Events Calendar:

CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2009:

AUGUST
9th - 11th- REVIEWING AND UPDATING NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION PLANS UNDER THE STOCKHOLM CONVENTION: Mexico City, Mexico. This workshop, organized by the Stockholm Convention Secretariat, will focus on training on the use of relevant guidance to implement the Convention, as well as on accessing and using the electronic system for reporting under the Stockholm Convention. For more information contact: tel: +41 22 917 87 29; fax: +41 22 917 80 98; e-mail; Internet.

20th - 21st - MEETING OF THE AFRICA CORE GROUP ON SAICM, Nairobi, Kenya. For more information, see: http://www.saicm.org/index.php?content=meeting&mid=78&menu_id=16&def=1

23rd- 28th - DIOXIN 2009: Beijing, China. Dioxin 2009 will offer an international interdisciplinary forum for the communication of the latest scientific advances in the study, analysis, and solution of environmental problems concerned with dioxins and other persistent organic pollutants. For more information contact: tel: +86-1062-174061; fax: +86-1062-180142; e-mail: info@dioxin2009.org; Internet: http://www.dioxin2009.org/

SEPTEMBER
6th- MEETING OF THE CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPEAN REGIONAL COORDINATION GROUP ON SAICM, Brno, Czech Republic. For more information, see: http://www.saicm.org/index.php?content=meeting&mid=79&menu_id=16&def=1

6th - 10th - 10TH HCH AND PESTICIDES FORUM: Brno, Czech Republic. This meeting will convene under the theme "Obsolete stockpiles of pesticides in the Central European and EECCA Countries and other regions, five years after the Stockholm Convention has come into force." The aim of 10th International HCH and Pesticide Forum is to present and discuss the problems connected with a huge amount of obsolete pesticides in the regions of Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and many others, their inventory, present amounts and elimination. For more information contact: tel: +420-549-491-475; fax: +420-549-492-840; e-mail: holoubek@recetox.muni.cz; Internet: http://www.hchforum.com/

15th - 16th - REACH ASIA 2009: Shanghai, China. REACH Asia 2009 will explore themes related to Asia's role as an engine of growth in the global economy, and the costs and opportunities associated with the EU's REACH Regulation. For more information contact: tel: +44-1939-25-0383; fax: +44-1939-25-2416; e-mail: conferences@rapra.net; Internet: http://www.ismithers.net/conference-details.php?id=XREAS09

24th - 25th - BIO-DETECTORS 2009 - "How to move effect based analysis or Toxicity pathway-based risk assessment in Science and Policy?" In this workshop, current topics regarding POPs, dioxin and dl-PCB and EDCs in REACH or ToxCast like projects will be discussed. Science Park Amsterdam, Netherlands. For more information: Dr. Peter A. Behnisch, Director, BioDetection Systems BV (BDS), Tel.: +31 (0)20 4350 759 Peter.Behnisch@bds.nl

28th - 30th - 2nd WORKSHOP FOR STOCKHOLM CONVENTION REGIONAL AND SUBREGIONAL CENTRES: Geneva, Switzerland. This workshop will focus on the work of the Stockholm Convention regional and subregional centres. For more information contact: tel: +41 22 917 87 29; fax: +41 22 917 80 98; e-mail; Internet.

OCTOBER
1st- REGIONAL AWARENESS RAISING WORKSHOP ON ENHANCING COOPERATION AND COORDINATION FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BASEL, ROTTERDAM AND STOCKHOLM CONVENTIONS: Pretoria, South Africa. This workshop is organized by the Stockholm Convention Secretariat and is tentatively scheduled to take place on 1 October 2009. The workshop aims to offer a holistic approach to enhancing cooperation and coordination when implementing the three Conventions at the national and regional levels. For more information contact: tel: +41 22 917 87 29; fax: +41 22 917 80 98; e-mail; Internet.

12th - 16th- 5th MEETING OF THE PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT REVIEW COMMITTEE (POPRC-5): Geneva, Switzerland. For more information contact: tel: +41 22 917 8729; fax: +41 22 917 8098; e-mail: ssc@pops.int; Internet.

19th- 23rd- OPEN-ENDED WORKING GROUP ON MERCURY: Bangkok, Thailand. The meeting will prepare for the first intergovernmental negotiating committee (INC) on mercury, scheduled to convene in 2010. In particular, the meeting will discuss the negotiating priorities, timetable and organization of work for the INC. For more information contact: tel: +41-22-917-8183; fax: +41-22-797-3460; e-mail: mercury@chemicals.unep.ch; Internet: http://www.chem.unep.ch/mercury/

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  Version: April 2009