Regional Focal Points

The primary purpose of the StEP Regional Focal Point (RFP) is to act as a source of information to the StEP Management Board and members on relevant e-waste efforts, activities and news in their respective region. Together with the Supervisory Committee and the Management Board, the RFP play a key role in providing StEP members with useful information and offering recommendations or suggestions for future discussion issues or events that can benefit StEP members and/or show a benefit from StEP involvement.
Meet the Regional Focal Points
Latin America
Master in Environmental Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Zurich (ETH), Switzerland. He has 12 years of experience as a consultant in waste management, extended producer responsibility and reverse logistics systems. From 2007 to 2012 he gained expertise in International Cooperation through the coordination of the project "Management of WEEE in Latin America" at the Federal Institute of Materials and Technologies (Empa, Switzerland). Since 2013, he is the Manager for Latin America of Reverse Logistics Group (RLG), who offers solutions and services in the areas of collection and recycling, and environmental legal compliance, thus facilitating the implementation of circular economy models. He lives in MedellÃn, Colombia, and speaks German, Spanish, English and French.
Uca Silva is founder and in charge of the Plataforma RELAC (http://www.residuoselectronicos.net/) . She is an academic researcher and consultant and a specialist in the management of waste electrical and electronic equipment. Further Uca Silva has international experience in planning, developing and implementing projects with the ability to engage stakeholders from several sectors and countries.
Middle East and Northern Africa
Hossam is the Head of ICT for Development Unit at the Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE). CEDARE is an international organization based in Cairo, Egypt. He has a Ph.D degree in Computing from the University of Plymouth, UK, and MSc degree in Computer and Information Science from the University of New Haven, USA. He has a BSc degree in computer and automatic control engineering from Ain Shams University, Egypt. He has more than 14 years of international experience in promoting the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) for sustainable development. He is currently engaged in the promotion of applying safe and economical e-waste management systems for the end-of-life ICT equipments in the North Africa and Middle East countries.