The Workshop on Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment (PACE) Guidelines in Asia and the Pacific will be held 2 - 3 December 2011 in Shenzhen, China.
 

The “Regional Training Workshop on Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment (PACE) Guidelines in Asia and the Pacific, Shenzhen, China” will be organized by Basel Convention Coordinating Centre for Asia and the Pacific (BCRC China) on 2-3^rd December, 2011 in Shenzhen, China.

This workshop is supported by the Secretariat of the Basel Convention and will be held back-to-back with Workshop 2011 of the Asian Network for Prevention of Illegal Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes. It aims to ensure that the viable information and guidance within the guidelines under PACE is optimally transferred to the countries and stakeholders, to provide a face-to-face opportunity for countries to study the technical guidelines under PACE, and to promote the environmentally sound management of used and end-of-life computing equipment in the participating countries.

During the workshop, following guidelines will be presented by the experts or members of working group of PACE:

1. Guideline on environmentally sound testing, refurbishment & repair of used computing equipment.
2. Guideline on environmentally sound material recovery / recycling of end-of-life computing equipment.
3. Guidance on transboundary movement (TBM) of used and end-of-Life computing equipment.
4. Environmentally sound management (ESM) criteria recommendations.

BCRC China welcome the participants from governments, industries, academies and other stakeholders to attend this training workshop.

Contact information:

Ms. Zheng Lixia , Ms. Lian Huihui

E-mail: bccc@tsinghua.edu.cn; mea.convention@tsinghua.edu.cn

Tel: +86-10-62799061 /62794351