Areas for action | Activities | Responsible actors | Timeline |
Information gathering | 1. Submit to the Secretariat information on experiences in implementing the Cartagena Declaration such as information on strategies and programmes on waste prevention, minimization and recovery and measuring their progress and on technology transfer and capacity‑building.11See paragraphs 1, 4, 5, 7, 11 and 12 of the Cartagena Declaration. | Parties, signatories, Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres, Stockholm Convention regional and subregional centres and others | Information request issued at COP-122 (decision BC-12/2) and information to be provided on an ongoing basis Prior to COP-1332Twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties.3Thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties. |
2. Compile all relevant information provided by parties, signatories and others with regard to the implementation of the Cartagena Declaration and make it available on the Basel Convention website. | Secretariat | Prior to COP-13 |
Development of strategies (paragraph 1 of the Cartagena Declaration) | Develop guidance to assist parties, as appropriate, in developing efficient strategies to achieve the prevention and minimization of the generation of hazardous and other wastes and their disposal, taking into account the prevention manual developed by the expert working group on environmentally sound management. | Parties and expert working group on environmentally sound management | COP-13 |
Enhancement of waste prevention (paragraphs 5, 7, 8, 12 and 13 of the Cartagena Declaration) | Encourage:- Development of synergistic national and regional pilot projects on waste prevention for specific waste streams of concern
- Improvement of access to cleaner production methods and to information on less hazardous substitutes for and alternatives to hazardous chemicals and materials
| Parties, Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres, Stockholm Convention regional and subregional centres, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Global Environment Facility, cleaner production centres and the private sector | Ongoing |
- Implementation of waste prevention awareness campaigns that include information on waste prevention techniques
| Parties, Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres, Stockholm Convention regional and subregional centres and non‑governmental organizations | |
Engagement with relevant stakeholders (paragraph 11 of the Cartagena Declaration) | Encourage and facilitate, as appropriate, engagement with other bodies, non‑governmental organizations, cleaner production centres and the private sector to advance work on the prevention, minimization and recovery of hazardous and other wastes and to develop and implement projects, waste prevention programmes and partnerships to that end, taking into account the information compiled through the information‑gathering activity. | Parties, Basel Convention regional and coordinating centres and Stockholm Convention regional and subregional centres | Ongoing |