Meeting Report

Sub-Regional DNA Consultative Meeting on the Final Regulatory Action Evaluation Toolkit and Other Approaches under the Rotterdam Convention

Tbilisi, Georgia 21-23 February 2018

I. Background 1. The Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade establishes an international mechanism to regulate the trade of pesticides and industrial chemicals that are contained in its Annex III. Chemicals are listed in Annex III based on notifications of Final Regulatory Actions (FRAs) by the Parties within the scope of the Rotterdam Convention. 2. Some developing countries have limited capacity to undertake risk assessments or related risk evaluations for a scientifically sound decision-making on hazardous chemicals. Further, for Parties to conform to the obligations under paragraph 2 of Article 10 of the Convention on import of chemicals listed in Annex III, the countries have to make a national decision on future imports of those chemicals. It constitutes a review of measures in place on respective Annex III chemicals and evaluate the risks and make necessary regulatory control decisions including future imports. 3. The Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Rotterdam Convention, at its seventh meeting by decision RC-7/1on proposal for activities to increase notifications of final regulatory action, requested the Secretariat to collect, among others, scientific and technical information for risk assessments and decision-making and to make it available in a user-friendly format. 4. Over 200 chemicals with notifications of final regulatory actions by Parties from single PIC region are awaiting another notification from a different PIC region to initiate the process for review by the Chemical Review Committee (CRC) of the Rotterdam Convention. These notifications contain scientific and technical information on the chemicals related to decision-making. Additionally, there are risk assessments and scientific literature available at the Secretariat on chemicals that have met Annex II criteria and those already listed in Annex III. Scientific literature is also available on chemicals reviewed by the POPs Review Committee of the Stockholm Convention. 5. The Secretariat, in consultation with a some experts on the work of the CRC and DNAs, developed an online toolkit (FRA Evaluation toolkit) aimed at assisting and enhancing the efforts by DNAs, especially from developing countries, to facilitate scientifically sound decision making and submitting the notifications of FRAs. 6. The Secretariat, in conjunction with Basel and Stockholm conventions Regional Centres and DNAs in selected pilot countries also carried out pilot projects on industrial chemicals and developed an Interactive Toolkit for the Sound Management of Industrial Chemicals under the BRS conventions. 7. In addition to the above initiatives by the Secretariat, there are many tools and guidance materials developed by other international agencies relevant to scientifically sound management of chemicals. 8. Promotion of access to the above tools and approaches would strengthen the decision-making capacities in countries for scientifically sound lifecycle management of chemicals within the scope of Rotterdam Convention. This will contribute to protecting human health and the environment from the Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention Page | 2

adverse effects of these chemicals while meeting obligations under the Rotterdam Convention and other related MEAs.

II. Meeting objectives - Promote the FRA Evaluation Toolkit and other tools to facilitate scientifically sound decision-making on chemicals of national concerns. - Guidance for the compilation of scientific and technical information on hazardous chemicals within the scope of Rotterdam Convention. - Facilitate the strengthening of existing national structures and mechanisms for cooperation and coordination for the sustainable management of chemicals in an integrated manner. - Provide guidance on data collection for surveillance and monitoring, risk assessment/management of hazardous chemicals. - Raise awareness on the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) procedure and newly listed chemicals. - Assist compiling the information in the format of notification of FRAs for submission under the Convention.

III. Participants 9. DNAs of both pesticides and industrial chemicals from Russia, Serbia, Armenia and Georgia (hereinafter “participating countries”), including one scientific/technical officer from each country involved in reviewing scientific and technical information for decision-making on FRAs were invited. Please see Appendix I for the list of participants.

IV. Opening 10. The Sub-Regional DNA Consultative Meeting on the Final Regulatory Action Evaluation Toolkit and Other Approaches under the Rotterdam Convention was held at the LEPL Environmental Information and Education Center Tbilisi, Georgia from 21-23 February 2018. Mr. Gamini Manuweera of the Secretariat of Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions opened the meeting at 9:15 am on Wednesday 21st February by welcoming the participants. 11. Ms. Nino Tandilashvili, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia made opening remarks and welcomed all participants to Tbilisi. She recalled that the focus of the meeting is to facilitate user-friendly access to information for DNAs to make scientifically-sound decisions and strengthening of existing national structures and mechanisms for enhanced cooperation and coordination for the sustainable management of chemicals. 12. Ms. Tandilashvili emphasised that Georgia, as a Party of the Rotterdam Convention and as a country with economy in transition, considers implementation of the Rotterdam Convention as very important. She note that efficient implementation of the Convention promotes sound management of chemicals to ensure protection of human health and environment on national, regional and global levels. Georgia implements an array of activities contributing to the implementation of the Rotterdam convention. The respective national regulatory act is elaborated, adopted and periodically updated to be reflective of the Convention and other international environmental requirements. 13. She also highlighted Georgia’s interest and readiness to cooperate on national, regional and global levels for the full and effective implementation of the Rotterdam Convention. 14. Concluding the remarks, Ms. Tandilashvili thanked the Secretariat for its role in organizing the event and wished for a very fruitful meeting. 15. Representing the BRS Secretariat, Mr. Gamini Manuweera, thanked the Government of Georgia for hosting the meeting, the resource persons for their contributions and the participants for attending the meeting. He indicated that the Secretariat is conducting a series of DNA consultative meetings of similar focus in different regions as a response to a COP decision to assist countries in scientifically sound decision making on final regulatory actions (FRAs)and consequently, increasing notifications under the Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention Page | 3

Rotterdam Convention. He indicated that a similar meeting had already been held in the African and Asian regions. Concluding his remarks, Mr. Manuweera thanked the European Union for its generous financial support for organising the meeting and for the development of the FRA Evaluation toolkit.

V. Summary of the proceedings 16. The provisional agenda of the meeting was adopted without amendments (Appendix II). 17. The BRS Secretariat presenting the scope, purpose and structure of the workshop highlighted that the objective was to enhance scientific soundness in decision making on FRAs, towards increasing notifications of FRAs under the Rotterdam Convention. He underscored that the meeting is participatory in nature as it was meant to transfer knowledge and enhance understanding on using the tools and other resources for decision making on chemicals. He urged participants to be free to ask questions from the presenters and the Facilitator so that they can have maximum benefits of the technical sessions. He outlined the meeting programme and indicated that the participants were asked to compile a list of a minimum of 5 priority chemicals in their respective countries. A preliminary assessment of priority chemicals to identify information gaps and the way-forward for collection and compilation of additional information to facilitate scientifically sound decision-making on possible regulatory actions would be done by the participants supported by the Facilitator. The meeting would include briefing sessions, group activities and discussions (within groups and plenary sessions). He indicated that the participants would undertake an initial review of scientific and technical information on the chemicals identified as being of national priority using the FRA evaluation toolkit and compliment with information from other resources including FAO Pesticide Registration toolkit and WHO Human Health Risk Assessment Toolkit. He informed the participants that, towards the end of the meeting, there would be an opportunity to identify areas for collaboration and information sharing among the DNAs from participating countries and from possible other regions. 18. Mr. Aleksandar Mihajlovski from the Rotterdam Convention Secretariat at FAO, Rome made a presentation on the Rotterdam Convention’s history, objective, scope, key provisions and key operational elements. His presentation focused mostly on what the PIC Procedure is, how the PIC Procedure works, the chemicals subjected to the PIC Procedure, responsibilities of importing and exporting countries in applying the PIC Procedure, obligations and benefits of parties.

Scientific and technical information of final regulatory actions 19. The Facilitator, Ms Parvoleta luleva, made a presentation on the Rotterdam Convention Annex I information requirements and Annex II criteria for listing chemicals in the PIC procedure, supported with some examples, focusing on what is expected for an FRA to meet the Convention criteria, in particular criteria b) of Annex II. She underlined the importance of taking scientifically sound and well documented FRA decisions based on the prevailing conditions in the country such as incidences reported, research undertaken when there’s pollution or suspected pollution by a particular chemical as that is the type of information that is critical for increasing the chances of a successful notification. She indicated the importance of stakeholder collaboration at all levels in ensuring that data was collected and collated nationally. She concluded by explaining the legal meaning of misuse and intentional misuse under the Convention.

Country Presentations 20. Delegates representing each participating country made presentations on their national profiles of regulatory management of chemicals including how they implement the Rotterdam Convention in their countries, achievements and challenges. Republic of Serbia Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention Page | 4

21. Participant from the Republic of Serbia presented the laws that provides provisions for the management of chemicals in the country, the infrastructure established to implement related regulatory measures. She highlighted that the chemicals management is also harmonized with EU legislation. Institutional capacity, including plans for the arrangements of risk assessment and status of implementation of the Rotterdam Convention were presented in details. Diphenylamine, dibutyltin dilaurate, nonylphenol, nonylphenol ethoxylate, Malathion, Creosote, Permethrin, and didecyldimethylammonium chloride have been identified as the list of chemicals with major users. Georgia 22. Georgia highlighted the international treaties and EC regulations related to management of chemicals in the country with details of national laws and regulations available for the purpose. The representative from Georgia briefly discussed the ongoing projects in the country relevant to chemicals management and noted chrysotile asbestos, hexabromocyclododecane, nitrofen, kvintozan, chloropicrin, and dicofol as chemicals of priority for actions. Armenia 23. Representing Armenia, the delegate provided the details pertaining to the regulatory provisions available for the management of chemicals. He also explained the mechanism in place for national incident reporting and the process for final regulatory actions. Currently, there is no capacity to conduce risk assessments for substances to be included in the banned list and Armenia has no substances of concern in either the industrial chemicals or pesticide categories. Russian Federation 24. The delegate from Russian Federation, making a presentation on the experience in submitting notifications of final regulatory actions, explained the approach to chemicals regulation in the country. For hazardous chemicals, country is guided by the Decision of the Eurasian Economic Commission of August 16, 2012, No. 134 "On Regulatory Legal Acts in the Field of Non-Tariff Regulation", which contains substances banned or severely restricted by international conventions. The Russian Federation presented the highlights relating to the capacity and institutional arrangement for risk assessment. The country, at present, is under consideration of list of chemicals for review.

Tools for decision-making and notification of final regulatory actions

FRA Evaluation Toolkit 25. The Secretariat made a presentation on the FRA Evaluation Toolkit using some of the chemicals prioritised by the meeting participants as examples when navigating one way on the toolkit website. He indicated that the target audience for the Toolkit was DNAs of developing countries as access to scientific and technical information to undertake a risk evaluation is identified as one of the major challenges. The purpose of the Toolkit is for parties to have a user-friendly access to scientific information within the context of the Rotterdam Convention for decision making on hazardous chemicals, so as to facilitate scientific soundness of the notifications of FRAs. He showed participants how to search for, and import information from the toolkit onto the FRA form. He further indicated that the Toolkit was still under development and that it is expected that upon completion the toolkit will automatically import the selected information directly onto the FRA form. He indicated to participants that during the upcoming session on the preliminary evaluation of chemicals of national concerns, that participants will be afforded ample time to do practically experiment using the Toolkit and other available search engines to fill in FRA forms for their respectively nominated prioritised chemicals, supported by the Facilitator throughout the exercise.

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The FAO Pesticide Registration Toolkit, although still being developed, was also presented to the participants by Mr. Aleksandar Mihajlovski as one of the tools they can utilise. The objectives of the Toolkit is to make existing information relevant for pesticide registrars available “at fingertips”, provide guidance about key registration procedures and methods in an interactive manner, assist registrars in informed decision making, and also to create a basis for training and capacity building of pesticide registration authorities. The Toolkit was presented to be a focused decision support system for pesticide registrars in developing countries that as a web-based registration handbook intended for day-to-day use by those involved in the registration of pesticides. It is however not an automated system for the evaluation of pesticides, but it supports and facilitates informed decision-making by registrars.

3.2.5.3. WHO Human Health Risk Assessment Toolkit: Chemical Hazards

Dr. Irina Zastenskaya, representing the Regional office of WHO for Central and Eastern Europe presented the WHO Human Health Risk Assessment Toolkit: Chemical Hazards was presented as one of the tools to the participants towards their efforts of chemicals management. It is a tool mainly for developing countries and countries with economies in transition, assisting them when they need to conduct chemical risk assessments by helping to assess the health risks from chemical exposures. Ms. Zastenskaya then provided a hands-on training in undertaking a risk assessment using a practical example.

3.2.5.4. Notification of Final Regulatory Actions under the Rotterdam Convention – Bridging Information The Facilitator made a presentation on bridging information on the notification of final regulatory actions under the Rotterdam convention. She indicated that the CRC considers such bridging information on a case-by-case basis guided by set conditions on exposure or potential exposure, science–based knowledge, and the extent of detail of the information provided. She used examples on what type and how information can be bridged from a country within the same region or from another region having similar environmental conditions and climatic conditions or geographic conditions, including the concentration and conditions of use of the chemical in question. She emphasised how collaboration is essential with all the relevant stakeholders within the various countries and even across borders, including academics so as to maximise the use of limited available skills, expertise, data and information.

3.2.6. Preliminary evaluation of chemicals of national concerns The Facilitator explained to the participants that the whole session was to be practical and informal. She encouraged participants to indicate to her when they need her assistance as she moves around them to facilitate their familiarity with accessing the much needed information from the FRA Evaluation Toolkit and other search engines she indicated to them earlier on. She then requested participants to fill in the FRA forms using the chemicals they have prioritised. They were encouraged to work on different chemicals as individual even if they are working as a country and sharing what they are learning to ensure participants practice on more than one chemical on their list and using the different tools presented to them through the hands on practical session whilst being supported by the Facilitator. Participants were also engaged in filling the FRA notification forms using their respective priority chemicals with guidance from the Facilitator. The Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention also assisted participants with accessing the FRA Evaluation Toolkit as they were filling in their FRA forms. At the end of the practical session, participants gained their confidence and familiarity in using the different search engines including the Toolkit but indicated that they needed to continue getting more practice.

3.2.7. National coordination and regional collaboration The Facilitator emphasised the importance of a multi-stakeholder approach in generating, collecting and collating all the necessary information needed to complete a scientifically sound FRA, including towards improving efforts on better chemicals management. She underlined the need to strengthen the science & policy interface as one of the Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention Page | 6 essential initiatives towards protecting the environment and human health. She also identified that there is need for governments, researchers & industry to work together in ensuring that countries have the relevant information by providing the necessary empirical data for the country to make appropriate policy decisions. There is a need for the health sector to conduct research to establish whether there are diseases relating to chemicals exposures. Linked to the success of that is the need to build capacity on how health practitioners manage poisoning incidents, including adapting and adopting the FRA form so as to capture the incidence information as and when a healthcare professional assesses a patient that has been exposed to a chemical. The Facilitator identified that the DNAs need to collaborate more often so as to learn from each other.

3.2.8. Recommendations and evaluation of the meeting Concluding the technical deliberations of the meeting, participants adopted the following recommendations. General recommendations:

• regulatory and research institutions should collaborate at national and sub-regional level and provide empirical data to make appropriate policy decisions.

• opportunities should be explored both at national and regional level to enhance the capacity for monitoring of adverse health effects related to chemicals-specific exposure.

• regulatory authorities should improve coordination to share research evidence on the chemicals and hazardous waste sector in order to provide a coherent platform for strengthening the science and policy interface.

• resource mobilisation and mainstreaming of chemicals management into the national agenda should be undertaken, including development or update, where necessary, of legislative infrastructure for collection and compilation of information and effective implementation and enforcement of control measures.

• awareness raising on risks and mitigation measures and capacity building of the national health sector to manage poisoning and incidents reporting.

• capacity in risk assessment should be built among member countries.

• strengthen the capacities for governments, researchers & industry to work together in ensuring that countries have the relevant information by providing the necessary empirical data for the country to make appropriate policy decisions (eg. FRA). • DNAs are encouraged using the available guidance and tools, including the FRA evaluation toolkit to take informed decisions on final regulatory actions.

Recommendations related to the FRA Evaluation toolkit: • Make the toolkit more user-friendly by: • extending the list of useful links to the existing international data bases of chemical hazards and risk assessments and risk management/reduction measures; • further improvement of toolkit’s functionalities, e.g. more options for responses in the relevant sections on the chemical hazards, such as “not applicable”, “not identified/classified”, etc. • Develop a user guide.

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Finally, the Rotterdam Convention Secretariat requested the participants to evaluate the meeting with respect to its approach, content and expected outputs towards areas of further improvements where applicable.

3.2.9. Closure of the meeting Mr. Manuweera made closing remarks. The meeting was closed on 23th February afternoon at 4:00pm.

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Appendix I Sub-Regional DNA Consultative Meeting on the FRA Evaluation Toolkit and Other Approaches under the Rotterdam Convention

Tbilisi, Georgia

21 to 23 February 2018

List of Participants

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Armenia Ms. Ana Berejiani Chief Specialist Waste and Chemicals Management Service Mr. Artak Khachatryan Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture Head 6 Ave.Marshal Gelovani Division of Waste Inventory, Classification and Technology 0159 Tbilisi Investigation Georgia Waste Research Centre, Ministry of Nature Protection Tel: +995 593 948 617; +995 322 727 227 46 Charents Street Email: [email protected] / [email protected] 0025 Yerevan

Armenia Ms. Kristine Vardanashvili Tel: +374 10 55 48 35 Senior Specialist Email: [email protected] / [email protected] Waste and Chemicals Management Service

Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture Ms. Shahandukht Madoyan 6 Ave.Marshal Gelovani Chief specialist 0159 Tbilisi Waste and Atmosphere Emissions Management Agency Georgia Ministry of Nature Protection Tel: +995 595034 891; +995 322 727 227 3rd Governmental Bldg. Republic Sq. Email: [email protected] / [email protected] 0010 Yerevan

Armenia Ms. Nato Ormotsadze Tel: +374 93 765 784 Chief Specialist Fax: +374 10 554 732 International Relations Division Email: [email protected] Environmental Policy and International Relations Department Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture Mr. Telman Aramyan 6 Ave.Marshal Gelovani Deputy Head 0159 Tbilisi Waste and Atmosphere Emissions Management Agency Georgia Ministry of Nature Protection Tel: +995 322 727 223 3rd Governmental Bldg. Republic Sq. Email: [email protected] 0010 Yerevan Armenia Ms. Irma Tskvitinidze Tel: +374 95 428 834 Deputy Head Fax: +374 10 554 732 Division of Pesticides and Agro-Chemicals Email: [email protected] Phytosanitary Department LEPL National Food Agency Bulgaria Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture 6 Ave.Marshal Gelovani 0159 Tbilisi Ms. Parvoleta Angelova Luleva Georgia Head of Unit Tel: +995 113 415 Hazardous Chemicals Department Preventative Activities Email: [email protected] Directorate Ministry of Environment and Water 22 Maria Luiza Boulevard Ms. Maia Tetradze 1000 Sofia Senior Specialist Bulgaria Division of Pesticides and Agro-Chemicals Tel: +359 2 940 6021 Phytosanitary Department Fax: +359 2 980 3317 LEPL National Food Agency Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture Email: [email protected] 6 Ave.Marshal Gelovani 0159 Tbilisi Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention Page | 9

Georgia Varshavskoye Shosse, 19A Tel: +995 591 333 421 117105 Moscow Email: [email protected] Russian Federation Tel: +7 499 940 9787 Mr. Irakli Legashvili Fax: +7 499 940 9775 Expert Email: [email protected] / [email protected] Waste and Chemical Management 34 Kazbegi Ave Serbia 0178 Tbilisi

Georgia Ms. Snezana Joksimovic Tel: +995 577 177 016 Senior Adviser in the Division for Chemicals Management Email: [email protected] Department for Chemicals

Ministry of Environmental Protection Mr. Guram Tandilashvili Omladinskih Brigada 1 Expert 11070 Belgrade Waste and Chemicals Management Serbia 8 Balanchivadze street Tel: +381 11 7155 203 0171 Tbilisi Email: [email protected] Georgia Tel: +995 577 177 027 Email: [email protected] Ms. Suzana Andrejevic Stefanovic Head of Division for Chemicals Management Ms. Inga Gvineria Ministry of Environmental Protection Toxicologist Omladinskih Brigada Street, 1 Tel: +995 595 769 843 11000 Belgrade Email: [email protected] Serbia Tel: +381 11 7155 221 Ms. Manana Juruli Fax: +381 11 3132 574 Toxicologist Email: [email protected] Tel: +995 599 426 003 Email: [email protected]

Russian Federation

Ms. Ekaterina Dorofeeva Head Informational and Analytical Department The Russian Register of Potentially Hazardous Chemical and Biological Substances, Rospotrebnadzor 19A, Varshavskoye Shosse 117105 Moscow Russian Federation Tel: +7 (499) 940 97 87 Fax: +7 (499) 940 97 75 Email: [email protected]

Mr. Aleksandr Solovianov Deputy Director Science and Technology All-Russian Scientific Research Institute on Environmental Protection 36 KM of Moscow Ring Road, bld. 1 (Estate Znamenskie Sadki) P. O. Box 117828 Moscow Russian Federation Tel: +7 495 423 83 55 Fax: +7 495 423 23 22 Email: [email protected]

Ms. Khalidya Khamidulina Director Federal Budgetary Health Institution “Russian Register of Potentially Hazardous Chemical and Biological Substances” Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights and Human Well-being (Rospotrebnadzor) Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention Page | 10

NON-FUNDED Mr. Aleksandar Mihajlovski Agricultural Officer (AGPMR) Plant Production and Protection (AGP) Russian Federation Agriculture and Consumer Protection Department (AG) Office No. B710b Ms. Oxana Chuprina Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Advisor of Coordination action Division in the field of radiation, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy chemical and biological safety Tel: +39 06 570 52801 Department of Science, Innovation and Development Medical E-mail: [email protected] and biological risks to health Ministry of Health of Russian Federation Rakhmanovsky lane, 3 127994 Moscow Russian Federation Tel: +7 495 627 24 00 ext 1462 Email: [email protected]

Mr. Evgeny Kovalevsky Chief Researcher Department of Hygienic Regulation Federal Budgetary Health Institution “Izmerov Research Institute of Occupational Health” 31 Pospect Budennogo 105275 Moscow Russian Federation Tel: +7 495 365 0209 Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Ms. Olga Mukhina Consultant Department of Science and International Cooperation Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights and Human Well-being Rakhmanovsky lane, 3 127994 Moscow Tel: +7 499 978 2406 Russian Federation E-mail: [email protected]

World Health Organisation (participated online)

Ms. Irina Zastenskaya Technical Officer, Chemical Safety WHO European Centre for Environment and Health Platz der Vereinten Nationen 1, 53113 Bonn, Germany Tel.: +49 174 175 0094 Fax: +49 228 815 0440 [email protected]

Secretariat of the Rotterdam Convention

Mr. Gamini Manuweera Programme Officer Scientific Support Branch Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions United Nations Environment Programme 11-15 Chemin des Anémones CH-1219, Geneva, Switzerland Tel: +41 22 917 86 04 E-mail: [email protected]

Sub-Regional DNA consultative meeting on the FRA Evaluation Toolkit and other approaches under the Rotterdam Convention LEPL Environmental Information and Education Center Tbilisi, Georgia 21 to 23 February 2018

PROVISIONAL AGENDA

DAY 1 Wednesday 21 February Session 1: Opening, Introduction and Background Information 09:15-09:30 Registration of participants 09:30-09:40 Opening Remarks - Nino Tandilashvili (Deputy Minister, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia) -BRS Secretariat 09:40-09:50 Introduction of participants 09:50-10:00 Scope, purpose and structure of the workshop BRS Secretariat 10:00-10:20 COFFEE BREAK 10:20-10:40 Rotterdam Convention Overview: BRS Secretariat - PIC Procedure - National obligations 10:40-12:00 Presentation of national profiles of regulatory Country delegates management of chemicals

12:00-13:00 Plenary discussion 13:00-14:00 LUNCH BREAK 14:00-14:45 Scientific and technical information in Final Regulatory Facilitator Actions: - Annex I information - Annex II criteria 14:45-15:10 Presentation on the FRAE toolkit BRS Secretariat 15:10-15:30 COFFEE BREAK 15:30-18:00 Introduction to other related tools BRS Secretariat

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DAY 2 Thursday 22 February Session 2: Preliminary assessment of priority chemicals 09:15-10:00 Notification of Final Regulatory Actions under the Facilitator Rotterdam Convention – Bridging Information 10:00-10:20 COFFEE BREAK 10:20-11:00 FAO pesticide registration toolkit BRS Secretariat 11:00-13:00 Breakout groups – Review of information on priority Facilitator chemicals 13:00-14:00 LUNCH BREAK 14:00-15:10 Breakout groups (cont.) – Information gaps Facilitator Breakout groups – Compilation of initial information Facilitator in the format of notification of FRAs under the Convention. 15:10-15:30 COFFEE BREAK 15:30-17:30 Breakout groups (cont.) – Compilation of initial Facilitator information in the format of notification of FRAs under the Convention. 17:30-18:30 National coordination and regional collaboration for Facilitator follow-up actions on priority chemicals

DAY 3 Friday 23 February Session 3: Data collection and follow-up actions 09:15-10:00 Country’s National coordination for follow-up actions Facilitator on priority chemicals 10:00-10:20 COFFEE BREAK 10:20-12:30 Human health risk assessment at national level: World Health -Introduction to WHO Human Health Risk Organization Assessment Toolkit 12:30-14:00 LUNCH BREAK 14:00-15:00 Recommendations and national roadmaps Facilitator Pa g e 2 o f 3

15:00-15:30 Areas for further improvements in the FRA evaluation All toolkit 15:30-15:50 Workshop evaluation 15:50-16:00 Closing

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