Participants of virtual training on ozone-depleting substances
The General Authority of Customs (GAC) held the second phase of training courses on the handling of ozone-depleting substances via the training and distance education platform of the Customs Training Center.
The course was organised in cooperation with the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME), represented by the Department of Radiation and Chemicals Protection, and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Office for West Asia.
The workshop, in which 70 participants took part, aimed at implementing the phasing out of ozone-depleting substances in the State of Qatar, by highlighting a number of key themes related to the Vienna Convention, the Montreal Protocol for ozone-depleting substances, the licensing system and the identification of risks to combat illegal trade in these substances and customs procedures.
The UNEP had praised the initiative of the GAC for holding the online training program (the role of customs in the phasing out of ozone depleting substances), which was held on April 21 to 23.
The GAC Customs Training Center organised the programme, which is the first of its kind with the UN, aiming at starting the implementation of the phasing out of ozone depleting substances in the State of Qatar.
The training programme focused on several major axes related to the protection of the ozone layer, the most important of which are the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, the licensing system and the identification of risks to combat illegal trade in these substances, and customs procedures for ozone depleting substances.
