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BRS NEWSLETTER

Assisting parties to protect human health and the environment

March / April 2021 - No. 35

Welcome

Dear Readers,

We are coming ever closer now to the 2021 Triple COPs, the online segment of which will be held in July 2021, so read on below to find all the relevant news and views you’ll need to contribute to the movement for the sound management of chemicals and waste. Plus, a new BRS film on how our partners in Ghana are keeping plastic waste out of the oceans!

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News
	The Basel Convention Plastic Waste Partnership and the BRS Secretariat launch a new wave of practical pilot projects on better managing plastic waste The Basel Convention Plastic Waste Partnership and the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions (BRS) are moving forward with the roll-out of over 50 pilot projects across the world. The initiative fosters the introduction of practical innovations to policymaking in the form of changes to business-as-usual prompted by the Basel Convention’s Plastic Waste Amendments, which became effective on 1 January this year. Share:
	New Rotterdam Convention publications promote the protection of children from hazardous labour practices Download the two new guidance manuals, produced together with FAO’s Child Labour in Agriculture Prevention Team. Share:
	Stockholm Convention implementation priorities highlighted by The GEF’s guest blog Read the new Global Environment Facility “Guest Blog” by BRS Executive Secretary, Rolph Payet, for news of upcoming priorities for implementing global agreements for a healthy planet. Share:
	Cuba updates its national plan for implementing the Stockholm Convention Addressing amendments made at COP-8, Cuba has transmitted its updated National Implementation Plan, or NIP. Share:
	On International Women’s Day, and everyday, BRS salutes women around the world working for the sound management of chemicals and waste Read our Gender Heroes series for inspiring stories of women’s leadership on implementing at local levels the global agreements for a healthy planet. Share:
	Triple COPs 2021: The first batch of pre-session documents, including budget documents for consideration by the COPs, are now online Pre-session documents for the online segment of the Triple COPs, including the proposed interim programmes of work & proposed budgets for the conventions for 2022, now available. Share:
	BRS Executive Secretary addresses the Leadership Dialogue at the 5th UN Environment Assembly, 22-23 February 2021 Watch Rolph Payet’s video address, which focusses on the environmental dimension for building a resilient and inclusive post-pandemic world. Share:
	Outcomes of the resumed session of the Joint Bureaux meeting are now online The report of the resumed session of the joint meeting of the COPs Bureaux, held online on 26 February 2021, is now available online. Share:
	Impact of COVID-19 on BRS meetings (Updated 7 April 2021) Share:

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The Basel Convention Plastic Waste Partnership and the BRS Secretariat launch a new wave of practical pilot projects on better managing plastic waste

New Rotterdam Convention publications promote the protection of children from hazardous labour practices

Stockholm Convention implementation priorities highlighted by The GEF’s guest blog

Cuba updates its national plan for implementing the Stockholm Convention

On International Women’s Day, and everyday, BRS salutes women around the world working for the sound management of chemicals and waste

Triple COPs 2021: The first batch of pre-session documents, including budget documents for consideration by the COPs, are now online

BRS Executive Secretary addresses the Leadership Dialogue at the 5th UN Environment Assembly, 22-23 February 2021

Outcomes of the resumed session of the Joint Bureaux meeting are now online

Impact of COVID-19 on BRS meetings (Updated 7 April 2021)

Upcoming webinars

Upcoming workshops

Meetings calendar

Online regional preparations for the online segment of the 2021 COPs begin with the African and Eastern European meetings

Have your say in the first ever global survey on waste in mountainous regions

Funding available for projects on the sound management of chemicals and waste

New BRS film on plastic waste shines spotlight on the collection of used plastic fishing nets in Ghana