ASEAN Dissemination Workshop on the Substitution and the Environmentally Sound Management (ESM) of Mercury-containing Medical Measuring Devices

JAKARTA, 28 September 2021 – The Waste and Resource Management Cluster of the Asian Institute of Technology’s Regional Resource Centre for Asia and the Pacific (AIT RRC.AP) convened a regional workshop — ASEAN Dissemination Workshop on the Substitution and the ESM of Mercury-containing Medical Measuring Devices on 28 September 2021. The workshop was a wrap-up project activity of the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF) project titled Development of Capacity for the Substitution and the Environmentally Sound Management (ESM) of Mercury-containing Medical Measuring Devices implemented in the Philippines and Indonesia. The workshop aimed to disseminate key findings and lessons learned of the project to the ASEAN Member States (AMS), share information on existing practices on ESM on mercury waste management, and discuss the next steps and way forward on the 2nd phase of the project. It was well attended by 47 participants from AMS and other international organisations. The JAIF Management Team (JMT) read out a message on behalf of the Mission of Japan to ASEAN.