As of 20 April 2017 Tentative schedule of side events at the meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, 24 April - 5 May 2017, Geneva, Switzerland

Mon, 24 April 2017 Tue, 25 April 2017 Wed, 26 April 2017 Thu, 27 April 2017 Fri, 28 April 2017 Sat, 29 April 2017 Looking Back, From science to action Measuring the effectiveness Opening of the Technology Launch of the ISO guidance PACE outcomes Looking Forward - Nigeria, STAP/GEF and BRS of the Stockholm Fair principles for the Members of PACE Programing for Secretariat Convention: assessment, Exhibition area sustainable management of Impact insight and outlook secondary metals Exhibition area Room 3 Regional demonstration of World Resources Forum GEF Effectiveness evaluation chemicals and waste related Room 3 committee conventions’ synergies Room 3 Room 3 Lunch BCRC-China, China and time Switzerland events Room 3 1:15- Toxic toy or toxic Evolution of the science Swedish experiences on the Hazardous pesticides and Household wastes – new Mercury waste 2:45 p.m. waste?: Recycling associated with remediation of PCBs in alternatives to them: partnership under the Basel management – How can we POPs into new understanding and buildings and removal of Challenges for Small Convention apply environmentally products identifying PBTs & POPs PCBs in joints and floor Islands Developing States Members of the informal sound technologies for IPEN Society of Environmental sealings PAN, ISACI and NTN group on household wastes current mercury waste management practices? Room 4 Toxicology and Chemistry Sweden Room 4 Room 4 Room 4 Room 4 IETC Room 3

Reception hosted by Shaping the future for Sustainable chemistry: A New tools and approaches Remanufacturing as part of Closure of the Technology Switzerland sound management of key driver for safe in monitoring POPs and a circular economy Fair Cafeteria chemicals and wastes alternatives? emerging pollutants CLEPA beyond 2020 UNEP, Ghana, Germany, SCRC-Czech Republic Room 15 Reception hosted by SAICM secretariat and BRS Secretariat Room 15 Switzerland Germany Room 15 Launch of the ESM toolkit Bâtiment des Forces Evening Room 15 Expert working group on Motrices events Local to global actions for Toxic profits: The Setting up extended ESM 6:15- chemicals and waste international trade of producer responsibility Room 3 7:45 p.m. management banned pesticides (EPR) legislation in non- GEF Small Grants IITC and ACAT OECD countries for electric and electronic waste: Film screening: “Trashed” Programme, UNDP Room 13 challenges and IPEN Room 7+8 opportunities Room 13 GIZ Room 16 As of 20 April 2017 Sun, 30 April Mon, 1 May 2017 Tue, 2 May 2017 Wed, 3 May 2017 Thu, 4 May 2017 Fri, 5 May 2017 2017 Roadmap for activities under the How could the Basel Convention Lessons and best practices Opportunities for collecting Environmental Network for support implementation of integrating gender into and sharing information on Optimizing Regulatory regional conventions on implementation: Case studies Severely Hazardous Compliance on Illegal Traffic transboundary movement of from Nigeria and Indonesia and Pesticides Formulations (ENFORCE) hazardous waste? new data from the Environment PAN-UK, co-organized with Members of ENFORCE and the UNEP, Secretariats of the Bamako and Gender Information RC Secretariat platform Green Customs Initiative and Waigani conventions, BCRC- Room 3 Room 3 AI/Senegal, BCCC-Nigeria, BRS WECF and BaliFokus Foundation Human rights, Lunch Secretariat Indonesia children’s rights, and Improving national reporting time Room 3 Room 3 hazardous substances events under the Basel Convention: & wastes x challenges, benefits and success 1:15-2:45 stories UNEP, FAO, OHCHR p.m. Making connections: InforMEA Addressing highly hazardous Bracing resounding and BRS Secretariat Members of ICC UNEP, co-organized with BRS pesticides in SADC: country success: ‘Internet plus’ Room 3 Room 4 Secretariat cases and regional collaboration sustains Convention implementation Synergetic approach to BRS and Room 4 FAO, co-organized with RC Minamata Conventions Secretariat China UNITAR, Switzerland, BRS and Room 4 Room 4 Minamata Secretariats Exhibition area

Development of tools to counter Achieving sustainable trade in Contribution of the BRS Asbestos related diseases in illegal management and trade of hazardous substances & wastes: conventions to the follow-up Asia and necessity of waste Cooperation between the WTO and review of the 2030 Agenda improving the effectiveness UNU and BRS Conventions regimes for Sustainable Development: of the Rotterdam Building Parties’ capacity to Convention: Promoting Room 15 WTO, UNEP, FAO and BRS Secretariat monitor chemicals and wastes democracy and equity The e-trash transparency project: Room 15 UNEP, co-organized by BRS Rotterdam Convention Tracking global flows of e-waste Secretariat Alliance (ROCA) Evening using GPS technology Paraquat Exhibition area events Room 15 Basel Action Network Public Eye and PAN International 6:15-7:45 x UNDP’s experiences on Chrysotile asbestos - labour x Room 16 p.m. Room 16 mainstreaming gender into the unions role in sound Ending double standards: Using Film screening: “Death by sound management of management of chemicals – the Bamako and Basel design” chemicals a differentiated approach Conventions to stop the export to UNDP International Alliance of Africa of toxic substances and Basel Action Network Room 15 Trade Union Organizations waste Room 13 “Chrysotile” CIEL Room 16 Room 17