Last chance to apply for the training on ‘Prosecution of Waste Crime’

Involved in preventing, investigating or prosecuting waste crime? If you work for an organisation or authority responsible for the inspection or enforcement of waste management and waste shipment legislation, you can join our trainings to receive the most up to date information, strategies and techniques.

The WasteForce project starts with the series of training events on fighting illegal waste trafficking and waste crime. In total four trainings will be held, three in Europe and one in Asia.

Each training will last 3 days and will bring together actors from all stages of the enforcement chain to participate in a various lectures, practical case studies, best practices open sessions and possibly study visits.

Prosecution of waste crime

The first training session in Lisbon (27-29 November 2019):

• is dedicated to public prosecutors and judges as well as inspectors, customs and police authorities.
• will be organised by the Portuguese Environmental Inspectorate in close cooperation with Portuguese Public Prosecutors Office and the National Centre for Judiciary Training.
• will host lectures of the European Network of Prosecutors for Environment (ENPE) and European Union Forum of Judges for the Environment (EUFJE).

The training programme is organised around themes crucial for the effectiveness of prosecuting cases of waste crime and illegal waste trafficking. For more details, please go to the training announcement.

Costs

Attendance is FREE, but on an invitation-only basis, limited to 25 participants. Some extra places are available, but costs for travel and accommodation are to be covered by the participants themselves. 

Even if you can’t attend or don’t get selected, we can you FREE ACCESS to our online training toolkit when it launches later this year.

Register your interest

Deadline for registration is coming up. Express your interest to participate in the first training in Lisbon and complete the registration form below. After the deadline in August, you will be informed if your application to participate was successful.

For now only the registration for the first training in Lisbon is open. Please keep an eye on our website or social media to find out when the registration procedures for the other training events will be launched.

Deadline: 1 August 2019