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Mandate
as National Institution
The
linkage agreement between FEPA (now FMENV) and the University of
Ibadan specifically charged the Centre with the following mandate:
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Provide
and serve as the African Regional Centre for the implementation
of the 1989 Basel Convention and the Transboundary movement of
the Hazardous Waste, Training and Research in Hazardous Waste
and Transfer of Technology;
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Assist
FEPA (now FMENV) in training and research in the areas of:
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Industrial,
domestic and hazardous Waste Management;
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Development/Adaptation/Popularization
of Cleaner Production Technology for Nigeria;
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Reduction
of gaseous emissions and other industrial effluents;
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Incorporation
for “Waste to Wealth” strategy into waste management
practices;
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Other
projects identifiable and of relevance to the objectives of FEPA
(now FMENV) mandate.
Mandate
as African
Regional Institution
Geographical
Scope: Africa
Functions
of the Centre:
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Ensuring
interaction including exchange of information, between the
Secretariat of the Basel Convention and the Sub Regional Centres
in South Africa, Senegal and Egypt, among the Parties and other
related institutions;
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Convoking
regional consultations to identify priorities and formulate
strategies;
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Supporting
and coordinating common tasks of the regional centres in the
field of policies, information, communication, technical and
financial assessment;
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Defining
and executing programmes of regional scope in coordination with
the Sub Regional centres;
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Identifying
promoting and strengthening the synergies and mechanisms of
cooperation among the regional centres and other stakeholders in
hazardous waste management and technology transfer in and
outside the region;
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Keeping
a compilation system for information and making such information
accessible to stakeholders.
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Convoking
consultations for the involvement of the BCRCs in Africa with
NEPAD’s Environment and Health Initiatives , African Stockpile
project and synergistic implementation of he Multilateral
Environmental Agreements in the region.
The
details on the core functions of the Centres entailing: Training,
Technology Transfer, Information, Consulting and Awareness are as follows:
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Developing
and conducting training programmes, workshops, seminars and
associated project in the field of the environmentally sound
management of hazardous wastes, transfer of environmentally
sound technology and minimization of the generation of hazardous
wastes with specific emphasis on training the trainers;
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Identifying,
developing and strengthening mechanisms for the transfer of
technology in the field of the environmentally sound management
of hazardous wastes or their minimization in the Region;
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Gathering,
assessing and disseminating information in the field of
hazardous wastes and other wastes to Parties of the Region to
the Secretariat.
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Collecting
information on new or proven environmentally sound technologies
and know-how relating to environmentally sound management and
minimization of the generation of hazardous wastes and other
wastes and disseminating these Parties of the Region and their
request;
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Establishing
and maintaining regular exchange of information relevant to the
provisions of the Basel Convention and networking at the
national and regional levels;
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Organizing
meetings, symposiums and missions in the field, for carrying out
objectives in the Region/Sub-Region;
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Providing
assistance and advice to the Parties of the Region at their
request, on matters relevant to the environmentally sound
management or minimization of hazardous wastes, the
implementation of the provisions of the Basel Convention and
other related matters;
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Promoting
public awareness;
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Encouraging
the best approaches, practices and methodologies for the
environmentally sound management and minimization of the
generation of hazardous wastes and other wastes, e.g. through
case studies and pilot projects;
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Cooperating
with the United Nations and its bodies, in particular UNEP and
the Specialized Agencies, and with other relevant
intergovernmental organizations, industry and non-governmental
organizations, and, where appropriate, with any other
institution, in order to coordinate activities and develop and
implement joint projects related to the provisions of the Basel
Convention.
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Developing
within the general financial strategy approved by the Parties,
the Centres' own strategy for financial sustainability;
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Cooperating
in the mobilization of human, financial and material means in
order to meet the urgent needs at the request of the Party(ies)
of the Region faced with accidents which cannot be solved with
the means of the individual Perty(ies) concerned;
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Performing
any other functions assigned to it by the decisions of the
Conference of the Parties of the Basel Convention or the Parties
of the Region, consistent with such decisions.
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