African Region: Nairobi, Kenya

UNITAR Regional Workshop for Developing and Transition
Countries on Nanotechnology/Manufactured Nanomaterials
for the Africa Region

Nairobi, Kenya

5-6 April 2011

This workshop was the first in the second round of UNITAR regional workshops on nanotechnology, which included participants from a wide variety of governments and other stakeholders from the African region as well as representatives of international organizations.

1. Agenda

2. International Developments since the Awareness-Raising Workshops, UNITAR,
Rober Visser

3. Efforts and network for Nanotechnology Environment, Health and Safety Issues,
National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China, Chunying Chen

4. Nanotechology Draft Guidance and Pilot Projects

5. Further Inclusion of Nanotechnology and Manufactured Nanomaterials in SAICM,
Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN), Gabi Eigenmann

6. UNITAR Second Regional Workshop for African Countries on Nanotechnologies and
Manufactured Nanomaterials: An NGO Perspective, David Azoulay, CIEL