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DRAFT AGENDA
Green Customs Workshop 2010 for Vietnam
Day 1
08.30 – 09.00
09: 00 – 09: 40
09: 40 – 10: 00
10: 00 – 10: 10
10: 10 – 10: 30
10: 30 – 10: 50
10: 50 – 11:40
11: 40 – 12: 20
Registration of participants
Official Opening of the Workshop
 Welcome address and Opening remarks
 Keynote address
Introduction of participants
Group photo
Tea / Coffee break
Multilateral Environment Agreements
Introduction to Enforcement of and Compliance with MEAs – The Role of Customs
UNEP Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP)
 Environmental Investigation Agency video: Out Planet, Our Problem.
 What Are Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs)? Why should Customs
care?
 Overview of available tools: the Green Customs Guide; the UNEP Manual on
Compliance with and Enforcement of MEAs
 Objectives of this workshop
 Q&A
Introduction to Legislation under the Montreal Protocol
Vietnam National Ozone Unit, Department of Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate
Change, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
 Overview of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
 National legal framework for the implementation of the Montreal Protocol.
 Overview of patterns of trade and consumption in ODS and illegal trade in Vietnam.
 Q&A
Introduction to the Basel Convention on Transboundary Movement of
Hazardous Waste and their Disposal
Basel Convention Secretariat or Hazardous Waste Management Division, Waste
Management and Environment Promotion Agency (WEPA), Vietnam Environment
Administration (VEA), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
 Over view of the Basel Convention
 Overview of smuggling of hazardous waste in Vietnam and major seizures
 Q&A
12:20 – 13: 30
13:30 – 14:10
Lunch break
Introduction to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent
Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International
Trade
Rotterdam Convention Secretariat or Hazardous Waste Management Division, Waste
Management and Environment Promotion Agency (WEPA), Vietnam Environment
Administration (VEA), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
 Over view of the Rotterdam Convention
 Overview of smuggling of harmful chemicals in Vietnam and major seizures
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14: 10– 14: 50
14: 50– 15: 10
15: 10– 15: 50
15:50 – 16:50
16:50 – 17:20
DAY 2
09: 00 – 09: 30
09: 30 – 10: 00
10: 00 – 10: 30
10: 30 – 11: 00
11: 00 – 11: 30
Q&A
Introduction to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
CWC Secretariat
 Overview of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
 Implementation of the CWC in the Country
 Q&A
Coffee Break
Introduction to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of
Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
CITES Secretariat or National Focal Point
 Overview of smuggling of wildlife in the region and major seizures
 Problems and challenges faced
 Cooperation between neighbouring countries on enforcement issues
 Q&A
Break-out Session I
Introduction to the break-out session
UNEP ROAP
Discussion in groups on:
 What are the challenges faced by the Customs in Vietnam to control effectively illegal
trade of environmentally sensitive commodities, and the challenges could be tackled?
 What support and assistance is needed by customs, and where that support and
assistance might come from?
 How to raise awareness on environmental issues among customs officers?
Reporting on the Break-out Session I
Introduction to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Bilological
Diversity
CPB Secretariat or National focal point
 Over view of the Biosafety Protocol
 Role of customs, practical examples, and lessons learnt
 Q&A
The Role of WCO in combating environmental offences
WCO ROCB
 Role of WCO to assist environmental border protection
 Application of ENVIRONET
 Capacity building on environment issues
 Q&A
The Role of RILO in combating environmental offences
 Role of RILO to assist environmental border protection
 Report seizures to Customs Enforcement Network (CEN)
 Joint operation in environmental border protection: Project Sky-hole Patching and
Demeter
 Q&A
 Tea / Coffee break
The Role of Interpol in combating environmental offences
Interpol
 Role of Interpol in combating environmental offences
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11: 30 – 12: 00
12: 00 – 13:30
13: 30 - 14:10
14:10 – 15:30
15: 30 – 16: 00
16: 00 – 16: 30
Day 3
9: 00 – 09: 30
9: 30 – 11: 00
11: 00 – 11: 20
11: 20- 12: 00
12: 00 – 12: 30
 Practical examples
Q&A
Enforcement challenges and tools: Cases of the Montreal Protocol and other MEAs
UNEP ROAP
 Trends of illegal trade in ODS in Greater Mekong Sub-region and challenges in
control of ODS
 Enforcement tools under the Montreal Protocol and other MEAs
Lunch break
Cases Study on Basel Convention
Break-out Session II
 Introduction to the break-out session
UNEP ROAP
Discussion in groups on:
 How to improve cooperation with WOC, RILO, Interpol and UNEP in addressing
environmental crime?
 How to improve information exchange and intelligence collection on environmentally
sensitive commodities including the use of CEN and ENVIRONET?
 How to handle seized environmental sensitive commodities?
Tea / Coffee break

Reporting on the Break-out Session II
Cooperation in the Project PATROL ( Partnership against Trans-national Crime
through Regional Organized Law-enforcement)
UNODC
 Overview of Project PATROL
 The Role of Border Liaison Offices (BLO) in combating environmental offences
 Q&A
Break-out Session III
 Introduction to the break-out session
UNEP ROAP
Discussion in groups on:
 Mandate expansion of BLO under project PATROL
 Intelligence exchange under PATROL
 Identification of environmental sensitive commodities
Tea / Coffee break
Reporting on the Break-out Session III
CLOSING CEREMONY
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