1.Welcomes the work undertaken by the informal group on household waste towards the establishment of a household waste partnership under the Basel Convention;1
2.Decides to establish a working group of the household waste partnership that will be responsible for overseeing organizational matters pertaining to the implementation of the partnership’s activities, including the establishment of project groups and the review of their work products and reports, serving as a forum for information sharing and taking the lead in awareness-raising, outreach and coordination in relation to activities undertaken by the partnership;
3.Adopts the terms of reference for the household waste partnership;2
4.Requests the working group to implement the workplan set out in the annex to the present decision;
5.Also requests the working group to coordinate and collaborate on, as appropriate, activities with other organizations and initiatives in order to achieve synergies and avoid duplication;
6.Emphasizes that the partnership does not have the authority to create additional or abrogate existing rights or responsibilities of Parties under the Basel Convention;
(b)To report on progress in the implementation of the present decision to the Open‑ended Working Group at its eleventh meeting and the Conference of the Parties at its fourteenth meeting.