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Management of waste electrical and electronic equipment in
Latin America: Current situation and outlook

ANNEXES

Annex 1: Specific contributions from other PREAL project partners

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initiativ initiatives that contributed to WEEE management in Latin America. The activities
o WEEE management in Latin America. The activities
ed t
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conduct conducted with the different project partners are detailed below.
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Unit United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
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In 2019 In 2019, 2021, and 2022, the E-waste Academy for Managers (EWAM) was developed in
, 2021
he E-wast
AM) was de
, and 2022, t
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or Managers (EW
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collaboration wit collaboration with UNITAR. This event was created to disseminate knowledge and
e kno
wledge and
o d
ent was cr eat AR. This e h UNIT
v
ed t
isseminat
pr progress in WEEE management, with the collaboration of different speakers and experts in
s in
ers and e er ent speak t he collaboration of diff ogr ess in WEEE management, wit h t
xper
t the field, providing an opportunity to expand knowledge on this type of waste. Part of this
he field, pr
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tunity t
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xpand kno
wledge on t
his type of wast
e. Par
t of t
his
initiativ initiative can be found at:
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onicos-ewam/
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In addition, t In addition, the E-waste Academy for Scientists (EWAS), an event that originated with the
ent t
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e Academ
or ~cientist
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h t
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ed wit
he E-wast
s (EW
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aim of bringing t aim of bringing together postgraduate research and doctoral students to share with their
o shar h t e wit graduat e r oget her post esear s t heir ch and doct oral student
peers and e peers and expand their knowledge on issues related to the environmentally sound
wledge on issues r
xpand t
elat
ntally sound
onme o t ed t vir he en heir kno
management of WEEE, was de management of WEEE, was developed in 2022. Information about this event is available
v
ailable v ent is a v eloped in 2022. Inf his e ormation about t
at at: https:// u n ita r. o rg/ about/ n ews-sto ries/featu red a rt ic I es/2 O 2 2-e-wa ste-aca d emy-sci ent ist-ed iti on-
eatur
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ories/f
ticles/2022-e-wast
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.or
y-scientist
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: https://unitar
ewa
ewas
F Furthermore, the first WEEE Monitor (E-waste monitor) for Latin America was conducted,
he first WEEE Monit
e, t
hermor
t
ur
or Latin America was conduct
ed,
or (E-wast
or) f
e monit
f for the countries participating in the PREAL Project, which reported on the current situation
he countries par
oject, which r
epor
t
ed on t
he PREAL Pr
ent situation
he curr
or t
ticipating in t
of WEEE management in t of WEEE management in the participating countries. The published document can be
ticipating countries. The published document can be
he par
consult consulted at: htti:is://ewastemonitor.info/regional-e-waste-monitor-for-latin-america-2022/
o/r
or
ed atV
or
e-monit
https://ewast
or
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2022/
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egional-e-wast
emonit
Int International Labor Organization (ILO)
ernati
ganization (IL
onal Labor Or
O)
T Two pilot projects were developed with the ILO in Argentina and Peru, addressing two
he IL
pilot pr
s w
w
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h t
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eloped wit
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v
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r relevant issues: the first project on the inclusion of decent work in WEEE management and
ork in WEEE management and he first pr oject on t he inclusion of decent w
v
ele
ant issues: t
t the second one on the study of the value chain with a focus on working conditions, health,
he second one on t
alue chain wit
he v
he study of t
h a f
ocus on w
orking conditions, healt
h,
and occupational saf and occupational safety. The information can be found at: .ilo.orhtti:is://www.ilo.org/sites/default/files/
g/sit
ormation can be f ound at: ety . The inf ault/files/ ttpso//www
es/def
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