The third meeting of the Executive Board of the Special Programme to support institutional strengthening at the national level for the implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, the Minamata Convention and the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) was officially opened at 9:15 a.m. on 2 December 2017 by the Executive Board co-chairs, Ms. Suzana Andonova (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) and Ms. Sofia Tingstorp (Sweden).