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BASEL CONVENTION COP-13SIDE EVENT BY THE IMPLEMENTATION AND COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE ON IMPROVING NATIONAL REPORTING Geneva, 1st May 2017

Restoring compliance with national reporting:

the success story of Togo

BackgroundTogo is a Party to the Basel Convention since 2004

.In 2008, a framework law on the environment was adopted, with sections 8 and 9 dealing with the management of wastes and hazardous wastes;The obligation to transmit national reports pursuant to paragraph 3 of Article 13 could not be

complied

with

until

recently

for

two

main

reasons

:

L

ack

of information on the life cycle of

wastes

from

various

sectors

in Togo and

L

ack

of a

legal

and

institutional

framework

reflecting

all the

necessary

provisions of the Basel Convention.

The ICCIn 2009, the Secretariat initiated consultations with

Togo based on the fact that it had never transmitted a national report. The objective of the consultations was to identify the possible difficulties faced by Togo and how to overcome themTogo engaged in a dialogue with the Secretariat and explained its

challenges

In

November

2010, the Secretariat made a submission to the ICC for

this

body to

assist

Togo in

restoring

compliance

with the national reporting obligation

The initial assistance provided by the ICC was in the form of advice

Togo then developed a compliance action plan with detailed steps towards restoring compliance

The plan was approved by the ICC in 2012 with a recommendation to the Secretariat that it use resources in the implementation fund of up to USD 50’000 for Togo to implement it

The activities of the plan followed a two track approach: development of an inventory, and review and initiation of adjustments to the national legal and institutional frameworks to ensure the sustainability of compliance

The

funding

was

made

available

to

hire

an international consultant, a national consultant, and to

convene

consultative meetings and workshops in Togo

The compliance action planIdentification of key stakeholders

involved in the generation and management, including TBM, of wastes in TogoEstablishment of a steering committee and technical teams to implement the plan;Evaluation of the existing legal framework against the checklist for the legislator;Evaluation of the

steps

already

taken

to

develop

an

inventory

of the

wastes

covered

by BC;

Development

of a

preliminary

methodology

for the

development

of an

inventory

of the BC

wastes

 ;

Training of

stakeholders

in

applying

the

methodology

;

Development

of the

inventory

;

Development

of the national report for 2013; and

Evaluation and

finalization

of the

methodology

.

Implementing the planLegal framework

: Review evidenced that it is incomplete and sometimes conflicting with BC provisionsDevelopment of draft provisions to bring the legal framework in line with BCInventory:

P

artial data

available

for

some

waste

streams

(

eg

medical

wastes

, pesticide

wastes

,

wastes

containg

PCBs

),

yet

mostly

outdated

Development

of a first

generation

inventory

with

a focus on

key

sectors

(

eg

.

hospital

wastes

,

used

oils

,

household

wastes

,

POPs

wastes

, ULAB)

with

site

visits

combined

with

the use of

waste

generation

factors

For TBM, use of information

collected

by Customs

WorkshopOpening ceremony by the Minister for the environment

ChallengesDifficulties in mobilizing industries to cooperate and

provide data for the development of the inventory;Lack of availability of some members of the technicals teams and steering committee;Limited financial resources for a more extensive collection of data on waste generation

AdvantagesClear political will from

the Ministry of EnvironmentAvailability of some pre existing structures to collect dataEstablishment of public-private partnerships for the management of hazardous wastes

Successes  

Methodology for developing inventories in placeDraft provisions to adjust legal framework developedDecision CC-12/11 (June 2016): the ICCNoted with appreciation that Togo has transmitted complete national reports for 2013 and 2014Concluded that the matter of concern had been resolved.

Next? June 2016 ICC-12: self submission by Togo with a view

to restoring compliance with paragraph 4 of Article 4 and Paragraph 5 of Article 9: development of adequate legal frameworkDecision CC-12/11, the ICC:Approved the elements of Togo’s compliance action planRecommended that the Executive Secretary use, subject to their availability, resources in the implementation fund of up to USD 20,000 for the purpose of covering

costs associated

with the implementation of the activities listed

therein.

Thank you

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