First meeting of PEN thematic group on maintenance of PCB-containing equipment and regional workshop on POPs wastes and PCB

The First Meeting of the PCBs Elimination Network Thematic Group on Maintenance of PCB-containing equipment was held back to back with the Regional Capacity Building Workshop on the Environmentally Sound Management of POPs wastes and PCBs for Spanish-speaking countries in Central America and the Caribbean. The workshop was organized in collaboration with the Stockholm Convention Regional Centre for Latin America and the Caribbean located in Panama. The objectives of the meetings were: to enhance the capacity of the participants on the concepts, principles and standards for the Environmentally Sound Management (ESM) of PCBs and POPs wastes and to provide input to the technical work of the Thematic Group of the PCBs Elimination Network (PEN) on Maintenance. More