Asian Regional Awareness Raising and Training Webinars on the Rotterdam Convention

Tentative Agenda
Wednesday, 17 March 2021 09.00 – 10.30 (Rome time)
Session 1 Introduction of Rotterdam Convention and status of Chairperson: Gerold Wyrwal,
implementation in the region Rotterdam Convention Secretariat
1. Introduction to the online regional training programme Yun Zhou
(10 minutes) Rotterdam Convention Secretariat
2. Introduction to the Rotterdam Convention (20 minutes) Halimi Mahmud
Regional expert
3. Global and regional status of implementation of Yun Zhou
Rotterdam Convention (20 minutes) Rotterdam Convention Secretariat
4. Regional development on pest and pesticide Yubak Dhoj
management (20 minutes) FAO Regional Office for Asia and
Pacific
Q & A (20 minutes) All participants
Thursday, 25 March 2021 09.00 – 10.30 (Rome time)
Session 2 The Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure (Article 10 & Chairperson:
11) Yun Zhou
Rotterdam Convention Secretariat
1. Obligations and procedure related to the import Halimi Mahmud
response and PIC procedure (30 minutes) Regional expert
2. National experience in meeting obligations related to the Thailand
import response and PIC procedure (20 minutes)
Q & A (40 minutes) All participants
Thursday, 1 April 2021 09.00 – 10.30 (Rome time)
Session 3 Notification of Final Regulatory Action on Banned and Chairperson:
Severely Restricted Chemicals (Article 5) Yun Zhou
Rotterdam Convention Secretariat
1. Obligations and procedure related to banned and Halimi Mahmud
severely restricted chemicals (30 minutes) Regional expert
2. National experience in the submission of notification of Malaysia
FRA (20 minutes)
Q & A (40 minutes) All participants
Thursday, 8 April 2021 09.00 – 10.30 (Rome time)
Session 4 Proposal for Severely Hazardous Pesticide Formulation Chairperson:
(SHPF) (Article 6) Yun Zhou
Rotterdam Convention Secretariat
 1. Procedures for severely hazardous pesticide Halimi Mahmud
formulations (SHPF) (20 minutes) Regional expert
2. National experience in monitoring survey of HHPs and Laos, Sri Lanka
SHPFs (20 + 20 minutes)
Q & A (30 minutes) All participants
Thursday, 15 April 2021 09.00 – 10.30 (Rome time)
Session 5 Export notification and information to accompany Chairperson:
exported chemicals (Article 12 & 13) Yun Zhou
1. Obligations and procedure related to export notification Halimi Mahmud
and information to accompany exported chemicals (20 Regional expert
minutes)
2. EU’s experience on export notification (30 minutes) European Union
Q & A (40 minutes) All participants