Membership

Fifteen Committee members are nominated by the Parties and elected by the Conference of the Parties, on the basis of equitable geographical representation of the five regional groups of the United Nations. Members are to serve objectively and in the best interest of the Convention. They have expertise and specific qualifications in the subject matter of the Rotterdam Convention. The Committee elects its chair, a vice-chair and a rapporteur in accordance with rule 30 of the rules of procedure of the Conference of the Parties. Officers are to be elected with due regard to the principle of equitable geographical representation and must not serve for more than two consecutive terms. These officers serve as the Bureau of the Committee.

For more information on the composition and election of members and officers of the Committee, please refer to paragraphs 2 to 6 of the Procedures and Mechanisms on Compliance with the Rotterdam Convention (Annex VII to the Convention).

Members and officers of the Committee:

Members of the Committee since 2022

Mr. Matthias Wolf

Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany

I am a senior government official in the German Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety’s unit on International Chemicals Management and Sustainable Chemistry since 2017, dealing with SAICM and the chemicals conventions from Minamata, Stockholm and Rotterdam. Before that, I was working for Germany’s Environment Agency (UBA) more than ten years, most of the time leading the national implementation and enforcement procedures regarding the monitoring and reporting under the EU’s Emission Trading System (EU ETS). In parallel, I was involved in developing regulations and guidance in this context at EU level, undertook peer reviews on compliance in other EU Member States, capacity building in partner countries like South Korea and Turkey and in countries being candidates for EU membership in the Balkans. Previous to joining UBA, I’ve worked a couple of years as a lawyer for authorities in the German states of Brandenburg and Saxonia, leading the plan approval procedures for open-cast lignite mining, railroads and energy grids. I’m a lawyer by profession, studied at the University of Muenster, and holding both juridical state exams from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Mr. Martin Lacroix

Head, Export Controls Unit, Chemical Production Division,
Environment and Climate Change Canada
19th floor, Place Vincent Massey, 351 boul. St-Joseph Gatineau, Québec, Canada
Tel : (819)-635-8173
e-mail : martin.lacroix@ec.gc.ca

SKILLS SUMMARY

  • Trained biologist (specialization in environmental toxicology);
  • Several years of experience in environmental and human health risk assessment of chemicals under Canada’s Chemicals Management Plan;
  • Several years of experience in project management; coordinating multidisciplinary teams; and providing advice to members of senior management;
  • Great capacity for analysis, synthesis, and communication;
  • Excellent ability to work in teams, and manage human and financial resources
  • Experience in fundamental and applied research (laboratory and field);
  • Knowledge of the Windows environment, MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio, Internet, multimedia tools, statistical tools (SAS and JMP, SAS Institute Inc.).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

February 2018 to present
Head, Export Controls Unit, Chemical Production Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada.

  • Policy and technical lead for the Rotterdam Convention and current member of the Chemical Review Committee (2019-2022).
  • Lead for the development and administration of domestic export controls in compliance with the Rotterdam Convention, the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and the Minamata Convention on Mercury.
  • Regulatory lead for the design and development of regulatory proposals for domestic export controls aligned with international obligations.
  • Responsible for senior management briefing and coordination of multidisciplinary teams involved in regulatory development.
  • Lead for the human and financial resource management of the Unit.
February 2007 to January 2018
Head, National Program Coordination and Integration Unit, Science and Risk Assessment Directorate, Environment and Climate Change Canada
  • Management and coordination of the existing substance evaluation plan under the Chemicals Management Plan. Led the coordination of the 15-year assessment plan for the ecological risk assessment of approximately 4,300 substances on Canada’s Domestic Substances List under the Chemicals Management Plan.
  • Led the development of briefing material and provision of strategic advice for decision-making regarding the toxicity of substances under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999.
  • Led the coordination and management of the regulatory process related to the ecological risk assessments of existing substances (ministerial briefings and technical recommendations, regulatory publications, consultations, and stakeholder engagement including industry, civil society, academia and other federal departments).
  • Led the coordination of risk assessment and early risk management activities involving various partners including Health Canada and several groups within Environment and Climate Change Canada.
  • Led multidisciplinary teams (risk assessors, risk managers, policy advisors, economists and legal advisors) engaged in the assessment and management of toxic substances.
  • Lead for the human and financial resource management of the Unit
May 2015 to December 2015 (assignment)
Manager, Program Liaison Section, Science and Risk Assessment Directorate, Environment and Climate Change Canada
  • Led stakeholder engagement activities under the Chemicals Management Plan. Including the organization of two meetings of the Chemicals Management Plan Stakeholder Advisory Council and workshops to refine approaches for the third phase of the Chemicals Management Plan.
  • Led the implementation of the recommendations of the evaluation of the work of the Stakeholder Advisory Committee of the Chemicals Management Plan and development of an action plan.
  • Oversaw the planning, writing and coordination of two editions of the Chemicals Management Plan Progress Report.
  • Lead for the human and financial resource management of the Section.
Mai 2004 to July 2006
Evaluator, National Program Coordination and Integration Unit, Science and Risk Assessment Directorate, Environment Canada
  • Supported the coordination of multidisciplinary teams (risk assessors, risk managers, policy advisors, economists and legal advisors) engaged in the assessment and management of toxic substances.
  • Supported the development of strategic advice and briefings to senior management on ecological risk assessments.
  • Project management lead for the implementation of a program-wide decision tracking system and updated guidance document outlining the program’s decision-making processes. Lead for the training and integration of new employees into the team.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

2000 - 2002
Université du Québec à Montréal
Masters in Biology, M.Sc., specialization in environmental toxicology.
Master’s thesis: Characterization of the cortisol synthesis signal transduction pathway in the rainbow trout: effects of pesticides on signal transduction (see publications).

1997 - 2000
Université du Québec à Montréal
Bachelor of Biology, Problem-based learning B.Sc., specialization in toxicology and environmental health.

1995 - 1997
Cégep de l'Outaouais
College diploma in natural sciences.

LANGUAGES

French: Native
English: Fluent
Spanish: Beginner

PUBLICATIONS

  • Lacroix, M. et Hontela, A. (2003). The organochlorine o,p`-DDD disrupts the adrenal steroidogenic signalling pathway in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 190, 197-205.
  • Lacroix, M. et Hontela, A. (2001). Regulation of acute cortisol synthesis by cAMP-dependent protein kinase and protein kinase C in a teleost species, the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Journal of Endocrinology 169, 71-78.

References available upon request

Ms. Lendita Dika

Rotterdam Convention’s Compliance Committee member
Plostad Presveta Bogorodica, 1000 Skopje, Macedonia
Tel: +389 75 266 058
Email: l.dika@moepp.gov.mk 

WORK EXPERIENCE

December 2004 - Present
State Counsellor for industrial pollution and risk management
Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning (MoEPP), R. Macedonia

The Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning is the main authority of the Government responsible for preservation, protection,restoration and improvement of the qualityof the environment in the Republic of Macedonia.

The maintasks of the position State Counsellor for industrial pollution and risk management are related with the policy creation and development of strategies for such policy implementation.

The majorefforts are focused on the approximation of the national legislation in the field of integrated prevention pollution control (IPPC), industrial accidents, chemicals and monitoring with the EU Environmental acquits, as a part of the process of European integration. I am holding responsibility for monitoring and coordination of the studies, programmes and projects for remediation of the historical pollutions with hazardous chemicals so called “hotspots ” in North Macedonia. In the domain of my responsibility, I cooperate with otherdepartments within the ministry, prepare opinions on proposals submitted byother institutions, prepare information to the Government, etc. In addition, I am focal point of Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticide in the International Trade since 2011, focal point of the Convention on Transboundary Effects of Industria l accidents and focal point of Environment Task Force under Energy Community dealing with transposition and implementation of the provisions of the Large Combustion Plans (LCP) and other related Directives to the energy interest.

I am engaged as an expert in the Regional project on waste management, for implementation of the provisions of the Convention on Chemical,Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Weapon in the country.

In order to carry out all of its tasks successfully, I have attended training and capacity building within these regular activities.

September 2003 - June 2004
Professor Assistant
University of Tetovo,Tetovo
Conducting practical part of the Inorganic Chemistry

May 2000 - February 2004
Technical Secretary
Electro distribution, Debar
Perform a variety of secretarial and administrative tasks for the Director

EDUCATION

1985 - 1990
Postgraduate diploma
graduated professor for chemistry
University of Prishtina, Faculty of natural science, Prishtina

1998 - 2003
MA (Master’s degree) in Chemistry
Faculty of natural science,
University “St. Cyril and Methodius” Skopje, Macedonia

TRAINING

  • 2006 Training programme for Environmental Management in Small and Medium Enterprise, India
  • 2006, Technical Workshop “Hot Spots”, Pilsen, Czech Republic
  • 2008 Training ECENA, implementation of EU directives (LCP, IPPC, SEVESO, E- PRTP), Bristol
  • 2008 Implementation of IPAprojects and many EU Directives for environmental protection, Rotterdam , Netherland
  • 2008 Mine remediation and Environm ental study tour Czech Republic
  • 2009 UNIDO expert in Clean production, member of the Board of the National Centre for Clean Production, Skopje, North Macedonia
  • 2009, “Capacity Building in Hot Spots Remediation, Montenegro
  • 2010 Sida’s International Training Programme “Strategies for Chemicals Management”, Sweden
  • 2014 Workshop on PIC and ePIC, Helsinki, Finland
  • 2017-2018 Project leaderof the IPA twining project “Strengthening the administrative capacities for implementation of Waste Framework Directive

LANGUAGES

Albanian - Mother tongue
Macedonian - C2
English - C2
Italian - B2

Ms. Paullina Pashukeni Shilunga

Education

BSc Zejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Agronomy Department, 1999

Namibian Technical Secondary School, Loudima, Congo Brazzaville, 1991
Mweshipandeka Senior Secondary School, Namibia, 1992

Expertise

  • Sustainable crop production and integrated pest management
  • Extension and farmer training, technical support
  • Cultural control practices: mulching, crop rotation, Crop scouting
  • Management of Migratory pests,
  • Inventory survey for Obsolete Pesticides
  • Horticulture production

Professional Career

September 1999 – present

Title: Senior Agricultural Scientific Officer
Employer: Ministry of Agriculture Water and Land Reform
Address: p/bag 13184 Windhoek, Namibia
Supervisor: Ms. Margareth Matengu

Duties: Provide managerial and technical guidance to pest management Unit, that I am heading, Phytosanitary Unit, Live Sock Improvement, and the Agricultural remedies and Pesticide Legislation. Supervise the 13 employees at the ministry’s head quarters and 20 employees at the Agricultural Rural Development centers who are serving the Pest Management Unit.

Represent the Ministry on National and international workshop and conferences on Hazardous, stockpiles, waste management, plant protection, Biotechnology and their related Conventions. Serves as a Focal person for Rotterdam Convention on Prior Informed Consent Procedures for certain Hazardous Chemicals in International Trade. Organized workshops; trainings and courses related to pest and pesticides related activities in the Ministry. Perform other duties assigned by the Ministry and outreach activities when needed.

Accomplishments

Completed the DANIDA Project of phase I: Inventory survey on Obsolete Pesticides; July 2002.
Completed AELGA project Phase I, II and III on Migratory Pest Management.

Publications

The effect of Nitrogen fertilizer and density on Fox-tail Millet (Seteria Italica) and seedling quality.

Selected publications

CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

  • First Extraordinary Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (EXCOP1) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Montreal, Canada, 24-28 January 2000.
  • OECD-FAO-UNEP Workshop on Obsolete Pesticides, Alexandria, Virginia, 12-15 September, 2000
  • SADC (Southern Africa Development Cooperation) workshop for the plant protection sub-committee, Kadoma, Zimbabwe, 25-26 September 2000
  • Workshop on migrant pests of agriculture, Pretoria, South Africa, 2- 4 May 2001 on the information core for Southern Africa for migrant pests
  • SADC Plant protection Technical Committee Meeting Gaborone, Botswana, 4-7 December 2002
  • Kick-of Meeting and Training for Environmentally sound and Sustainable Management of obsolete pesticides (Inventory Project) Johannesburg, South Africa, 2-4 April 2002
  • Project Steering Committee Meeting on obsolete pesticides inventory South Africa, Johannesburg, 11-12 June 2002
  • Same Meeting same place 6-7 August 2002
  • Same Meeting same place 16-18 September 2002
  • Same Meeting as the above bullet points, same place, 14-15 October 2002

Grants

  • Second Regional Workshop on Needs Assessment and Priority setting on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) relating to Biotechnology inc10 for the pic 17-21 November 2003
  • IFCS VI 3-7 November 2003 and 9-13 November 2003 SAICM prepcom1 Bangkok, Thailand
  • Sub-regional workshop on the coordinated implementation of Multilateral Environmental agreements on chemicals and wastes in English speaking African countries, 16-20 Sept. 2003
  • WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 25 Aug. to 4 Sept. 2004, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Information core for southern African migrant pests training, South Africa, Pretoria 10-15 October 2004
  • Designatory National Authority for the Rotterdam convention ever since it came into force
  • Coordinating all national implementation activities related to Rotterdam convention, e.g pesticides management, handlings, safety measures, transportation
  • Coordinating awareness raising on highly hazardous pesticides
  • Coordinated the national inventory of obsolete pesticides and management of empty containers
  • Currently coordinating national migrant pests (locusts, fall army worms)

References

Ms. Magareth Matengu
Deputy Director of Plant Health Division
Private bag 13184
Government office park
Tel: (+264-61) 2087458/9
WINDHOEK
Namibia

Mr. Nghidinihamba U. Ndilula
SIPE Company
General Manager
C/o Krupp and Bessemer street
Private bag 13318
Tel: (+264-61) 248234/9-248256
Fax: (+264-61) 223444
Windhoek
Namibia

Mr. Zhengzhong Lu
International programs office
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou
P.R. China
E-mail: yfu@zjau.edu.cn
Tel: (+86-571-6971402)
FAX: (+86-571-6041053)

Osvaldo Alvarez

My involvement in national, regional, and international policy-making and environmental governance in the chemicals and hazardous wastes field began in 2006 when I was appointed Officer-in-charge of Chemicals and Waste Conventions by the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Department for the Environment). From 2007 to 2009, I served as a co-chair to the Ad-hoc Working Group on Cooperation and Coordination among the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions.

As a Foreign Service Officer, I have been posted at the Mission of Chile to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Geneva and New York. I have also served at the Embassy of Chile in Canada and Costa Rica.

As of 16 December 2018, I am the Consul General of Chile to Hong Kong and Macau SAR.

In March 2011, I was appointed Head of the Department for the Environment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Santiago, Chile, and later Head of the Department of the Hazardous Chemicals and Waste cluster.

I have actively participated or coordinated for the Group of Latin American and the Caribbean countries in the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel Convention (COP-8, COP-9, COP-10, COP-11, COP-13, COP-14 and COP-15), Rotterdam Convention (COP-3, COP-4, COP-5, COP-6, COP-8, COP-9 and COP-10) and Stockholm Convention (COP-3, COP-4, COP-5, COP-6, COP-8, COP-9 and COP-10). This included IFCS FORA V and VI, ICCM-2, and the Basel Convention OEWG meetings.

I also served as President to the Rotterdam Convention COP-9, President of the Stockholm Convention COP-6, Vice-president to the International Conference on Chemicals Management 2 and 3, and re-elected Vice-president to the Basel Convention COP-9.

On 10 May 2019, I was elected President to the Basel Convention COP-15. The fifteenth Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention took place on 26-30 July 2021 (online segment) to review POW and Budget. The face-to-face meeting will be held next summer in Geneva, Switzerland.

I also served as Vice-president to the Basel Convention COP-9, President to the Basel Convention COP-15, President to the Rotterdam Convention COP-9, President of the Stockholm Convention COP-6, and as Vice-president to the International Conference on Chemicals Management 2 and 3. 

Specialties: Law

Ms. Tamara Morrison

PROFILE

Result oriented professional with a progressive management career in food safety, agricultural science, pesticides, hazardous chemicals and management. Competent in managing and coordinating cross functional management teams to develop and execute operational and technical strategies. Excellent team leadership, training and conflict resolution skills, as well as acute administrative, communications, report writing, and supervisory expertise. Customer service certified and passionate about quality service.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Pesticides Control Authority (PCA), Ministry of Health; May 2018 - present
  • Develop Operational and Strategic plans for the Authority ensuring that they are aligned to the Ministry’s goals.
  • Implement and lead the PCA in effectively performing its mandate.
  • Provide Government and the PCA’s Board on all matters involving the management of pesticides including international trends, national priorities, policies and inter-agency collaboration.
  • Manage operations, human resources and budget ensuring that targets are met.
Food Storage and Prevention of Infestation Division (FSPID), Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce (MIIC), Kingston, Jamaica
Deputy Food Storage Officer; Aug. 2011 – Oct. 2011 (Actg), Sept. 2012 – Nov. 2012 (Actg), Sept. 2014 – May 2018
  • Ensure proper management of programmes, budget and activities in 5 testing laboratories and provide supervision to 5 Senior Food Storage Scientists/Heads of Laboratories.
  • Supervise accreditation exercises ensuring that the labs comply with international standards.
  • Chair quarterly meetings of laboratory personnel and monthly meetings of laboratory heads ensuring that staff is up to date with activities and plans of the division.
FSPID, MIIC, Kingston, Jamaica
Senior Food Storage Scientist, Training and Information Unit; January 2006- August 2014
  • Design, develop, conduct and/or coordinate training programmes, workshops, seminars, etc. for the food industry, pest control operators, FSPID staff and the general public.
  • Conduct the public relations activities of the FSPID.
  • Maintain contacts with key government agencies, private industry members, universities and research institutions.
FSPID, MIIC, Kingston, Jamaica
Food Storage Scientist, Entomology Laboratory; November 1995 – December 2005
  • Performed routine analysis on samples submitted to the Entomology Laboratory.
  • Prepared analytical reports.
  • Liaised with Quality Managers, produce dealers, farmers and warehouse supervisors on storage/pest matters and respond to queries.

EDUCATION

  • May 2013 – August 2014; Mona School of Business and Management (Jamaica): MBA, General Management
  • October 2011 – November 2012; Management Institute for National Development (Jamaica): Post Graduate Diploma, General Management
  • September 2003 - May 2005; University of the West Indies (Mona, Jamaica): Post Graduate Diploma, Plant Production
  • September 1992 – May 1995; University of the West Indies, (Mona, Jamaica): B.Sc. Zoology (Entomology) (Hons.)

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Taking Effective Corrective Actions – February 2012 (Jamaica National Agency for Accreditation)
  • International Customer Service Certification Programme – November 2011 (Jamaica Customer Service Association/Rockhurst University Continuing Education Center)
  • Food and Nutrition Security and Vulnerability Analysis – December 2006 (FAO/CARICOM/GoI Food Security Project)
  • Step III of the FSEP/HACCP Accreditation - December 15, 2000 (Canadian Food Inspection Agency)
  • Step I and Step II of the FSEP/HACCP Accreditation - December 8, 2000 (Canadian Food Inspection Agency)

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Recipient of the Worker of the Year Award (FSPID) in 2008 for excellent performance on the job and commitment to team work.

Recipient of Civil Service Award for Commitment and Dedication, 2006

Participated in Cochran Fellowship Programme (2001), Grain Storage and Handling (Washington D.C., Illinois, Louisiana)

COMMITTEE INVOLVEMENT

Compliance Committee, Rotterdam Convention, November 2021 - present
National Animal Health, Food Safety Coordinating Committee, 2012 - present
National Codex Committee, February 2011 – present
National Codex Committee on Pesticide Residue (Chairman), July 2018 - present
National Food Safety Modernization Task Force, July 2011 – present

Ms. Hanadi Al Rabai’eh

Ms. Al Rabai’eh is a Chemical Engineer at the Ministry of Environment of Jordan/ Hazardous Substances and Waste Management Directorate, also she is the Contact person of the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan of the Minamata Convention on Mercury and the Peer of Jordan in the WES Regional Activity on Phasing out Single Use Plastic Items in the Mediterranean, in addition to the following:

  • Jordan's delegate to COP26 for Climate Change, [ Glasgow, United Kingdom, 2021]
  • Jordan's delegate to COP4 for Minamata Convention on Mercury [Online 1-5. Nov.2021] [Bali, Indonesia 21-25. Mar.2022]
  • Representative of Jordan in the Preparatory Regional Meeting for BRS COPs/ Asia and the Pacific Group [ 27-29. Mar.2022]
  • Member of the technical team to develop cleaner and efficient fuel consumption policies in Jordan
  • Member of the technical team to develop guidelines for Biosafety Inspection and Monitoring in Jordan
  • Member of the technical committee to follow up the implementation of the National Strategy for Solid Waste Management in Jordan
  • Member of the National Technical Committee of the Synthetic Fuel
  • Member of the Technical Committee for Information and Environmental Control for Waste Management
  • Member of the Technical Committee for Evaluating the Projects Submitted to the Environmental Protection Fund

Ms. Mara Curaba

66, Victor Gondat, 7100 St Vaast (Belgium) mara.curaba@health.fgov.be
Sex Female | Date of birth 19/09/1980 | Nationality Belgian

POSITION Chemicals Policy Expert

WORK EXPERIENCE

02/2011 - Present          Chemicals Policy Expert

Federal Public Service of Health, Food chain safety and Environment - DG Environment, Brussels (Belgium)
  • Rotterdam Convention National Focal Point
  • Designated National Authority for the PIC regulation (649/2012)
  • Stockholm Convention National Focal Point
  • Competent Authority for the POP regulation (850/2004)
  • SAICM National Focal Point
  • OECD National Representative for the Joint Meeting on Chemicals, Pesticides and Biotechnology

11/2011 - 08/2012      Risk Assessment Committee (RAC) member ad interim – ECHA

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

09/2005 - 12/2010       PhD in Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences EQF level 8
Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)
Reprotoxicity, male fertility preservation, in vivo testing, in vitro testing

2011                               Advanced course on Reproductive toxicity
Belgian Society of Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (BELTOX) (Belgium)

2008                               Certificate in laboratory animal science and medicine
Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels (Belgium)
Animal welfare, physiology and reproduction, experimental surgical techniques,
alternatives, ethical and regulatory aspects

PERSONAL SKILLS

Mother tongue: French
Foreign language(s) UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING
Listening/Reading Spoken interaction/Spoken production
English C1/C1 B2/B2 B2
Spanish B2 B2
Italian B2 B2

Levels: A1 and A2: Basic user - B1 and B2: Independent user - C1 and C2: Proficient user Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

Mr. Dadan Wardhana Hasanuddin

Mr. Hasanuddin has over 33 years of experience in the environmental, occupational health and safety management with a core expertise in hazardous materials/waste management. He was a member of the Indonesia’s Technical Committee for Hazardous Waste Management (1992-1999) whose tasks, among other, providing expert advice to the decision maker, establishing the national performance standards for the construction, operation and post-closure of hazardous waste engineered landfills and incinerators. Later, in 1993-1994, he was appointed as the Project Engineer of the development of the first integrated facility for hazardous waste management in Indonesia. He also coordinated the trial burn programs for the first three cement kilns used to incinerate polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other POPs waste in Indonesia (1994, 1997 and 2002). In addition, under coordination of the Ministry of Environment (MoE) he provided training and field coaching to a number of attorneys, civil and police investigators on the technical aspect of environmental prosecution in Indonesia as well as being the MoE’s Law Enforcement Team advisor during 2003-2005. He also serves as Senior Advisor to the Basel Convention Regional Centre for South-East Asia (BCRC-SEA) during 2005-2009.

Educational background

Academic

  • Master’s Degree, Environmental Planning, Environmental Studies Post-Graduate Program, University of Indonesia, graduated in 2003
  • Engineering Degree, Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Planning, Bandung Institute of Technology, graduated in 1988

Training

  • Leading and Working in Matrix Environment, Secretariat of the BRS Conventions, Geneva, 2012
  •  Environmental Audit, (On-the-Job Training at Enviropace Ltd’s Hazardous Waste Treatment Facility in Tsing Yi Island), Hong Kong, 1994
  • Environmental Compliance Assurance and Verification, conducted by Waste Management International, Hong Kong, 1994
  • Hazardous Waste Operations & Emergency Response, in compliance with the US Code of Federal Register 29 Part 1910.120 (p), conducted by the Chemical Waste Management, Lake Charles Facility, Louisiana, United States of America, 1993
  • Environmental Management of Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal Facilities (On-the-job training, organized by WMX Technology, Inc.), United States of America, 1993
  • Project Management, Edmonton Public School, Edmonton, Canada, 1991
  • Environmental Impact Assessments, EMDI Project Office and Dalhousie University’s School for Resources and Environmental Studies, Halifax, Canada, 1991

Work Experience

  • Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, UNEP, Geneva, Switzerland
    Programme Officer, Scientific Support Branch, UNEP-BRS (2012-2015)
    Programme Officer, Training and Capacity Building, UNEP-SBC (2009-2012)
  • AmbikA Consultants, Jakarta, Indonesia
    Partner and Principal Consultant, Researcher and Trainer (2004-2009)
  • Prasadha Pamunah Limbah Industri, (Hazardous waste TSD facility operator), Bogor, Indonesia
    Senior Environmental Compliance Officer (2001-2002)
  • Neville Clarke Indonesia (Consultants), Jakarta, Indonesia
    Consultant, Trainer, Environmental Programme Leader (1997-1999)
  • Waste Management Indonesia (Hazardous waste TSD facility developer), Jakarta, Indonesia
    Project Engineer, Environmental Compliance Officer, Country Environmental Manager (1993-1997)
  • Stanley Environmental Technology and Research Consultants Ltd., Edmonton, Canada.
    Env. Management Trainee, Environmental Engineer (1991-1992)
  • Waseco Tirta (Consultants), Jakarta, Indonesia
    Project Leader - Environmental Studies (1989-1991)

Research

  • Research on Policy and Regulations on Environmental Emergency Management in the context of the Freshwater Environmental Management in Indonesia, commissioned by the Ministry of the Environment and Forestry (KLHK). December 2017 - July 2018
  • Research on National Hazardous Materials Emergency Management System, A Study on Planning Standards/Criteria Development for Indonesia. Jakarta, 2002-2003.
  • Analysis on the Effectiveness of Hazardous Material Emergency Response System and Operations in the Case of MT King Fisher Tanker Oil Spill in Cilacap. Jakarta, 2001.
  • Study on the Minimisation of Leachate Generation from a Hazardous Waste Landfill. Jakarta, Indonesia, 2000.
  • Groundwater Characteristics Baseline Study for PPLI-B3 (Hazardous Waste TSD Facility) Cileungsi (In cooperation with Prof. M.M. Purbo-Hadiwidjoyo, Senior Geologist). Bogor, 1996-1997.
  • Applicability assessment of Cement Kiln Incineration for Hazardous Waste in Alberta, commissioned by the Alberta Special Waste Management Corporation, Edmonton, Canada. Edmonton, Canada, 1992.
  • Investigations of Noise Characteristics of Armoured Fighting Vehicles AMX-13 and AMX VTP M56 and their Auditory Effects on Crew Soldiers (in cooperation with Cavalry Battalion 8, Division 2, Indonesian Army’s Reserve

Ms. Jimena Nieto Carrasco

Jimena Nieto is a lawyer with a Master of Laws (LLM) in Public Environmental Law from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Mrs. Nieto has extensive experience related to compliance under multilateral environmental agreements. She was part of the Colombian delegation during the negotiations that lead to the Rotterdam Convention. She also co-chaired the contact group on Article 15 of the Minamata Convention and the Paris Agreement (both on compliance mechanisms) and facilitated negotiations on the same issue under the Stockholm and Rotterdam Conventions and the Nagoya Protocol of the CBD. Mrs Nieto is currently a member of the Implementation and Compliance Committees established under the Minamata Convention, the Cartagena Protocol, the Kioto Protocol and the Paris Agreement.

Mrs. Nieto was a civil servant for more than twenty years, working for the Colombian Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Currently she is a Professor of International Environmental Law, in graduate and postgraduate programmes at four universities in Bogota, Colombia and in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She also works as a consultant on issues related to international environmental law and multilateral negotiations.

Ms. Anahit V. Aleksandryan

Ph. D., Industrial Toxicologist, Sci. Dr. (Biology)

Education


1973  - 1978

Yerevan State University,

Department of Biology,  Faculty of Biophysics

1985

St-Petersburg Institute of Continuing Education, Doctor of Biology, Ph.D.  Dissertation thesis entitled: ”Melamine cyanurate,  Melamine and cyanurate acid peculiarities of impact on organism and hygienic standardization thereof in the working area air”

2011

Science Doctor (Biology/Ecology)

Doctoral Dissertation thesis entitled: “Scientific grounds for environmentally sound management of persistent organic pollutants in the Republic of Armenia”

Working Experience

 

2021 - present

Legal Adviser of Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Armenia

1998 – 2021

Head of Hazardous Substances and Waste Policy Department, Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Armenia

1996 – 1998

Principal Specialist, Ministry of  Nature Protection of the Republic of Armenia

1984 – 1986

Researcher, Laboratory of Industrial Toxicology,

Institute for Occupational Hygiene Kiev (Ukraine)

1979 – 1996

 

Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Industrial Toxicology, Institute of General Hygiene and Occupational Diseases, Yerevan

1978 – 1979

Researcher, Laboratory of Toxicology, Armenian Branch of All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of Hygiene and Toxicology of Pesticides, Polymers and Plastics, USSR Ministry of Health

Field of Science

Industrial Toxicology, Ecology, Hygiene

Language skills

Armenian, Russian and English

Membership in International bodies

Rotterdam Convention Official contact point (OCP)

Stockholm Convention National focal point (NFP)

Stockholm Convention Official contact point (OCP)

National Focal point to Minamata Convention on Mercury

National Focal point to SAICM

National Focal point for Environment and Health (WHO)

2020- 2024: Rotterdam Convention Chemical Review Committee Member,

Bureau member, Co-chair for CRC 8, CRC 9, CRC 14, CRC 15

Member of Global Monitoring Working Group of Stockholm Convention

-      Minamata Convention Bureau Member

2018-2019  & 2020- 2021: Minamata Convention Specific International Programme Governing Board Member

-      2020-2022: SAICM Executive Board Member

Scientific publications: above 168, including 3 monographs

Mr. Helges Samuel Bandeira

Born in Brazil in 1984, Helges Samuel Bandeira has been a career diplomat since 2014. With previous experience in the private and educational sector, he joined the Brazilian diplomatic corps in 2014. After concluding his studies at the Brazilian diplomatic academy (Instituto Rio Branco), he acquired expertise in different areas of work at the ministry. He served at the Embassy of Brazil in Angola and at the Consulate General of Brazil in Lagos, where he acted as head of mission for most of his tenure. He was transferred to Geneva in 2020, and has been the diplomat in charge of environmental affairs at the Permanent Mission of Brazil to the UN since then.

Information

Nationality: Brazilian
Date of birth: September 8, 1984
Place of birth: Curitiba, Parana, Brazil

Languages

  • Portuguese - native language
  • English - fluent
  • Spanish - fluent
  • French - fluent

Professional Background

  • Eagles Idiomas (2007-2014)
    Position: Managing Director
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs (since June 2014)
    Position: Diplomat
  • Grancursos (2016-2022)
    Position: Teacher

Academic Background

  • Bachelor of Laws, Univali, 2008
  • Diplomatic Academy, Instituto Rio Branco, 2015

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Ms. Karoliina Anttonen

I am legal counsel at the Ministry for Environment of Finland since 2017. I provide legal advice and prepare legislation related to national and EU climate policy as well as international climate and environmental agreements, including UN Framework Convention for Climate Change and the Paris Agreement, Minamata Convention, and Rotterdam Convention.

Prior to joining the Ministry for Environment, I have held positions at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (2006-2011), and the Ministry of Economic Affairs (2011-2017). At the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, I was responsible for carbon credit acquisitions for Finland. At the Ministry of Economic Affairs, I was responsible for legal advice and preparation of domestic legislation relating to the implementation of EU Emissions Trading System. I also participated in the preparation of EU level ETS legislation. Between 2020 and 2022 I served as a seconded national expert in the European Commission, DG CLIMA, working with the ETS review of the “Fit For 55” legislative package.

I have been involved in the UNFCCC negotiations since COP12 in 2006. My roles have included negotiating on behalf of the EU, functioning as EU legal team member, and co-chairing agenda items. Currently I am serving as vice-chair of the Kyoto Protocol Compliance Committee.

I have participated in the Minamata Convention negotiations since COP1 in 2017, and am currently serving at its Implementation and Compliance Committee.

I am a member at International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) Technical Advisory Board for ICAO’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), assessing emissions unit programmes.

I hold a Master of Laws degree from the University of Helsinki, and a Master of Science (Economics) degree from the University of Tampere.











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Mr. Rodrigo González Videla

Rodrigo González Videla has built a solid professional career since September 2000, specializing in environmental management, hazardous substances, and biodiversity conservation, both within government institutions and as a consultant.

Since September 2019, he has served as a technical advisor to the National Directorate of Hazardous Substances and Waste, supporting the Transboundary Movements Unit in the implementation of international chemical and waste conventions, including the Basel, Rotterdam, Stockholm, and Minamata Conventions. His responsibilities also include overseeing import procedures for batteries under Law 26.184.

From March 2016 to September 2019, he acted as the CITES Administrative Authority for the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development, where he was responsible for reviewing documentation, monitoring processes, and authorizing permits and certificates related to the international trade of endangered species.

Between July 2014 and March 2016 — as well as in previous periods from April 2013 to June 2014, and from April 2010 to March 2013 — he worked with the National Directorate of Environmental Management and Biodiversity Conservation. His roles included reviewing and issuing permits and certificates related to genetic resources and CITES, serving as the national focal point for Access and Benefit-Sharing under the Nagoya Protocol, analyzing documentation, monitoring the implementation of environmental conventions and resolutions, and drafting legal reports and assessments related to species protected under specific legislation.

Earlier in his career, from January 2008 to March 2010, he worked in the Directorate of Environmental Infractions, where he provided technical advice on summary proceedings, drafted technical reports, and contributed legal and regulatory guidance on environmental matters, including ACUMAR measures.

In 2007, he joined the Directorate of Hazardous Waste, where he prepared technical reports, advised on the application of Law 24.051, processed infractions related to hazardous waste mismanagement, participated in the drafting of regulatory resolutions, and conducted field inspections and evaluations for the National Registry of Hazardous Waste.

In addition to his public sector experience, between March 2002 and December 2006, Rodrigo provided professional services for various consulting firms. He also held academic and research positions: he served as First Assistant at the Chemistry Laboratory of the National Technological University (April 2003–August 2005), worked with the National Water Institute (April 2001–May 2004), and contributed to the Institute of Biological Chemistry and Physical Chemistry (September 2000–December 2001) and the Department of Biological Chemistry at the University of Buenos Aires (February 1999–August 2000).















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Mr. Pattanan Tarin

Dr. Pattanan Tarin holds a Ph.D. in environmental analytical chemistry from the University of Wollongong, Australia, and is currently the Head of the Multilateral Environmental Agreements and Strategies Unit, Hazardous Substances Management Division, Department of Industrial Works, Ministry of Industry, Thailand.

Dr. Tarin has more than 18 years of experience in international chemicals management and related sustainable development agenda, particularly with the implementation of chemicals-related conventions, such as, the Rotterdam, Stockholm and Minamata conventions, Montreal Protocol and SAICM.

Her current works also involve the regulation and control of hazardous substances and implementation of the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement, including the development of policy measures for GHG mitigation and management in the industrial sector, in response to Thailand’s NDC and LT-LEDS commitments.

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Ms. Helen Roberts

I have been a lawyer at Defra Legal Advisers (part of the Government Legal Department) since 2019, focusing on international trade and multilateral environmental agreements.

My recent multilateral environmental agreement work includes advising the UK Government in relation to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade; the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants; the Minamata Convention on Mercury; and the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, including participating in meetings of the parties.

In my role I have advised on public international law and trade law issues, drafted and negotiated treaty text, and collaborated with others in bilateral and multilateral international settings.

Before joining the Government Legal Department, I worked in London and Brussels at the international law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP. I am a qualified solicitor and have an MA (Cantab) from the University of Cambridge and an LLB from the University of Law.

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Mr. Joseph Cantamanto Edmund

Nationality: Ghanaian
E-mail: joseph.edmund@epa.gov.gh, kweku_orchard@yahoo.com
Profession: Agriculture Scientist/Crop Protection Expert/Environmental Expert/Chemicals management expert
Current Position: Director: Chemicals Control and Management Centre.
Environmental Protection Authority, Headoffice, Accra - Ghana.

Key qualifications

  • Agricultural sciences (Agronomy and plant protection)
  • Integrated crop protection
  • Pesticides ecotoxicological, toxicology and risk Assessment
  • Environmental impact assessment procedures
  • Strategic Environmental Assessment
  • Environmental education and awareness creation
  • Pesticide registration, licensing and enforcement
  • Natural resource management
  • Environmental protection, investigation and enforcement
  • Integrated water resource management
  • Hazardous waste management (including electronic waste)
  • Master trainer in chemical management
  • Chemicals management
  • Project management

Education

1999 - 2000 Master of Science (MSc) Crop Protection
University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Institute of Arable Crops Research (IACR), Long Ashton Research Station
Main subjects:
Crop Science, Weed Science, Plant Pathology, Crop Pest, Crop Protection in Practice, Plant Breeding, Plant Biotechnology and Statistics & Computing
Thesis: “Low Volume Application of Microbial Herbicides using the Spinning disc”

1990 - 1994 BSc (Hons) Agricultural Science (First Class Division)
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi, Ghana
Thesis: “Investigation of Plant Parasitic Nematodes Associated with Lettuce”

Work experience

February 2003 to date Environmental Protection Authority, Chemical Control and Management Centre, Head office, Accra
Director
Responsibilities:
  •  Pesticide licensing, registration and permitting
  • Pesticide inspection, monitoring, training, education and awareness
  • Industrial chemicals management
  • Management and disposal of hazardous chemicals and waste
  • Pesticide use and food safety
  • Pesticide inspector
  • Trainer (safe management and handling of chemicals)
  • Administrative duties
  • Representing the Agency in meetings, conference etc
1995 – February 2003 Environmental Protection Authority
Ag. Regional Programme Officer, Sunyani, Brong Ahafo Region
Responsibilities:
  • Advise the Regional Coordinating Council and 13 District Assemblies (Technical Sub-Committees), and NGOs in the Region on environmental protection and resource management
  • Organisation of workshops and training programmes on Environmental Protection and Resource conservation
  • Environmental impact assessment and Auditing
  • Plan and implement natural resource management programmes
  • Data collection, analysis and reporting on environmental issues in the region
  • Environmental Quality Monitoring of surface and underground water
  • Project proposal writing
1994 - 1995 Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Ghana
Assistant Crop Officer/ Subject Matter Specialist
Plant Protection and Regulatory Services Department, Kumasi
Responsibilities:
  • Plan and organize training programmes in crop protection for agriculture extension staff and farmers
  • Forecast and Monitoring of pest and disease outbreaks

Additional training and certificates

Certificate: Implementation of official controls (Food safety), EDES, 2014 Certificate: Project management, Sogakope, 2014
Certificate: Chemicals Management: Swedish Chemicals Agency, KEMI, Sweden 2013
Certificate of Completion: World Bank Environmental and Social Safeguard Policies, Accra February 2013
Certificate OPITO Approved (A59): Basic offshore safety induction and emergency training, SMTC, Ghana. 2012
Certificate of participation: Contaminated site management, GRC, University of Cardiff, United Kingdom. 2012
Certificate: Petroleum resource development in the petroleum sector in Ghana. PETRAD/NORAD, 2011 Certificate: OilSim for Authorities: PETRAD/NORAD/SEMPRENTIS, 2011
Certificate: World Bank Environmental Safeguard Policies, Dakar, Senegal Certificate: Promoting Corporate Governance in the Public Sector, Accra
Certificate: Petroleum waste management, transport of petrochemicals in environment. Accra, 2009
Certificate: Training in Chemical Information Exchange Network (CIEN) and Website Development, Accra
Certificate: Technical training on Safe Inventory of Pesticide Stocks, Accra Certificate of Participation: Leadership, Life and Sustainable Performance, Accra Certificate: Strategic Management, GIMPA, Accra
Certificate: Integrated Pest Management and Pesticides in Food Safety, Wageningen, the Netherlands 2007
Certificate: Management of Hazardous waste. Tredi Seche Global solutions, Paris-France Certificate: Training of Trainers Course in Pesticide Use Safety. CROPLIFE Accra Certificate: Management of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) UNEP/UNITAR, Tema Certificate: Pesticides Registration. Pesticides Safety Directorate, York United Kingdom Certificate: Pesticides Control and Management (Pesticides Registration & Licensing) Certificate: Spatial Planning for Infrastructure Investment
Certificate: Geographic Information System for Environmental Management
Certificate: Ghana Environmental Impact Assessment Capacity Building
Certificate: Environmental Protection, Australia, 1998 Main subjects:
  • Waste management Water quality
  • Forest Fire Management Community relations
  • Investigations and Enforcement Pollution Control
  • Cleaner production technologies
Certificate in Hazardous Material Awareness- Country Fire Authority, Australia Certificate in Oil Spill Familiarisation- Australia Marine Oil Spill Center, Australia
Training in compiling inventory on Persistent Organic Pollutants
UNIDO, Accra
Training in Risk Management Planning for Priority Chemicals
UN/UNITAR
Training in Ecotoxicology and Toxicology Risk Assessment for Pesticides Registration. UNITAR, Accra (3 weeks)

Conferences, technical training workshops and meetings

  • Twentieth meeting of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC-20), of the Rotterdam Convention, Rome, Italy, 3 to 6 October 2023
  • Nineteenth meeting of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC-19), of the Rotterdam Convention, Rome, Italy, 3 to 6 October 2023
  • Meeting of the conferences of the Parties (COPs) to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm
  • conventions, Geneva 1 to 12 May 2023.
  • OPCW Online Training Course on Legislative and Regulatory Issues on Chemical Security 19-22 April 2021
  • 16th Meeting of the Chemical Review Committee of the Rotterdam Convention: September 2020, Online
  • Twelfth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group of the Basel Convention” Online 1st and 3rd September 2020
  • 15th Meeting of the Chemical Review Committee of the Rotterdam Convention: Rome, Italy,
  • October 2019
  • Basic Course on Assistance and Protection Against Chemical Weapons for the Member States of ECOWAS at Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), 13th – 17th August, 2019
  • Ordinary and simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, Geneva, Switzerland, April to May 2019
  • 51st Session of Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues, Macau SAR, P. R. China, 2019
  • The Fifth Annual Meeting of Representatives of the Chemical Industry
  • and National Authorities of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention Doha, Qatar, October 2018
  • 14th Meeting of the Chemical Review Committee of the Rotterdam Convention: Rome, Italy, September 2018
  • 50th Session of Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues, Haikou, P. R. China, 2018
  • Regional preparatory meeting for the 2017 meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions and working session to address regional specific issues related to ratification and early implementation of the Minamata convention Africa region 14-17 march 2017, Dakar, Senegal
  • Fourteenth Regional Meeting of National Authorities of States Parties in Africa (Chemicals Weapons Convention) Preceded by a Regional Meeting on Education and Outreach, Johannesburg, South Africa, June 2016
  • Tenth meeting of the open-ended working group of the Basel Convention, May – June 2016, Nairobi
  • Fourteenth Regional Meeting of National Authorities of States Parties in Africa (Chemicals Weapons Convention) Preceded by a Regional Meeting on Education and Outreach,
  • Johannesburg, South Africa, June 2016
  • Chemicals Weapons Convention: Stakeholders Forum for States Parties in Africa on Adoption of National Implementing Legislation- Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, November 2016
  • 48th Session of Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues, Chongqing, P. R. China, 2016
  • 47th Session of Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues, Beijing, P. R. China, May 2015
  • 46th Session of Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues, Nanjing, P. R. China, May 2014
  • Ordinary and simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, Geneva, Switzerland, April to May 2015
  • Ordinary and simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, Geneva, Switzerland, April to May 2013
  • Short course: World Bank Environmental and Social Safeguard Policies, Accra February 2013
  • Basic offshore safety induction and emergency training, SMTC, Ghana. 2012
  • Training in POPs contaminated sites management, GRC, University of Cardiff. 2012
  • 43rd Session: CODEX Committee on pesticide residues, Beijing P. R of China. 2011
  • Workshop on human resource development in the Petroleum Sector, Accra 2010-2011
  • Workshop on World Bank Environmental Safeguard Policies, Dakar, Senegal, 2011
  • Workshop on nationwide inventory and socio-economic assessment of electrical and electronic waste in Ghana. March 2010.
  • Meeting of the Rotterdam Convention: November 2009, Pretoria, South Africa.
  • Workshop on severely hazardous pesticide formulation: July 2009, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
  • Technical training on website development for Chemical information and Exchange Network (CIEN), UNEP Chemicals, March 2009
  • Technical training in inventory of obsolete stocks of pesticides: Veolia Environmental Services, United Kingdom, March 2009
  • 40th Session: CODEX Committee on pesticide residues, Hangzhou, China. 2008
  • Sub regional workshop on the harmonization of pesticides registration. Bamako, Mali, 2008
  • Training in strategic management: GIMPA, 2008
  • Training in pesticide residues, consumer risk assessment, import tolerances, maximum residue levels, and pesticides dossier evaluation.. Pesticides Safety Directorate, York, United Kingdom. 2006
  • Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) inventory workshop, Accra, October, 2005
  • Sub regional workshop on the harmonization of pesticides registration. Cotounu, Benin. 2005
  • Sub-regional workshop on inventory of persistent organic pollutant for the Stockholm convention. Kampala, Uganda. 2004
  • UNITAR/EPA-Ghana, Action Plan Skills Building/Training Workshop to assist with the Stockholm Convention-National Implementation Plan development, March 2005, Accra
  • Workshop on development of biopesticides Registration and risk Assessment guidelines for Ghana. June 2005, and October 2005 Accra.
  • UNITAR/EPA – Training Workshop on Pesticides Toxicology, March 2005

Other experiences

  • Review/Development of Pesticide Registration Manual
  • Review/Development of Protocol for the bio efficacy trial of pesticides
  • Development of guidelines for the review of bio efficacy trial reports-West Africa Agriculture Productivity Programme (WAAPP)
  • Survey of Pesticide use in Hospitals and Clinics
  • GEF/UNDP/UNITAR/EPA-Ghana Project on Capacity Building for the Elimination of PCBs in Ghana
  • Inventory of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (POPS)
  • SBC e-Waste Africa Project: Socio-economic survey of e-waste activities
  • Development of manual for sound management of chemicals for Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development
  • Report of Situational Analysis and Needs Assessment: Libreville Declaration on Health and Environment.
  • Development of protocol for general management of laboratory hazardous waste for the Ghana Museums and monuments Board Conservation Laboratory
  • Guidelines for the construction and safe management of pesticides warehouse and retail shops
  • Development of guidelines and regulations on pesticides and biopesticides (2005)
  • Development of guide on pesticide for horticulture production
  • Review of Environmental Impact Statements of Projects (EIS)
  • Team member: Inventory of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) and Development of National implementation Plan on the management of persistent organic pollutants of the Stockholm Convention
  • Team member: Survey on situational analysis and needs assessment (SANA) for the preparation of national plans of joint action- Ghana. Implementation of the Libreville Declaration on environment and health in Africa

Participation on Boards, Committees, Advisory services

Boards

  • Member, Competitive Agriculture research Grant Scheme (CARGS Board) -CSIR
Committees
  • Chemical Review Committee of the Rotterdam Convention (Member)
  • Bureaux member Rotterdam Convention Bureaux
  • Focal Point, Basel Convention Bureaux
  • Focal Point, Rotterdam Convention
  • Ghana Codex Sub-committee on Pesticides Residues (Chairman)
  • National Pesticide Technical Committee (Secretary)
  • National Hazardous Chemicals Committee (Secretary)
  • National Biosafety Technical Committee
  • Project Steering Committee, PCBs
Agriculture
  • Environment Focal Point: West African Agriculture Productivity Programme, (WAAPP)
  • Technical expert and Chairman, Codex sub-Committee on Pesticide Residues, on-going
  • Technical expert: West Africa Agriculture Productivity Programme (WAAPP), Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), on-going
Environmental Protection
  • Technical advisor, Electrical and Electronic Waste Management
  • Team member: Guideline for environmental impact assessment for the health sector.2008
  • Member: Project Management Team, CleanFarms Project, Africa Pesticides Stockpiles Project.
Natural Resource Management
  • Member/ Team of Resource persons on the Preparation of National Action programme to Combat Drought and Desertification in Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana
  • Responsible for Identification of Water Resources Potential in communities in the region 2002
  • Member/ Team on Wild Fire Management in the Transitional Zones of Ghana Forestry Commission/ Netherlands Government project
  • Responsible for Monitoring, training and Evaluation; July 2001
  • Technical advisor / Member of interdisciplinary team on river Tano Basin aforestation and Conservation Project: 2001 – 2002
  • Advising and providing technical support to communities, Non Governmental Organizations (NGO’s) and Community Base Organisations (CBO’s) such as the Tree Farmers Association, Friends of Trees and River Bodies, Evergreen Club of Ghana and others to embark on biodiversity conservation and natural resource management project.

Additional skills

Good working knowledge in computer applications: Word, Access, Excel, and Power Point, Internet















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Mr. Ibrahim Sulaiman Alboshi

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Email: I.Alboshi@ncec.gov.sa - Alboshi282@hotmail.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ibrahim-alboshi/

Education

  • University of Bolton - Bolton, Greater Manchester - United Kingdom
    Master of Research with Merit in Environmental Management, October 2019
  • University of Dayton - Dayton, Ohio State - United States
    Bachelor of Chemical Engineering, May 2017
  • Jubail Industrial College - Jubail Industrial City - Saudi Arabia
    Associate Degree of Science in Chemical Engineering Technology, February 2012

Present Position

National Center for Environmental Compliance (NCEC)

Chemical Safety Department and Ozone National Unit, Riyadh - Saudi Arabia
Senior Chemical Safety Specialist, October. 2019 - Present

  • Developing and issuing the regulations and legislation that aims at the preservation of natural resources.
  • Analyzing and evaluating the influences of some activities on the environment and proposing solutions.
  • Conduct Environmental related surveys, evaluations, inspections, and investigations of activities.
  • Working in the implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) at Saudi Arabia such as the Basel, Rotterdam, Stockholm, and Minamata conventions.
  • Representing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in conferences and workshops locally, regionally and internationally to follow up on developments related to environmental chemical and waste treaties.

Other Relevant Experiences

  • Saudi's delegate to the Meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the BRS conventions. (BC COP-15), (RC COP-10), (SC COP-10), (BC COP-16), (RC COP-11), and (SC COP-11).
  • Saudi's delegate to the fourth meeting of the conference of the parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP-4).
  • Saudi's delegate to (OEWG) on a science-policy panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution.
  • Member of the technical team to develop national implementation plan for Stockholm convention in Saudi Arabia.
























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Mr. Youssef Zidi

E-mail: youssef.zidi@mineat.gov.tn; josephzidi@yahoo.fr

EDUCATION 

  • 2021 (November-December): Certificate in the means of implementing international agreements granted by the United Nations Environment Program 2011 (December) obtaining a certificate in project management from TenStep- Academy
  • 2006-2007: Participating in a continuous training course in hydraulics and the environment at the national school Tunis
  • 2001-2002: First year master's degree, specialty industrial chemicals (INSAT)
  • 1994-1997: National Diploma in Process Chemical Engineering from the Institute of Engineering, Gabès, Tunisia. - Research project: Preparation of samples for catalysts with transition metals, determination of their pysico-chemical properties, study of the catalysts activity in the SO2 SO3 conversion process and the effects of many parameters on such activity.
  • 1992-1994: Certificate of End of engineering preparatory Studies. Institute of Preparations Studies Engineering, Gabes, Tunisia.
  • 1991-1992: Certificate of End of High School Studies (Baccalaureate) in Maths and Technical Fields.

TRAINING 

  • 2022-2023: Certificate in climate governance at the national school of management in Tunis
  • December 2021: Negotiation techniques at the training and decentralization support center
  • 2019 (22 June-13 July): Experience exchange program in the United States of America about hydrocarbons from unconventional reservoir
  • October, November and December 2018, a training course organized by the Institute of Administrative Leadership at the National School of Administration on "modern management".
  • 2019 (19-20 February): Training course on Global Standardized System for the Designation and Classification of Chemicals organized by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR).
  • 2018 (October, November and December): Training course organized by the Institute of Administrative Leadership at the National School of Administration
  • 2017 (Senegal 19-23 June): Regional training course organized by the Center for Excellence of the European Union Initiative within the framework of the regional project to support capacities in the management of hazardous chemical and biological wastes
  • 2016 (11-12 November):Training course on the mechanisms of joint assessment of international health procedures organized by the Ministry of Health
  • 2012 (January): Training in ecotoxicology and environmental risk assessment organized by the National Agency for Waste Management
  • 2011 (December): get a certificate in project management from TenStep Academy
  • 2011 (June): Training on the risks of heavy industry organized by the Ministry of Environment.
  • 2011 (December): Training on the environment and contaminants organized by the Ministry of healthy
  • 2003 (June)" Intensive course in english language organized by the Ministry of Environement.
  • 2002 (May): "Instruments for Human Resources Magnagement" Public fonctionnel, organized by the Ministry of Environement.
  • 2002 (June): Intensive course in english language organazed by the Ministry of Environement.
  • 2001 (Oct): "Control of atmospheric pollution and technology" organized by Swedish International Cooperation for Development Agency (CIDA).
  • 1999 (May): "Management of the industrial environment", organized by the United Arab Emirates.
  • 1999 (June): "Treatment and managment of organic wastes", organized by Tunisian National Agency for Renewable Energies.
  • 1996 (Aug): "Production of sulfuric acid”, Groupe Chimique Tunisien.
  • 1995 (Aug): "Production of phosphoric acid", Groupe Chimique Tunisien.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

  • Starting from the year 2022: a member of the Steering Committee of the project to prepare a national strategy for green hydrogen
  • 2023 : Project leader to prepare a national strategy for the disposal of hazardous waste 2022 to date, head of the project to support national capacities in the field of chemicals and hazardous waste management and the implementation of relevant international agreements (Baal, Stockholm, Rotterdam and Minamata) funded by the United Nations Environment Program
  • 2021 to date: Head of the Medprogramme project for environmental security at the national level, which includes ten Mediterranean countries, with the aim of safe disposal of hazardous waste
  • From 2020 until now: Member of the board of the national sanitation office
  • February 2016 to present: Director of the environmental industrial department, General Directorate of Environment and Quality of Lif at the Ministry of Local Affaires and Environment
  • 2011-February 2016: Deputy Director of the clean energies and air quality monitoring
  • (Ministry of Environment and sustainable development)
  • 2005-2011: Head of service air quality monitoring ((Ministry of Environment and sustainable development)
  • May 1998-2005: Project engineer ((Ministry of Environment and sustainable development)
  • 2013: Appointed Tunisian national focal point on Stockholm convention
  • 2013-2020: Member of the board of directors of the Tunisian chemical group and the phosphate company of Gafsa
  • 2013: Appointed a member of the National Committee of pesticides
  • 2009: Assigned to the files relating to the Stockholm Convention on POPs
  • 2006: Nominated national focal point for the Strategic Approach to the International Chemicals Management SAICM.
  • 1998- present: Staff engineer in the Department of Industrial Environment, (Ministry of Environment and sustainable development)

My main tasks consist of:

  • Project management of project “capacity building concerning of chemical and biological wastes management” funded by the European Union
  • Project management of project “Enabling activities to review and update the national implementation plan for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)”
  • Project management of project “Strengthening Capacities for National SAICM Implementation and Supporting GHS Capacity Building in the Republic of Tunisia”
  • Follow up the implementation of the Stockholm Convention and the synergies between the BC, RC and SC
  • Member of the national team on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear safety
  • National Coordinator of the project "local environmental governance in industrial activity in Gabès
  • Follow-up projects related to chemicals
  • Evaluation studies of environmental impact of major industrial projects as the chemical industry and oil and gas industry.
  • Realize environmental studies and diagnostic assessment of health risks in the industrial pole
  • Preparing a draft law related to Tunisia’s ratification of the UN Stockholm convention on persistent organic pollutants
  • Preparing a draft low on Tunisia’s ratification of the UN Rotterdam Convention
  • Preparing a draft low on Tunisia’s ratification of the UN Minamata mercury Convention
  • Contribute to the elaboration of strategy of fight against industrial pollution.
  • Contribute to the elaboration of regulatory texts, and limit of the values and standards for the control of discharge of industrial units.
  • Participation on the development of legislation on industry pollution prevention
  • Plan and realize companions measures concentrations of pollutants in the air, soil and water for their risk analysis on health and the environment
  • Follow-up and evaluation of the study entitled “Environmental Impact of phosphate washing sludge in the mining region of Gafsa”.
  • Preparation terms of reference and bidding packages, follow-up of the execution of the study entitled “Management and rehabilitation of polluted sites”.
  • Follow-up and evaluation of the study: “Treatment of coastal industrial discharge”.
  • Follow-up and evaluation of the study: “Health and environment”.
  • Preparation of terms of reference and bidding packages, follow-up of execution of the study entitled “Amelioration of air quality in the region of Bizerte”.
  • Realize a study on health effects of environmental units of industrial chemicals.
  • Elaboration of reports on industrial environment in at different regions of the country.
  • Controlling a project to clear a site contaminated with mercury
  • Elaboration of a report on the environmental impact.
  • Project leader of a program of integrated management of chemical products and the adoption of the system and GHS system REATCH
  • Preparation of Government Order No. 447 of 2018 dated 18 May 2018 concerning the setting of maximum limits and ambient air quality warning limits.
  • Preparation of a draft law, order and decision for the adoption and application of the Global Standardized System for Classification and Labeling of Chemicals.
  • Preparation of Government Order No. 928 of 2018 dated 07 November 2018 on the revision and completion of Order No. 2519 of 2010 of 28 September 2010 on the control of the source limits of air pollutants from fixed sources.
  • Prepare of draft law to remove lead from painter
  • Preparation of a draft law on the prevention of the dangers of contaminated sites.
  • Contribute to the preparation of Government Order No. 448 of 2018 dated 18 May 2018 concerning the establishment of a national network for monitoring the quality of the air and how to work and how to link and use.
  • Contribute to the preparation of government decree No. 449 of 2018 dated 18 May 2018 on the setting of standards and a definition of the amounts of reconciliation in the article on air quality violations.
  • Contribute to the preparation of a resolution of the Minister of Local Affairs and Environment and the Minister of Health dated 18 May 2018 on the control of the population approved for the identification of clusters that require the preparation of plans to maintain air quality.

COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION

  • Since 2017 until today: Member of the National Aviation Council
  • Since 2017 until today: Member of the National Energy and Natural Resources Committee of the National Security Council
  • Since 2018 until today Member of the Review Committee of the Mines code
  • Since 2018 until today: Member of the Steering Committee for the revision of the hydrocarbons code
  • Since 2016 until today: Member of the technical committee for the production of electricity and renewable energy
  • Since 2016 to 2019: member of the chemicals review committee under the Stockholm convention on persistent organic pollutants
  • Since 2007 until today Member of the Technical Committee which considers the allocation of the activities of the Energy Transfer Fund2015: Member of the National Team for the implementation of the National Plan “health and environment”

LANGUAGE    

                   Written      Oral
Arabic        excellent    excellent
English       good          good
French        excellent    excellent

REPRESENTING TUNISIA ON THE FOLLOWING MISSION

  • Participation in the Conference of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions in Geneva, April 29 to May 8, 2023
  • Participation in the eighteenth meeting of the Committee of Experts for the Study of Chemical Substances within the framework of the Rotterdam Convention (Rome from September 19 to 23, 2022).
  • Participation in the meeting of the Steering Committee of the Medprogramme, Bosnia, March 14-15, 2023
  • Participation in the Conference of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions in Geneva from April 25 to May 6, 2022
  • 2016 (Geneva, November 24 to 29) the Third Conference of the Minamata Convention on Mercury
  • 2019 (Rome October 1 to 4) the fourteenth meeting of the Committee of Experts to study persistent organic substances.
  • 2019 (Algeria October 30 to 31) the North Africa workshop on establishing a network of experts to implement the Stockholm Convention
  • 2019 (Djerba 23 et 24 October) Round table of Focal Points for the Initiative of the Center of Excellence for North Africa and the Sahel Region for the prevention of chemical, radiological, nuclear and biological risks
  • 2019 (Geneva April 29 to May) the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Stockholm and Rotterdam Conventions.
  • 2019 (Nairobi, 18-22 March) Participation in the preparatory meeting of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Stockholm and Rotterdam Conventions of 2019 on the African Group and the information meetings on the Minimata Convention and the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Action and the problem of the involvement of men and women
  • 2018 (Barcelona, 11-14 November):Second meeting of the Union for the Mediterranean Environment and Climate Change Task Force of the Union for the Mediterranean
  • 2018 (Zambia, 23-25 July):Workshop on the mid-term of the regional support project for the Global Monitoring Plan for Persistent Organic Pollutants organized by UNEP ENTING
  • 2018 (Tunis, 6-7 November):Workshop that brought together the National Group for the Prevention of Radiological, Biological, Nuclear and Chemical Hazards organized by the European Union Initiative's Center of Excellence
  • 2017 (Geneva, 24 April to 5 May) Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions.
  • 2017 (Senegal, 13-18 March): Preparatory Conference of the Conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions and the session on the activation of the Minamata Convention.
  • 2017 (Rome, October 16-21) Thirteenth Meeting of the Committee of Experts to Study the Persistent Organic Materials under the Stockholm Convention.
  • 2015 (May): Represented Tunisia at the twelfth eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention, the seven meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention, the seven meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention and the second simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the three conferences of the parties to the three conventions (Geneva)
  • 2015 (Mars) Participated in Workshop on the ratification and the implementation of the Minamata mercury convention and the preparatory meetingthe twelfth eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention, the seven meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention, the seven meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention and the second simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the three conferences of the parties to the three conventions
  • 2014 (December): Participated in the regional workshop for the African region strengthening of institutional infrastructures for sound management of chemicals (Nairobi, 2-4 December 2014)
  • 2014 (July) Participated in the second sub regional workshop for African on the ratification and implementation of Minamata convention Dakar, Senegal
  • 2014 (November) Represented Tunisia at the Global UNIDO meeting on South-South Cooperation in the context of NIP updates and their evaluation, Vienna, Austria
  • 2013 (September) Represented Tunisia at the regional workshop on enhancing cooperation among the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm, organized by Synergies of BC, RC, SC in Nairobi.
  • 2013 (May): Represented Tunisia at the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention, the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention, the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention and the second simultaneous extraordinary meetings of the three conferences of the parties to the three conventions (Geneva)
  • 2012 (February) Represented Tunisia at the regional workshop organized by the Global Environment Facility on funding expanded (Amman 14 -18 Avril 2012) organized by GEF.
  • 2012 (September) Represented Tunisia at the Third International Meeting on Chemical, Kenya (17-17 September, 2012) organized by UNEP.
  • 2011 (October) Represented Tunisia at the African Regional Workshop on chemicals sound management Kenya; organized by UNEP.
  • 2011 (February) Represented Tunisia at the fifth meeting of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, organized by the Stockholm Convention Secretariat.
  • 2010 (January) Represented Tunisia at the African second meeting on the Strategic Approach to the International Chemicals Management, organized by the SAICM Secretariat (Cote d’Ivoire).
  • 2009 (December) Represented Tunisia at the regional meeting on the capacity building on the recently POPs listed under the Stockholm Convention. Organized by the Stockholm Convention Secretariat.
  • 2008 (July) Represented Tunisia at the International Symposium on the chemicals management, organized by the SAICM Secretariat (Tanzania).
  • 2008 (October) Represented Tunisia at the International Conference on the preparation of the rules of procedure of the International Conference on the of chemicals management; organized by the SAICM Secretariat (Rome).
  • 2001: Represented Tunisia at the meeting of the Steering Committee of the Industrial Clean-up programme in Arabic Countries DAMASCUS, Syria ; organized by the Arabic League
























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Ms. Karmen Krajnc

Slovenia
Email: karmen.krajnc@gov.si

Education

2012 - 2016
Ph.D. in Law Sciences
Thesis "Precautionary Principle in European Chemical Legislation"
University of Ljubljana Law Faculty

2001 - 2005
Master of Public Administration
University of Ljubljana Law Faculty

1986 - 1992
Graduate engineer of Chemicals Technology
Surface water ecology
University of Ljubljana, Chemical and Chemical Technology Faculty

Language skills

German, Serbian, Croatian, English

Membership of international / EU bodies

International:
DNA Contact point for Rotterdam Convention (1997 - )
Bureau of COP-4 of Minamata Convention on Mercury (2019 - )
Chair of the Chemicals Review Committee of Rotterdam Convention (2008 - 2009)
Member of Chemicals Review Committee of Rotterdam Convention (2005 - 2009)

EU:
Chair of EU Council Working Group on technical harmonization during Slovene Presidency (2008)
Member (Rapporteur) of REACH Socio-economic Analysis Committee (2013 - 2019)
Assistant to the Chair of WPIEI – Chemicals/Synergies during Slovenia Presidency (2021)

Other relevant experiences

  • In depth knowledge of national, EU and international chemicals legislation (24 years of "first hand" experience with implementation of chemical implementation), including Rotterdam convention and EU regulation 642/2012.
  • Preparation of draft legislative acts (leader of ratification of Rotterdam Convention, Chemicals Weapons Convention, preparation of national legislation on several chemicals issues, i.a. Law on Chemicals amendments).
  • 4 years of experience as Head of Chemicals Unit, Chemicals Office of the RS.

Present position

Senior Adviser, Chemicals Officer of the Republic of Slovenia, Ministry of Health (within the firm: 24 years)


























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Mr. Trond Liu Skaug

Education and Professional Background
I hold a Master of Laws degree from the University of Oslo. Since 2011, I have served as a legal advisor at the Norwegian Environment Agency, with temporary assignments as at senior advisor at the Ministry of Climate and Environment (2017–2018) and the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development (2022–2024).

Key Responsibilities and Experience

  • Extensive experience in the regulation and follow-up of industrial and waste management enterprises.
  • Development of national environmental legislation and implementation of international legal frameworks into Norwegian law.
  • Monitoring and addressing environmental crime.
  • Contributed to policy development related to plastic pollution.
  • Participated as a member of the Norwegian delegation at the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention.

Current Focus Areas
I am currently engaged in regulatory follow-up related to the REACH Regulation, the Rotterdam Convention and the EU Directive on industrial emissions.


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