Measuring what we waste - regional strategies and diagnostic tools for waste management and resource circularity in Latin America and the Caribbean

14 May 2025 | Event

Work area(s)

Sustainable development and human settlements

Topic(s)

Circular economy Sustainable development
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Event information

This one-day session will convene national government representatives on waste and circular economy to improve national data collection, compare data quality challenges and discuss current certainty levels of regional data on waste and resource circularity. The session will provide an open discussion platform to assess national capacity gaps and needs on waste and resource circularity. The closed-door session will also provide a platform to define technical cooperation priorities with regional Member States towards developing a roadmap and future cooperation activities.

Date

14 May 2025 - All day
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Event type

Meetings and technical symposiums

Participation

By invitation

Address

Brazil

Practical information

Pullman  Hotel Ibirapuera, Sao Paolo

Schedule

9:00-9:15

Opening Remarks

  • Mr. Chun Kyoo Park, Head, United Nations Office for Sustainable Development, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs
  • Mr. Luiz Fernando Krieger Merico, Senior Officer, UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Introductory Remarks

  • Mr. Adalberto Maluf, National Secretary of Urban Environment, Water Resources and Environmental Quality, Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Brazil (tbc)
  • Mr. Jae Woong Jeong, Executive Director, Resource Recirculation Management, K-Eco - Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Korea

9:15-10:45

Session 1: Measuring What We Waste - Global to regional progress towards waste and circularity data

Moderator: Ms. Sara Castro de Hallgren, Sustainable Development Officer, UNOSD, DSDG, UNDESA

Ms. Sara Castro de Hallgren, Sustainable Development Officer, UNOSD, DSDG, UNDESA

Ms. Magda Correal, Senior Water and Sanitation Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB/BID)

  • Good practices on data collection and resource circularity progress

Mr. Jong-su Sun, K-eco, Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Korea, Paving the Way for a Sustainable Korea: The Success of Resource Circulation

Q&A and Plenary Session with Invited Country Representatives

10:45-11:00

Coffee break

11:00-12:30

Session 2: Assessing national capacity gaps in financing waste management and resource circularity

Moderator: IADB and UNOSD

  • Presentation on financing waste management and circularity 

Mr. Christian Kaufholz, Head, Global Strategy and Partnerships, Global Plastic Action Partnership, World Economic Forum 

  • Group exercise with countries - country groups complete and discuss self-diagnostic tool on waste - Deep dive on financing section of questionnaire 
    Group presentations - Getting to know our strengths and weaknesses 

12:30-13:30

Lunch

13:30-15:00

Session 3: Country Presentations and Dialogue Session-Scaling Waste Management Priorities and Cooperation for Resource Circularity (4+ countries)

Moderator: ECLAC/UNOSD/IADB

Country presentations and dialogue session (7 minutes per country)

Plenary discussion on next steps

15:00-15:15

Coffee break

15:15-16:45

Session 3 (Continued): Country Presentations and Dialogue Session-Scaling Waste Management Priorities and Cooperation for Resource Circularity (4+ countries)

Moderator: ECLAC 

Country presentations and dialogue session (7 minutes per country)

Summary presentation - ECLAC/IADB/UNOSD - Next steps for waste management, data and measurement within regional circular economy processes (in preparation for May 15  Accelerator Session)

Plenary and Q&A

16:45-17:00

Closing remarks 

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