1. Activities and lessons learned under the project
BCRCS- Senegal
 WHERE DOES AFRICA STAND ON THE GLOBAL E-WASTE ISSUE?
Side event at Basel/COP Regional Centers Fair
May 1st 2013, Geneva, ExCOPs 2013 
Organized by BCCC-Africa/BCRCs in Egypt, Senegal and South Africa in partnership with the “e-waste African Alliance”
Activities and lessons learned under the project
BCRC/SCRC-Senegal

2. Activities
As listed in the project document the mainly role of BCRC Senegal is to participate on activities and to revise reports produced by EMPA and national consultants
In the same way BCRC Senegal participated to others activities in relationship with the project

3. Workshops
Workshop “Clamping down on illegal waste shipments to Africa”, November 2009, Accra, Ghana
Kick-off Workshop Comp 1&2, 19-22, October 09, Lagos, Nigeria
Kick-off Workshop Comp 1&2, 26-28, October 09, Cotonou, Benin
Kick-off Workshop Comp 1&2, 29-30, October 09, Ivory Cost

4. Con’t
Working Seminar « Toward a sustainable e-waste management in Africa”, December 14 – 15th 2011, Head Office of the French Development Agency (AFD), Paris
All of these activities have been acheived and reports available

5. Studies Study flow/diagnostic, Benin, April 10
Study flow/diagnostic, Ivory Cost, April 10
National strategy, Ivory Cost, November 10

6. Training
WEEE-inspection and enforcement training, The Netherlands and Belgium, September 13 – 24, 2010
National workshop, Benin, 5th-7th September 11

7. Translation
Training materials and Manual of e-waste translated into French for the national workshop of Benin
Translation “Where are WEEE in Africa” into French for publication

8. Lessons learned
It was a rich experience to collaborate (exchanges, discussions, sharing information, etc.) with several and different stakaholders in national, regional and international levels
Visits of sites (ports, markets, plants, institutions, etc.) were very benefit

9. Con’t
In some case we faced to certain problems relating to low administrative procedures and coordination and some activities postponed one, two times.

10. Next steps Publications and CD Roms including the training material
Relevant documents translated into French will be posted on BCRC- Senegal Website:
Setting up of network ; Needs assessment ; Training programs ; Joint collaboration/ IMPEL/BCRCs-Countries-SBC

11. Recomandations
To elaborate a training programme and to find the way to organize training workshops
to capitalize other experiences and studies had in other countries particularly in Africa