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N. Post Workshop Media Release

Subsequent to the workshop a media release was prepared and distributed. It is reproduced in Annex 6. Annex 7 presents the media release for a similar workshop held contemporaneously in South Africa.

O. Recommendations

The following recommendations are based on:

• the experience gained through conducting the workshop;
• the results of the evaluations and reviews reported above;
• the findings of a similar workshop help contemporaneously in South Africa (see Annex 8); and on
• a general understanding of the emerging needs for strengthening of the capacity to make environmentally sound choices when developing, transferring and assimilating technologies.

In framing the recommendations below, consideration has also been given to the intended workshop outputs, and the extent to which they have been met. Thus:

Intended Output: Over 40 participants trained in the use of EnTA in the evaluation of the environmental impact of process technologies, especially those related to the recycling of used lead acid batteries;

Result: The information presented above confirms that this output has been achieved. However, there is now a need to monitor implementation of the personal EnTA action plans prepared during the workshop, develop and evaluate success indicators for the workshop, showing the impact of follow-up implementation and the difference the workshop has made and seek to remove any barriers the workshop participants may experience in implementing their personal action plans.

Intended Output: Publication of an evaluated and revised EnTA Manual, ready for worldwide use by Governments and industry as a selection tool for sound environmental management of recycling processes;

Result: The Manila workshop, along with the similar workshop convened in South Africa, has provided substantial guidance for the revision of the EnTA Manual. While the preparation of the revised Manual in conventional form is already supported by UNEP, the goal of worldwide distribution and use of the Manual will come about only if more EnTA trainers are available and modern information dissemination methods such as CD ROM and the Internet are employed, as signaled in the follow-up activities identified above.

Intended Output: Preparation of a model workshop, and publication of a trainers' manual that would facilitate replication of the workshop in other countries and regions, and focussing on other process technologies.

Result: The experience acquired in implementing the Manila and South African workshops has resulted in identification of a number of ways in which the workshop structure, approach, content and methods might be modified in order to produce optimal outcomes. The stage is now set for the development of a "model workshop" and for the preparation of a trainers' manual, but further action is contingent on identifying, briefing and resourcing those who have the ability to complete such a task.

The recommendations, which logically encapsulate many of the detailed suggestions documented in preceding sections of this report, are:

Recommendation 1:

UNEP, in conjunction with its substantive partners such as ILMC, CDG and UNCTAD, continue to develop EnTA as a key environmental management tool, and facilitate the application of EnTA through the dissemination of information, including the revised Manual, and through the implementation of further training and other capacity building activities.

Recommendation 2:

Relevant international, regional and national organisations and institutions provide substantive and sustained support to the Manila workshop participants, in ways that will facilitate implementation of their personal action plans and ensure sustainable and measurable impacts from the workshop, including facilitating their involvement in building regional and national capacities in EnTA.

Recommendation 3:

Appropriate organisations and institutions are encouraged to participate and collaborate in studies that will lead to a scientifically rigorous and operational definition of "environmentally sound and sustainable", and to the identification and application of measures (targets and indicators) to be used to quantify the increased uptake of environmentally sound technologies, and the benefits that arise;

Recommendation 4:

Build on the successful strategic alliances that were established and strengthened during the planning and implementation of the Manila workshop in order to:

• prepare, and disseminate worldwide, the revised and improved EnTA training materials, including case studies on:
  • lead acid battery recycling;
  • disposal of medical wastes; and
  • comprehensive comparison of existing and emerging lead acid battery processing technologies;
• support the work of regional and national centres engaged in environmental technology assessment and transfer; and
• replicate the EnTA training workshop approach in other institutions, countries and regions, and with reference to other process technologies.

Recommendation 5:

UNEP and its strategic partners to facilitate and coordinate a study of the implications on trade, and on sustainable development, of the increased use of environmentally sound technologies for the recycling of hazardous wastes.

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