INECE Seaport Environmental Security Network Current Activities and Call for Participation Isaiah Kyengo-NEMA COAST PROVINCE KENYA 1 st Eastern and Southern Africa Ports Environmental Managers’ Working Conference Environmental Network Africa Mombasa, Kenya September 2010

Snapshot of INECE  Only global network of environmental compliance & enforcement practitioners  +4,000 participants from +120 countries  Government officials, international governmental organizations, & nongovernmental organizations  Key partners  Netherlands, United States, England and Wales, Brazil, Canada, other national governments  European Commission, World Bank, UNEP, OECD  Regional enforcement networks, inc. East African Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement  Communications Platform at creating value through compliance

Seaport Environmental Security Network: Goals  Raise awareness of illegal movements of hazardous waste through seaports, their environmental risks, and the need to take action against them.  Build capacity for inspections and enforcement actions.  Facilitate international enforcement collaboration among government officials on ways to detect and stop illegal and dangerous shipments of hazardous waste. creating value through compliance See for background materials and contact details.

Activities of the SESN  Launched at the 8 th International Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, April 2008  Kick-off Workshop, Lyon, France, October 2008  2 nd workshop: “Combating Illegal Hazardous Waste Trade through Seaports” + “Workshop on E-Waste in West Africa“, Accra, Ghana, June 2009  Signed MOU with the Basel Secretariat, July 2010  International Hazardous Waste Inspection Month at Seaports, June-July 2010 creating value through compliance

Objectives of the Inspection Month 1. Facilitate operational enforcement collaboration among enforcement officers. 2. Promote international good practice for environmental inspections at seaports. 3. Identifying obstacles to effective enforcement and the capacity building needs of enforcement officers. 4. Raise awareness across the regulated community.

Benefits to Participating Countries  Improved coordination between enforcement authorities at ports (domestic and international).  Strengthened capacity for prevention and detection of illegal movements of waste.  Improved understanding by each country of what is working well in practice, as well as potential gaps in legal and institutional frameworks, physical resources, and skill sets.  The opportunity to create an atmosphere of deterrence by publicizing the inspection month following the event.

Planning and Preparation  Formed an Ad Hoc Working group  Developed a guidance document/manual  Set up a help desk  Developed a check list for participating countries  Created an online work area for important documents and communications  Encouraged participating countries to hold internal planning workshops prior to the Inspection Month creating value through compliance

Inspection Approaches  Intelligence-led inspections  At-random inspections based on  Direct contact between participating ports (bilateral cooperation). creating value through compliance

Intelligence-led Inspections  Step 1: Risk Assessment  Step 2: Profiling at Point of Exit and/or Point of Destination  Step 3: Informing Involved Authorities  Step 4: Inspection at Port of Arrival/Departure  Step 5: Follow Up creating value through compliance

At-Random Inspections  Based on national priorities and working methods  At-random inspections may be done by: Selecting containers that arrive at or leave the port terminal. Selecting containers from a manifest/bill of lading. creating value through compliance

Bi-Lateral Cooperation  Case-by-case or ad hoc  May be based on information coming from another port.  May also come from other investigations, news in the press, complaints, tips, etc.  Communication between importing and exporting countries is essential. creating value through compliance

Inspection Month: Preliminary Outcomes  11 countries from Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas participated in the event.  Participants used combination of intelligence-led and at-suspicion investigations.  Significant cooperation among environmental, customs, and other port authorities.  INECE supported the exercise by facilitating communications between the participating countries and developing tools to support the project. creating value through compliance

Inspection Month: Preliminary Outcomes  Preliminary review of inspection reports indicates the detection of a number of illegal shipments  mislabeled e-waste, wrongly declared second-hand goods, CRT declared as metal scraps, CFC-containing fridges.  Increased awareness of the need for interagency collaboration at seaports.  Identified capacity building needs on implementing national hazardous waste legislation.  Confirmed the benefits of informal information sharing channels among countries. creating value through compliance

Next Steps  Collaborate with countries to identify responses to specific gaps that arose during the Inspection Month.  Coordinate and partner with other organizations that are working on complementary initiatives.  Preparing a report with findings that will be released via the INECE website.  Please sign up for INECE’s list to receive notification of the report at creating value through compliance

Get Involved Individuals, governments and organizations are encouraged to become involved in SESN. If interested, please contact: Danielle Grabiel, Project Coordinator Office of the INECE Secretariat 2300 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 300B Washington, DC Telephone: +1 (202) creating value through compliance

Additional Contact Information  Bob Heiss, U.S. EPA, SESN Advisory Committee Co-chair,  Henk Ruessink, Netherlands VROM, SESN Advisory Committee Co-chair,  Dinah Brandful, Ghana Customs, Excise, and Preventive Service, SESN Advisory Committee Co-chair,  Nancy Isarin, Project Consultant,  Online: (public site)

INECE Contact Information creating value through compliance Durwood Zaelke Director of the INECE Secretariat Washington, D.C. & Geneva Phone: Web: