LIST OF BODIES AND AGENCIES REPRESENTED AS OBSERVERS AT PREVIOUS MEETINGS OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE PARTIES

TO THE BASEL CONVENTION

(IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 7 OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE)1

I. INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Indonesia

International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) France

League of Arab States Switzerland

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) France

South Asia Cooperative Environmental Programme (SACEP) Sri Lanka

South Centre Switzerland

World Customs Organization (WCO) Belgium

1 As at 18 September 2018, list of bodies and agencies represented as observers in accordance with rule 7 of the rules of procedure the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention. This list does not include those entities represented as observers in accordance with rule 6 of the rules of procedure i.e. the United Nations and its specialized agencies, the International Atomic Energy Agency and any State and any political and/or economic integration organization not party to the Convention. The list includes those bodies or agencies represented as observers at meetings of subsidiary bodies on a provisional basis and yet to be considered for admission at a meeting of the Conference of the Parties.

II. GOVERNMENTAL ORANIZATIONS

Bury Council United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH Germany

III. NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

Action Group for the Promotion and Protection of Flora and Fauna (GAPROFFA) Benin African Conservancy Kenya African Foundation Democratic Republic of Congo AGENDA for Environment and Responsible Development United Republic of Tanzania Agrochemicals Association of Kenya Kenya All Russian Institute for Nature Protection Russian Federation Alliance Femme et Environnement Tunisia Angaza Youth Works Kenya Anti-Human Trafficking Advocacy Kenya Kenya Armenian Women for Health and Healthy Environment (AWHHE) Armenia Arnika Association Czech Republic

Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) United States of America Associação de Proteção ao Medio Ambiente (APROMAC) Brazil Association Congolaise pour le Développement Agricole (ACDA) Republic of Congo Association des Consommateurs de Biens et Services (ACOBES) Guinea Bissau Association des Dentistes sans mercure (ADESAM) Cameroon Association des Femmes Africaines Intégres pour la recherche et le développement (AFAIRD) Cameroon Association européenne des recycleurs de plastiques / Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE) Belgium Association of Plastics Manufacturers in Europe (APME) Belgium Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) Denmark

Ban Asbestos International (BAI) France Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) Bangladesh Basel Action Network (BAN) United States of America Bondo Youth Group (BYG) Kenya Bromine Science and Environmental Forum (BSEF) Belgium Carbone Guinée Guinea Center for Cooperation for Sustainable Development (CSD Centre) Kazakhstan Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) Switzerland / United States of America Center for Public Health and Environmental Development (CEPHED) Nepal Centre africain pour la santé environnementale (CASE) Côte d’Ivoire Centre de Recherches et d'Education pour le Développement (CREPD) Cameroon Centre for Human Development Kenya Centre for Multiparty Democracy Kenya Centre Optionnel Pour la Promotion et la Régénération Economique et Sociale Secteur Afrique (COPRESSA) Cameroon

Children Homes of Africa Network (CHAN) Kenya China National Resources Recycling Association (CRRA) People’s Republic of China Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES) China Climate and Development Initiatives (CDI) Uganda Climate Network Africa (CAN) Kenya Cohort for Research on Environment, Urban Management and Human Settlements (CREUMHS) Kenya Communications and Information Network Association of Japan (CIAJ) Japan Communications Training Research and Development (CTRD) Kenya Community Training Research and Development (CTRD) Kenya Computers for Schools Kenya (CFSK) Kenya Day Hospital Institute for Development and Rehabilitation (DHIDR) Egypt Development Alternatives India Development Indian Ocean Network (DION) (Mauritius) Disabled People's International (DPI) Kenya

Ecobali Indonesia EcoClub Kenya Ecological Restorations Club Ghana Ecoproject Partnership Belarus Embakasi Youth Group (EYG) Kenya Environmental Investigation Agency Trust Ltd (EIA) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Environment and Social Development Organization (ESDO) Bangladesh Environment Youth Group (EYG) Kenya Environmental Quality Protection Foundation (EQPF) People’s Republic of China Escarpment Environment Conservation Network (EECN) Kenya European Association of Automotive Suppliers / Comité de Liaison européen des fabricants d’équipements et de pièces d’automobiles (CLEPA) Belgium European Association of Mineral Ores, Industrial Minerals and Mining Industries (EUROMINES) Belgium European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association / Association des constructeurs européens d’automobiles (ACEA)

Belgium European Electronics Recyclers Association (EERA) Netherlands European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services (FEAD) Belgium European Recycling Industries Confederation (EuRIC) Belgium European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers' Association (ETRMA) Belgium European Union Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law (IMPEL) Belgium Executive Committee of Foreign Investment Companies (ECFIC) People’s Republic of China Forum for Nature Protection Nepal Friends of the Earth – Indonesia Indonesia Friends of the Earth – South Africa South Africa Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) Philippines Global EcoLomics Switzerland Green Anhui Environmental Development Centre China Green Cross Switzerland Switzerland

Green World (GW) Kenya Greenbelt Movement Kenya

Greenpeace International Netherlands GRID-Arendal Norway Groundwork – Friends of the Earth South Africa (G-F ESA) South Africa GRID Arendal Norway Gusi Youth Initiative Kenya Hazardous Waste Europe (HWE) France

Health and Environment Justice Support (HEJSupport) Germany Ikolondo Womens’ Group (IWG) Kenya Indigenous Information Network (IIN) Switzerland / Kenya Industrial Environmental Research and Advisory (IERA) Kenya IndustriALL Global Union Switzerland Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development, as host of the International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (IGSD/INECE) United States of America Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD) Ethiopia

Institute of Environment and Resources (IER) People’s Republic of China International Centre for Environment, Social and Policy Studies (ICESPS) Kenya International Centre for Research in Sustainable Development (ICRSD) Kenya International Chamber of Shipping United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA) Belgium / United States of America International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) Germany International HCH & Pesticides Association (IHPA) Denmark International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) United States of America International Lead Management Centre (ILMC) Belgium International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN) Czech Republic / Sweden / United States of America International Ship Recycling Association (ISRA) Netherlands

International Society of Doctors for the Environment (ISDE) Argentina International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) Austria Internews United States of America Isiolo Community Waste Management (ICWM) Kenya Island Sustainability Alliance C.I. Inc (ISACI) Cook Islands Isukha Heritage Organization (IHO) Kenya Japan Business Machine and Information Systems Industries Association (JBMIA) Japan Japan Electrical Manufacturers’ Association (JEMA) Japan Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) Japan Jeunes Volontaires pour l’Environnement (JVE) Côte d’Ivoire Jeunes Volontaires pour l’Environnement (JVE) Togo Joski Waste Handlers (JWH) Kenya Kakamega Waste Movers (KWM) Kenya Kamaju Kenya

Kangundo Youth Group Kenya Karen Youth Group Kenya Kariobangi Youth Association (KYA) Kenya Kayole Youth Group (KYG) Kenya Kenya Initiatives for Development (KID) Kenya Kenya National Alliance of Street Vendors and Informal Traders (KENSAVIT) Kenya Kevoy Community Development Institute (KCDI) Jamaica Kimutkia Waste Recyclers (KWR) Kenya Kimutwa Environment Network (KEN) Kenya Kitengela Waste Recyclers (KWR) Kenya Korea Environment and Resources Corporation (KERC) Republic of Korea League of Independent Activists (INDYACT) Lebanon Maendeleo Poverty Eradication Society (MAPESO) Kenya Makindu Youth Organisation (MYO) Kenya Makindu Youth Pressure Group (MYPG) Kenya

Malava Development Organization (MDO) Kenya Matiliku Youth Group (MYG) Kenya Matunda Environmental Youth Initiative (MEYI) Kenya Mbitini Waste Handlers (MWH) Kenya Mbitini Youth Group (MYG) Kenya Meca Group Kenya Mikima Farmers (MF) Kenya Mikindani Mazingira Vijana Group (MMVG) Kenya Miliru-Bushi Organisation Kenya (MIBOK) Kenya Millennium Youth Development and Cultural Organization (MYDCO) Kenya Mkoko-Teni Aid Development Organization (Mado) Kenya Mwangaza Self Help Group (MSHG) Kenya Narasha Cultural Group (NCG) Kenya National Association of Professional Environmentalists (Ltd.) (NAPE) Uganda National Council of Women (NCW) Kenya

National Wildlife Federation (NWF) United States of America NAVTI Foundation Cameroon Cameroon Network of Youth in Combating Desertification (NYCD) Kenya NGO “Independent Ecological Expertise” Kyrgyzstan NGO Shipbreaking Platform Belgium Nguu Waste Managers Makueni (NWMM) Kenya Nigeria Environmental Study Action Team (NEST) Nigeria Nigerian Environmental Society (NES) Nigeria Nyahururu Environmental Initiatives (NENI) Kenya Nyandarua Youth Group (NYG) Kenya Ordine dei Chimici della Provincia di Treviso Italy Ostree Farming Kenya Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Costa Rica Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Africa Senegal Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Europe Germany

Pesticide Action Network (PAN) North America United States of America Pesticide Action Network Asia and the Pacific (PAN AP) Malaysia Pesticide Action Network (PAN UK) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Pesticide Action Nexus Association, Ethiopia (PAN-Ethiopia) Ethiopia Practical Action (PA) Kenya Professional Institute for Scientific Research (PISF) Kenya

Propreté Environnement et Santé (PES) Burundi Public Eye Switzerland Red de Acción en Agricultura Alternativa (RAAA) Peru Red de Acción en Plaguicidas y sus Alternativas de América Latina (RAPAL) Chile Red de Acción en Plaguicidas y sus Alternativas en México (RAPAM) Mexico Riruta Environmental Group (REG) Kenya Rural Villages Development Centre (REG) Kenya Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial (SENAI) - SENAI-FIRJAN

Environmental Technology Centre Brazil Sochoi Cheboror Ngeny Forest and Water Associations (SOCHENGFOWA) Kenya Society for Human Rights, Environment Law and Good Governance Activities (SHELGA) Nepal Society for Protection of Environment in Kenya (SPEK) Kenya Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) India South Community Group Kenya Sustainable Health Environment Development Initiative (SHEDI) Kenya Sustainable Environment Development Initiative (SEDI-Nigeria) Nigeria Sustainable Research and Action for Environmental Development (SRADev-Nigeria) Nigeria Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich / Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Switzerland Taiwan Green Productivity Foundation (TGPF) People’s Republic of China Taveta Waste Processor (TWP) Kenya Tanzania Plantation and Agricultural Workers Union (TPAWU) United Republic of Tanzania

Thanal India Third World Network, Indonesia Program Indonesia Toxic Action Network Central Asia Kyrgystan Toxics Link India Transmara Development Network Kenya Ukrainian National Environmental NGO “Mama 86” Ukraine Unión Industrial Argentina Argentina Vías Verdes A.C. Mexico Vihiga Environmental and Waste Research Network (VEWERN) Kenya Wakiso District Action For Development Uganda Wangige Youth Group (WYG) Kenya Welfare Togo Togo WirtschaftsVereinigung Metalle (VW Metalle) Germany

Women Engage for a Common Future International (WECF International) Germany /Netherlands World Chlorine Council (WCC) Belgium

World Plastics Council Belgium World Resources Forum (WRF) Switzerland WWF International Switzerland Wote Youth Group Kenya Young Power in Social Action (YPSA) Bangladesh Youth Environment Network (YEN) Kenya Youth Environmental and Cultural Organization (YECO) Kenya Youth for Change Kenya Youth Group Kenya Youth Group Initiative Kenya Zoï Environment Network Switzerland

IV. BUSINESS / INDUSTRY 4Square Return GmbH Germany Acumuladores Iberia S.A. Guatemala Antipollution SA Greece Ambiendura Portugal Asociación Colombiana de Productores de Concreto (Asocreto) Colombia Asociación Nacional de Empresarios de Colombia (ANDI) Colombia Automotive Parts Remanufacture Association (APRA) United States of America Azor Ambiental S.A. Spain Battery and Recycling Foundation International (BFI) India Belmont Trading Colombia S.A.S Colombia Beveridge and Diamond, P.C. (CTIA) United States of America Bromine Science and Environmental Forum (BSEF) Belgium Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) Belgium Circular Economy Research GmbH (CER) Germany Cisco (Pollet Environmental Consulting) Belgium

Compass Group Services Colombia S.A. Colombia Comunidad Iberoamericana de Sistemas de Conocimiento (CISC) Mexico Consejo Colombiano de Seguridad Colombia Dell Inc. Ireland Digital Europe Belgium Dow Holdings Company Limited Japan Dowa Eco-Systems Company Limited Japan East Africa Compliant Recycling Ltd. Kenya Eco Com 05 Bulgaria Ecopetrol S.A. Colombia Environmental Technology International Ltd. (ETI) Switzerland Eurasia - Global Plastic Recycling Ltd. Kenya European Manufacturers of Expanded Polystrene (EUMEPS) Belgium EX Corporation Japan Finova Management and Consulting Services Sarl. Switzerland

Fuera Internacional S.A. Colombia Genan Business and Development Denmark Global Diagnostic Imaging, Healthcare IT & Radiation Therapy Trade Association (COCIR/DITTA) United States of America GSM Association United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland HBCD Industry Group (HBCD) Israel Hewlett Packard France Holcim Group Support Ltd Switzerland Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) United States of America Initiative Développement Stratégies (IDS Lyon) France Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) United States of America International Precious Metals Institute (IPMI) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Jantesa IPC Colombia S.A. Colombia JET Environmental Services Inc. United States of America Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) Kenya Lacote Kenya Limited (LKL) Kenya

Lafarge France Man-West Environmental Group Ltd. Canada Medi Clave Pty Ltd South Africa National Institute for Environmental Studies: Research Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management International Material Cycles Section (NIES) Japan Nokia Latam Mexico Nokia Finland Finland Nomura Kohsan Co. Ltd. Japan Norddeutsche Affinerie AF Germany Oeko-Recherche GmBH Germany Organización de Control Ambiental y Desarrollo Empresarial Ltda (OCADE Ltda.) Colombia PC Rebuilders and Recyclers LLC. (PCRR) United States of America Plasticseurope (APME) Belgium Polyeco SA Greece Resource Recycling Limited Inc. United States of America R.H. Devani Limited Kenya Riruta Environmental Group (REG) Kenya

Road Construction and Maintenance Uganda Robert Bosch GmbH Germany Samaritan Environmental Program Kenya Sea Marconi de Vander Tumiatti S.A.S. Italy SECCO Finland Limited Finland Shenzhen GEM High Tech Co. Ltd. People’s Republic of China Shenzhen Zero Waste People’s Republic of China Shields Environmental (SE) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Sims Recycling Solutions Inc. United States of America SIMS Group Recycling Solutions Canada Ltd. Canada Sofies SA Switzerland

Stahlinstitut Vdeh on Behalf of Eurofer Germany Suez PCB Decontamination Belgium Swiss Perimpex GmbH Switzerland TES-AMM China Holding Ltd. China TES-AMM Singapore Pte Ltd. Singapore Tosoh Corporation Japan TOWA Technology Corporation Japan Trédi SGI – Séché Environnement France Veolia SARP Industries United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Verband der Automobilindustrie Germany WirtschaftsVereinigung Metalle (WV Metalle) Germany

V. ACADEMIA Auckland University of Technology New Zealand Boston University United States of America Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES) People’s Republic of China Kobe University Research Institute on MEAs (KURIM) Japan National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology China Suneka Green Town Environmental Institute (SGTEI) Kenya University of Cartagena Colombia University of Lagos Nigeria University of Leuven Belgium University of Massachusetts Boston – Centre for Governance and Sustainability United States of America Yuan Ze University People’s Republic of China Zhejiang University People’s Republic of China