1. INDONESIAN-SWISS CLIExpanded Bureau of the Basel Convention, 24 June 2009 First Meeting of the First Meeting of the Indonesian-Swiss Country-led Initiative on an informal process to improve the effectiveness of the Basel Convention Outcome of the 1st Meeting of the CLI and Further Process 1 Franz Perrez Emma Rachmawaty Federal Office for the Environment Ministry of Environment Switzerland Indonesia Bali, Indonesia 15 – 17 June 2009

2. INDONESIAN-SWISS CLIExpanded Bureau of the Basel Convention, 24 June 2009 First informal meeting in Bali, 15 – 17 June 09 Objective of the first informal meeting: identify, analyze and enhance the understanding of the problem: Why there are still transboundary movement of hazardous wastes, especially to developing countries and countries with economies in transition, that do not constitute environmentally sound management as required by the Basel Convention

3. INDONESIAN-SWISS CLIExpanded Bureau of the Basel Convention, 24 June 2009 Summary of the Discussions and outcome Discussions Brainstorming on possible reasons why these movements still exist Topics that were discussed: 1. 1. Economic issues 2. 2. Legal issues 3. 3. Enforcement issues 4. 4. Awareness raising and knowledge 5. 5. Others

4. INDONESIAN-SWISS CLIExpanded Bureau of the Basel Convention, 24 June 2009 Summary of the discussion and outcome 1. 1. Economic Issues Demand-gap. Price-gap. Lack of national facilities. Shared industries.

5. INDONESIAN-SWISS CLIExpanded Bureau of the Basel Convention, 24 June 2009 Summary of the discussion and outcome 2. Legal issues Lack of legal clarity. Gaps in legislation. Lack of coherence between. ministries/agencies.

6. INDONESIAN-SWISS CLIExpanded Bureau of the Basel Convention, 24 June 2009 Summary of the discussion and outcome 3. Enforcement issues Lack of capacity of border control. Custom tariff codes differ from BC waste lists and codes. Lack of capacity other than for border control. Exporters, who take part in illegal trade activities become increasingly sophisticated. Difficulties of formalizing informal sectors.

7. INDONESIAN-SWISS CLIExpanded Bureau of the Basel Convention, 24 June 2009 Summary of the discussion and outcome 4. Awareness raising and knowledge Lack of awareness or knowledge on: the requirement of the BC what is a hazardous waste or not and which facilities can ensure ESM. Lack of certainty that waste will treated in ESM as ensured by the importer. Lack of knowledge on the documentation required to accompany hazardous wastes.

8. INDONESIAN-SWISS CLIExpanded Bureau of the Basel Convention, 24 June 2009 Summary of the discussion and outcome 5. Others Increase in production of hazardous waste due to changing consumption patterns. Illicit movements such as charity, donation, humanitarian aid turning in to wastes. Lack of sustainable financing. Administrative difficulties in applying the BC. Influence of waste generators and exporters.

9. INDONESIAN-SWISS CLIExpanded Bureau of the Basel Convention, 24 June 2009 First informal meeting in Bali (2) Outcome of the meeting First step in the development of a common understanding of the problem: identification of possible reasons and first analysis of them Next steps: further analysis of the reasons

10. INDONESIAN-SWISS CLIExpanded Bureau of the Basel Convention, 24 June 2009 10 Process up to the second meeting of the CLI: June/July 2009 Publication of the report and relevant documents of the first meeting on the BC website (end of June) Invitation to all Parties to the Basel Convention, NGOs, IGOs and Non-Parties to submit comments, inputs and answer the questions Publication of the list of possible reasons for transboundary movements of hazardous wastes where ESM cannot be ensured for comments and inputs (mid July) Further process of the CLI

11. INDONESIAN-SWISS CLIExpanded Bureau of the Basel Convention, 24 June 2009 Further process of the CLI (2) September 2009 Briefing of the Missions in Geneva (probably end of September) Draft analysis published on the BC Website Invitation for comments and inputs January 2010 Second informal meeting of the Indonesian- Swiss CLI in Switzerland, 12 – 15 January 2010 >> Objective of the second meeting: continuing and deepening of the analysis of the problem and beginning to develop options and solutions