On 21-23 February 2023, the Basel Convention Secretariat will host the Thirteenth Meeting of the Open-Ended Working Group of the Basel Convention (OEWG-13).
The working group will turn its attention to items in its work programme deemed to be of high or medium priority. Such items will include recommendations to improve the strategic framework, development of draft recommendations to improve the functioning of PIC procedures, and consideration and further development of technical guidelines, including those on POPs, plastic waste and waste lead-acid batteries.
The meeting will also address the need to update existing guidance, technical guidelines and factsheets in order to reflect adjustments consequential to the adoption of the e-waste amendments and progress the work on further legal clarity.