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Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting on SAICM 21-23 May 2007, Bangkok

Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting on SAICM 21-23 May 2007, Bangkok. Supporting SAICM implementation: Pilot projects, new guidance materials, and related activities Brandon Turner Programmes in Chemicals, Waste and Environmental Governance. Overview of presentation. UNITAR overview

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Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting on SAICM 21-23 May 2007, Bangkok

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  1. Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting on SAICM21-23 May 2007, Bangkok Supporting SAICM implementation: Pilot projects, new guidance materials, and related activities Brandon Turner Programmes in Chemicals, Waste and Environmental Governance

  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 • Experiences gained in over 10 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”

  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/cwg/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/cwg/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. 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

  12. 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)

  13. National Chemicals Management Profiles

  14. Problem statement Goal - Situation and gap analysis Objective Objective Objective - Timeframes - Milestones - Budget - Responsibilities Activity Activity Activity Task Task Task Action plan skills building

  15. National SAICM Capacity Assessment www.unitar.org/cwg/saicm

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. Sample worksheet for the governance assessment

  20. 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

  21. 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

  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 • UNITAR is assisting 33 projects (planned or confirmed) 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 (proposed):Barbados, Bolivia, Burundi, Cambodia, Chad, Comoros, Eritrea, Kiribati, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Malawi, Nepal, Nicaragua, Palestine

  25. UNITAR-assisted QSP TF projects National ProfileDevelopment/Updating SAICM Capacity Assessment National Priority Setting Workshop Governance Assessment GovernancePriorities Chemicals Management Assessment Chemicals Management Priority Setting

  26. UNITAR: Assisting countries with integrated national programmes/enabling activities • UNITAR has been assisting countries with building/ strengthening capacities • Integrated National Programme—since 1995 • 1997-1999: Argentina, Ghana, Indonesia, Slovenia • 2000- 2002: Ecuador, Senegal, Sri Lanka • 2004-2005: Armenia, Chad, Jamaica, Jordan • 2006-09: Belarus, Panama, Pakistan, Tanzania

  27. National SAICM Pilot Projects • 3 developing countries and 1 country in economic transition: Belarus, Panama, Pakistan, and Tanzania • Project countries selected by UNITAR/IOMC Project Task Force (June 2006) • Country projects will 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

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. PUBLIC INTEREST GROUPS MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY OF LABOUR INDUSTRY RESEARCH & ACADEMIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE … … MINISTRY OF HEALTH … … National and International Priorities NATIONAL COORDINATING PLATFORM STRATEGIC PLANNING AND MONITORING NATIONAL PROFILE PREPARATION NATIONAL INFORMATION EXCHANGE MECHANISM NATIONAL POLICY DEVELOPMENT CLASSIFICATION AND LABELLING (GHS) INTEGRATED CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY INTEGRATED IMPORT CONTROL COORDINATED LEGISLATION & ENFORCEMENT SUBSTANTIVE AREAS OF INTEGRATED CHEMICALS MANAGEMENT COORDINATED FINANCIAL RESOURCE MOBILISATION INTEGRATED EMERGENCY RESPONSE / POISON CONTROL AWARENESS RAISING & COMMMUNICATION INTEGRATED STRENGTHENING OF ANALYTICAL CAPACITIES STRATEGIC EVALUATION … …

  31. Conclusions • Strong foundation is essential for SAICM implementation • UNITAR stands ready to assist further countries with SAICM enabling activities and implementation of “substantive” areas • Work is ongoing with support through broader QSP and also QSP TF • Demand FAR exceeds supply – over 50 formal requests for assistance on record

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

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