2011
Previous News and Events
Tokyo, Japan, 16-18 November
Conference and Exhibition on Green Technologies
Beijing, China, 11 November 2011
China Celebrations of 10 years work on POPs. 
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Nantong, China, 26-28 October 2011
RENPAP Workshop on bio-botanical pesticides formulations
Pretoria, South Africa, 27-28 September 2011
Establishment of BAT/BEP Forum for COMESA and SADC Regions
Bangkok, Thailand, 6-7 September 2011
Global Workshop on management of POPs in ship-breaking and recycling
Bangkok, Thailand, 2-3 September 2011
Expert Group Meeting for producing the guidance document for NIP Update
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 1-3 June 2011
Board Meeting of the Regional BAT and BEP Forum for East and South East Asia (ESEA)
Kitakyushu, Japan, 23-27 May 2011
Seminar for Eco-town Managers
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Geneva, Switzerland, 25-29 April 2011
The Fifth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.
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Islamabad, Pakistan, April 2011
Workshop on ecotoxicological implications of pesticide residues in the ecosystem
New Delhi, India, March 2011
Workshop on the production and application of bio-botanical pesticides, especially Neem.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 13-14 March 2011
Launching of UNIDO Contaminated Site Investigation and Management Toolkit
Kathmandu, Nepal, 6 March 2011
Inception Workshops for UNIDO/ GEF Project "Environmentally Sound Management and Disposal of PCBs"
Tentative Program
Skopje, Macedonia, 16 February 2011
Technical Vendor Consultation Meeting for the UNIDO/GEF project “PHASING-OUT AND ELIMINATION OF PCBS AND PCB-CONTAINING EQUIPMENT”. This technical vendor consultation meeting will be organized by UNIDO in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning of FYR of Macedonia for interested potential technology providers to present their products and services to the wide range of stakeholders and share information concerning recent development of the alternative disposal / destruction technologies for management and disposal of PCBs.
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Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 22-24 January 2011
UNIDO Mission to the Regional Organization for the Conservation of the Environment of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden(PERSGA)
Chief of POPS Unit and Deputy Director of Environmental Management Branch of the United Nations Organization for Industrial Development UNIDO, Dr. Mohammad Eisa has been in a mission to PERSGA during the period January 22nd – 24th 2011. Dr. Eisa has held discussions with E H the Secretary General Professor Ziad Abu Ghararah (see photo) concerning ongoing PERSGA UNIDI joint activities and future projects. Following directions of H E the Secretary General, Director of Projects Management Dr. Mohammad Badran has discussed with Dr. Eisa broadening the current collaboration to include new projects on Contamination in Ports and Excellence in the application of Best Available Technology BAT and Best Environmental Practices BEP in cutting unintentional emissions of Persistent Organic Pollutants.
The visit of Dr. Eisa to PERSGA comes in the framework of follow up of the ongoing project on Strategies for Cutting Unintentional Production of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Coastal Zone of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. The Project’s Regional Coordinator, Dr. Mohammad Badran has briefed Dr. Eisa on the progress of the project pointing out the recent signing of Partnership Agreements with two major Industries in the region that have expressed interest in benefiting from the project for introduction of BAT / BEP in their activities.
These are the Sues Petroleum Processing Corporation in Egypt and the Jordanian Mines Corporation in Jordan. Partnership agreements with industry will expand in the coming days to include six more industries and NGOs in Egypt, Jordan, Sudan and Yemen. Expressing his satisfaction of the project’s progress Dr. Eisa has agreed to amend the current MoU signed between PERSGA and UNIDO to include further allocations for laboratory analysis, supporting research students in LDCs (Sudan and Yemen) and developing new projects.