Existing regional and subregional centres

Stockholm Convention regional and subregional centres

33. In addition to the regional programme initiatives outlined above, the RBEC Regional Support Centre also includes the one subregional resource facility (SURF) allocated to the region in the 1998 1999 budget.

The regional centre would play only a coordinating role within a region.

Model 2 Regional and subregional centres linked to existing centres

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Regional workshop (in French language) on the role of the regional Centre for Space Science and Technology in French Language in national and regional development

Regional centre profile

Central region (Huambo)

Regional Workshop (in English language) on the role of the Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in English Language in National and Regional Development

7. Also welcomes the placement by the Office of the High Commissioner of regional representatives in subregions and in regional commissions, in particular the deployment to Bishkek of a regional representative for Central Asia

and subregional Centres

Central African region.

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Regional centres can provide this training at the regional, subregional and national levels, targeted toward priorities identified with the region.

Model 3 Open selection of regional and subregional centres

This initiative will contribute to increased collaboration among SMEs at the subregional, regional and interregional levels.

The GIWA regional teams determined that transboundary pollution was a top priority concern in 20 of the 66 subregions.

The cost of operating a regional or subregional centre is not fixed.

Several regional and subregional technical assistance projects are also in progress.

(b) A regional early warning system, such as a Regional Tsunami Early Warning Centre, in the Indian Ocean and the South East Asia region.

Regional organizations have emerged from particular regional developments, as reflected in the preambles of regional charters or instruments.

This is the central area.

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21 29 Establishment of a regional seas programme for the Central East Pacific region

. UNDCP has made efforts to establish interregional linkages between ongoing subregional and regional cooperation programmes.

Reporting at the subregional and regional levels on progress made in implementing the Convention is expected to focus on measures and significant developments in the subregional and regional action programmes (SRAPs RAPs).

By extension, wider South South cooperation and partnership arrangements with other stakeholders and international institutions should be promoted and fostered by the small island developing States network of regional organizations.

Regional and subregional centres are to be located in various countries to deliver technical assistance to Parties in the regions where they are established.

(iii) Assistance in establishing and promoting telecommunication links at the subregional, regional and interregional levels, especially among developing countries

Thus the Regional Support Centre in Bratislava will become a service centre for the region

In the third sentence, after Department of Economic and Social Affairs , insert , the regional commissions and the South Centre and delete and the regional commissions .

Model 1 Regional centre located in a UNEP regional office

Appendix Global distribution of relevant regional and subregional centres and offices

Five Major Areas of Operation Coordination between regional and national centers.

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8. African Regional Centre for Technology (ARCT)

22 23 May Murcia Regional Conference for the Northern Mediterranean

The coordinating centres of the Basel Convention, in addition to the previous mentioned core functions of the regional centres, are also expected to ensure regional coordination and information exchange and to conduct activities on a regional (as distinct from subregional) basis.

(iii) Assistance in establishing and promoting telecommunication links at the subregional, regional and interregional levels, especially among developing countries

(h) The Region and subregion to be surveyed in Phase 2 selected and prioritized

Bearing in mind the financial situation of the Regional Centre as described by the Secretary General in his report on the activities of the Regional Centre,See A 51 403.