2 nd African Regional Meeting on SAICM Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, 16 -17 July 2008

1. 2nd African Regional Meeting on SAICMDar Es Salaam, Tanzania, 16 -17 July 2008 Supporting SAICM implementation: Pilot projects, guidance materials, and related activities Chemicals and Waste Management Programme, UNITAR

2. Overview of presentation • UNITAR overview • Strengthening the foundation for chemicals management: enabling activities • Key methodologies/concepts • Selected projects

3. UNITAR: Assisting countries with SAICM enabling activities • UNITAR provides a variety of services to assist with capacity development related to SAICM enabling activities • Experience gained in over 15 years of working with countries to develop integrated chemicals management approaches/ programmes • Coordination with/formal participation of IOMC Participating Organizations and observers; SBC, OPCW, and the SAICM Secretariat • A series of guidance and training materialsused in over 100 countries currently being updated, and new materials developed in light of SAICM outcomes

4. Strengthening the foundations of chemicals management • The broad scope and multitude of work areas in SAICM, numerous international agreements on chemicals/wastes, and the almost countless individual commitments each country makes constitutes an enormous challenge • Developing the necessary infrastructure and ensuring needed processes are in place in the country provides an “enabling environment” or “enabling conditions” • IOMC Guide for resource, guidance and training materials now available

5. SAICM enabling activities • Enabling activities can include, inter alia: • National Profile development/updating • National capacity assessments and priority setting • Multi-stakeholder committee/platform development • Information exchange mechanisms • Public participation activities • National SAICM implementation plan development, with full stakeholder participation • Individual action plans on substantive topics of chemicals management – Partnerships between stakeholders are encouraged • Development of Integrated National Programmes

6. SAICM enabling activities • “Implementation of the Strategic Approach could begin with an enabling phase to build necessary capacity, as appropriate, to develop, with relevant stakeholder participation, a national Strategic Approach implementation plan...” (OPS) • “the objective of the Quick Start Programme is to support initial enabling capacity-building and implementation activities…” (Resolution I/4 of the ICCM)

7. Thematic workshop www.unitar.org/cwm/tw

8. Thematic workshop outcomes • Developed understanding of challenges and opportunities for SAICM implementation at the national level • Explored options for developing sound governance structuresfor SAICM implementation • Discussed challenges and opportunities for involving civil society and private sectorin national SAICM implementation • Developed understanding on elements of partnershipsfor sound chemicals management • Provided input to national SAICM pilot projects

9. National Chemicals Management Profiles www.unitar.org/cwm/np

10. National Chemicals Management Profiles • Overview of national legal, institutional, administrative, and technical infrastructurefor national chemicals management • National Profile development processis a key component • Assists in identification of infrastructure-related strengths, weaknesses, and gaps, as well as priority needsfor national action and external technical assistance • Baseline against which progress may be judged in meeting specific national or international targets (e.g. SAICM)

11. SAICM and National Chemicals Management Profiles • QSP Strategic Priority: • “development or updating of national chemical profile…” • ICCMGlobal Plan of Action emphasizes efforts such as: • “assessment of national chemicals management to identify gaps and prioritize actions” (activity 207) • identifying “priority gaps in chemicals management regimes and practices” (activity 121)

12. National Chemicals Management Profiles • Over 100 countrieshave prepared National Profile or are in process of preparing • Used as starting point for Stockholm Convention NIPs in over 50 countries • Guidance currently being updatedin light of SAICM outcomes • National Profile Homepage

13. National Chemicals Management Profiles

14. National SAICM Capacity Assessment www.unitar.org/cwm/saicm

15. Purpose of a National SAICM Capacity Assessment • Catalyzescollaboration between government and stakeholders towards understanding and identifying priority needs • Builds on National Profileand other sources (e.g. NIP) • Facilitates identifying priority actions for SAICM implementation • Highlights possible areas for partnership projects between stakeholders • Sets the stage for preparation of a SAICM Implementation Plan which may be linked to an integrated national programme for sound chemicals management

16. Proposed approach for development of a National SAICM Capacity Assessment Major Stakeholder Group (e.g. Business and Industry) • National SAICM • Capacity Assessment • Governance Framework • Chemicals Management • Issues and Priorities Capacity Strengths and Gaps Concerned Actors Government Possible Action Urgency & Importance of Taking Action Major Stakeholder Group (e.g. Environmental NGOs) Opportunities for Partnership Projects

17. Proposed areas for the governance assessment • Integrating chemicals management into national development priorities • Sound institutional and programmatic national framework • Effective project planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation • Legislation and enforcement • Participation of the private sector and civil society in chemicals management

18. Sample worksheet for the governance assessment 18

19. Proposed areas for the chemicals management assessment • Information generation and dissemination • Risk Reduction • Education and awareness raising • Accident prevention and control • Analytical and laboratory capacity

20. Proposed steps for the chemicals management assessment • Step 1: (screening) Identifying important and urgent chemicals management issues • Step 2: Conducting in-depth capacity assessment for important and urgent chemicals management issues • Capacity gaps, possible action, concerned actors, urgency and importance • Step 3: Identifying: • possible national priorities • stakeholder group actions • identifying opportunities for partnership projects

21. Sample worksheet for the chemicals management assessment 21

22. Proposed structure of the National SAICM Capacity Assessment • Executive Summary • Summary Assessment: National Governance Structure • Summary Assessment: Chemicals Management Issues and Priorities • Opportunities for Partnership Projects • Annexes: Completed worksheets

23. Development of a SAICM Capacity Assessment and National SAICM Implementation Framework Major Stakeholder Group (e.g. Business and Industry) Stakeholder Action • National SAICM • Capacity Assessment • Assessment of Governance Framework • Assessment of Chemicals Management • Issues and Priorities • National • Chemicals Management Programme/SAICM Implementation Framework • Governance Framework • Chemicals Management Action Plans and Partnership Projects Government Government Action Major Stakeholder Group (e.g. Environmental NGOs) Stakeholder Action

24. UNITAR: Assisting countries with integrated national programmes/enabling activities (QSP) “National SAICM Pilot Projects” to develop an Integrated National Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste 3 developing countries and 2 countries in economic transition: Belarus, Mongolia, Panama, Pakistan, and Tanzania Project countries selected by UNITAR/IOMC Project Task Force (June 2006) Country projects take place over a period of 3 years (2006-2009) Funded by Government of Switzerland (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN)) as a contribution to the QSP 24

25. UNITAR: Assisting countries with integrated national programmes/enabling activities (QSP) Previous phases of the Integrated National Programme include: 1997-1999: Argentina, Ghana, Indonesia, Slovenia 2000- 2002: Ecuador, Senegal, Sri Lanka 2004-2005: Armenia, Chad, Jamaica, Jordan The experience of the pilot countries developing national programmes made a valuable contribution to the process to develop SAICM The projects built upon experience gained and lessons learned through previous phases/projects on integrated chemicals management 25

26. National SAICM Pilot Projects • Develop an Integrated National Programmefor the Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste • Focus on governance, stakeholder participation, and partnershipsto support national SAICM implementation • Addresses: priority setting, concrete action (including partnership projects), and mainstreaming

27. National SAICM Pilot Projects: Key milestones National Profile and other relevant material SAICM Capacity Assessment National Forumon Governanceand Priority Setting Partnership Project 1 National Review Workshop Partnership Project 2 Agreed Governance Structure Inter-ministerial Coordination Stakeholder Involvement …… Information Exchange Mechanism and Website (ongoing feedback and integration of chemicals and waste management) National Development Planning Process

28. UNITAR: Assisting countries with integrated national programmes/enabling activities (QSP TF) UNITAR is to date assisting 42 projects on SAICM enabling activities • QSP Round I: Armenia, Burkina Faso, Chile, Congo, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Haiti, Georgia, Madagascar, Mongolia, Rwanda, São Tomé & Principe, Serbia, and Syria • QSP Round II:Barbados, Bolivia, Burundi, Cambodia, Chad, Comoros, Eritrea, Kiribati, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Malawi, Nepal, Nicaragua, Palestine • QSP Round III: Mali, Liberia, Kenya, Yemen • QSP Round IV:Paraguay, Guyana, Bahrain, Georgia, Civil Society project (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia)

29. Core components of UNITAR-assisted QSP TF projects National ProfileDevelopment/Updating SAICM Capacity Assessment National Priority Setting Workshop Next steps towards developing and integrated national programme and mainstreaming sound management of chemicals in national strategies… Governance Assessment GovernancePriorities Chemicals Management Assessment Chemicals Management Priority Setting 29

30. Other components of some UNITAR-assisted QSP TF projects Developing a National Profile Holding a National SAICM Forum and developing a national policy on SAICM implementation Developing a national chemicals management database Undertaking awareness raising Developing and strengthening national legislation and policies for the sound management of chemicals Strengthen inter-agency and inter-ministerial cooperation Developing action plans and partnership projects 30

31. Conclusions • Strong national foundation is essential for effective SAICM implementation • Work is ongoing with support through broader QSP and also QSPTF • Support to date of Government of Switzerland and QSPTF highly appreciated • UNITAR stands ready to assist additional countries with SAICM enabling activities and implementation of “substantive” areas • Demand FAR exceeds supply – over 50 formal requests for assistance on record

32. For more information www.unitar.org/cwm cwm@unitar.org