1. Dr Ahmad A Khan Director BCRC-Caribbean May 3rd, 2013.
Supporting the Implementation of the Basel Convention: Update on Waste and WEEE Initiatives.
Dr Ahmad A Khan
Director
BCRC-Caribbean
May 3rd, 2013.

2. INTRODUCTION TO THE BCRC-CARIBBEAN
Autonomous Corporate Body Established under the Laws of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
Serves the needs of the following countries in the sub-region:
Antigua and Barbuda; Commonwealth of the Bahamas;
Barbados; Belize, Cuba; Dominican Republic, Dominica
Republic of Guyana; Jamaica, Federation of St Kitts Nevis; St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines;
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago; Suriname.

3. WEEE MANAGEMENT IN THE CARIBBEAN SUB-REGION
"The Basel Convention Regional Centre for Training and Technology Transfer for the Caribbean (BCRC-Caribbean) is actively engaged with various public sector, private sector and civil society groups in the Caribbean region to develop a strategy for the environmentally sound management of used and end-of-life electronic and electrical equipment (E-Waste).

4. WEEE MANAGEMENT FOR THE CARIBBEAN SUB-REGION
This strategy incorporates five key elements:
1) public awareness for source segregation of e-waste;
2) the fostering of a take-back system for used mobile phones and computers in conjunction with original equipment manufacturers (eg. Samsung, Blackberry, Nokia, Dell, HP, etc);
3) the stimulation of, and provision of technical support for, entrepreneurship in e-waste recovery and component disassembly;
4) the stimulation of, and provision of technical support for, used computing and mobile phone refurbishment; and
5) The creation of a competitive commercial environment for the recycling of disassembled components of e-waste.

5. WEEE MANAGEMENT FOR THE CARIBBEAN SUB-REGION
The initiative to develop this strategy was derived from a Needs Assessment of priority issues which the BCRC-Caribbean conducted among the countries in the region in 2011.
Since that time the BCRC-Caribbean has
Participated in a number of technical workshops to build its own capacity to develop and oversee the implementation of this strategy,
Is in the process of developing a pilot project for funding by any interested party and
Is hosting a regional training workshop in July 2013 on the implementation of the PACE Guidelines by Caribbean waste management entities and private sector investors."