19 Apr 2024 News

Joining forces with Customs and Enforcement Officers for Safeguarding the Montreal Protocol

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The Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Network implements enforcement–related activities since its inception in 2003 including regional enforcement meetings, border dialogues and a series of awards for Customs and Enforcement Officers. This year’s ECA network and enforcement meeting takes place in April 2024 in Tirana, Albania.

This article, Joining forces with Customs and Enforcement Officers for Safeguarding the Montreal Protocol, (also available in Russian)  will also serve as a background document for the meeting. The meeting is jointly organized by UNEP and the Montreal Protocol Unit of Albania’s Ministry of Tourism and Environment. Participants include the Montreal Protocol Officers and Customs / Enforcement Officers of the 11 ECA network countries, 5 European Union countries as well as Enforcement Experts from World Customs Organization, Regional Intelligence Liaison Offices for Western Europe (RILO WE) and Eastern and Central Europe (RILO ECE), Interpol, Europol, European Commission DG Climate Action, European Anti–Fraud Office OLAF, Environmental Investigation Agency, CEFIC/EFCTC, Ozone Secretariat, Fund Secretariat, UNIDO, UNDP, World Bank and UNEP.

The meeting documents and presentations will be shared on the OzonAction Meeting Portal