BRS COPs meeting documents available

In preparation for the 2025 BRS COPs potential chairs trained!

BRS Highlights

Third call to submit pilot project proposals under the PWP is now open!

Proposed budgets for the biennium 2026-2027 now available

E-waste Amendments to the Basel Convention became effective on 1 January 2025

BRS Highlights 2024

Register now for the 2025 BRS COPs

Invitation letters to the 2025 BRS COPs have been sent out

Join us in celebrating International Mountain Day

Experts gather to advance the work on the electronic approaches to the notification and movement documents of the Basel Convention

Applications for requesting exhibition booths for the “Make Visible the Invisible Fair” during the 2025 BRS COPs are now open!

Host a side event during the forthcoming meetings of the conferences of the Parties in 2025!

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