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We would like to extend our sincere appreciation to the ICCM5 President, members of the ICCM5 Bureau, and to all our partners for the ongoing commitment and support extended to the Secretariat as it continues to deliver on its mandate.

Season’s Greetings, as we look forward to greater collaboration in 2023!

The Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint is working to achieve the phase-out of the manufacture, sale and import of paints containing lead through the establishment of laws. The Lead Paint Alliance publishes a regular newsletter to inform its partners and interested stakeholders on the latest achievements and progress towards its goal.In the newsletter, you will find news articles on lead paint, updates about global efforts to address the issue, progress towards law, and update about our partners.

This report provides an overview of the current state of circularity in the electronics value chain in Africa, identifies key areas of concern, provides appropriate recommendations, and proposes priority actions to improve circularity of the sector.The recommendations focus on the individual life cycle stages of the electronics value chain, as well as on aspects that cut across the value chain. The transition towards a more circular electronics sector in Africa would require a holistic, coordinated approach bridging five key areas

Technological development has made electrical and electronic equipment (EEE1) essential parts of contemporary life and indispensable products in today’s societies. Information technology (IT) combined with the technological advances in recent decades, has resulted in EEE having a great influence on the daily life of consumers in aspects such as health, safety, knowledge, comfort information, among others. The global consumption of electronics is growing 2.5 million metric tons per year (Forti, Baldé, Kuehr, & Bel, 2020), because technology increases the living