1. Active participations and involvements in Basel Convention (BC) activities and other international events: (1)Consistent involvement in the Mobile Phone Partnership Initiative (MPPI) and observing the development on the establishment of the Computer Refurbishment and Recycling Working Group (CRRWG). (2)Assisting and promoting the interaction and collaboration with the Basel Convention Regional Centers, BCRCs. Evaluating opportunities of further involvements and for the first time participated in the Regional Centre meeting held in China. (3)Submitting the comments on the “Technical Guidelines for the Environmentally Sound Management of Biomedical and Health care Wastes (Y1; Y3)”and the “Technical Guidelines on Hazardous Waste from the Production and Use of Organic Solvents (Y6), (4)Accomplished the pre-arrangements of the 2006 international conference in Taipei. 2. Evaluating and analyzing the policies undertaking in compliance with the BC resolutions: (1) Completion on the Review of both the technical guidelines on the Environmentally Sound Management of Waste Lead Acid Battery and Environmentally Sound Management of Persistent Organic Pollutants as Waste with comments. (2) Completion on the planning and designing of the hypothetical regulatory establishment of regional insurance and proposed the “Draft regulation of the compulsory insurance on the responsibility of hazardous waste transportation” and the “Draft policies of the compulsory insurance on the responsibility of hazardous waste transportation”. (3) Completion in the review of the legal requirements in establish a municipal responsibility fund and evaluating the possible schemes. 3. Providing legal advisory on the regulations regarding the management on import/export of waste. (1) Organizing 4 meetings with Basel Convention Expert Committee (2) Completion in the collection, compilation and editing of information concerning the development of the import/export of municipal waste and related policies for the “Report on the Management of Waste in the Past 3 decades” 4. Collection and promotion of BC related information: (1) Assisting in participation in 4 BC international conferences. (2) Completion of collection and evaluation of news, articles, reports and paper regarding the Basel Convention. 5. Promotion of Basel Convention related information: (1) Organized a 2-day-workshop for environmental officials (2) Maintenance and updating both the Chinese and English Basel Convention information website (http://ivy2.epa.gov.tw/web/english/index.htm).

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