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The UNDPUNEP Partnership Initiative

for the Integration of Sound Management of Chemicalsinto Development Planning Processes:

Maximizing Return on Investment


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UNDP-UNEP Partnership Initiative was established to support the Strategic Approach to International

Chemicals Management (SAICM), a policy framework adopted in February 2006 by the InternationalConference on Chemicals Management (ICCM). SAICM was developed by a multi-stakeholder andmulti-sectoral preparatory committee and supports the achievement of the goal on chemicalmanagement agreed to at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development: that by the year2020, chemicals will be produced and used in ways that minimize significant adverse impacts onthe environment and human health.

Four major value-added features of SAICM, relative to the international management of chemicalswork that preceded it, are:

Strengthened focus on cross-sectoral governance at both the national and local level thataddresses overall chemical management concerns rather than dealing with issues on achemical-by-chemical basis.

Emphasis on the role of sound management of chemicals in achievingsustainable development goals, including poverty eradication, improvement of humanhealth, environmental protection and elevation of living standards.

Recognition that in order to significantly advance the chemical management situation of countries, integrating sound management of chemicals into national and local

development planning is essential.

A more comprehensive and holistic manner of addressing the increasing gap in thecapacity of developed and developing countries to manage risks posed by chemicals.

INTRODUCTION



The Partnership Initiative, designed

to support the Strategic Approach toInternational Chemicals Management, was established in line with the GlobalPartnership between the United NationsDevelopment Programme (UNDP) and theUnited Nations Environment Programme(UNEP), which aims to increasecollaboration and joint activities betweenthe two UN agencies to better supportinternationall agreed environment and

sustainable development goals espoused b partner countries.

The primar objective of the PartnershipInitiative is to facilitate the integrationof sound management of chemicals intonational development planning processes inorder to support sustainable developmentin developing countries and countries witheconomies in transition.

Integrating sound management of chemicals into development plans suchas Povert Reduction Strateg Papersand strategies to meet the MillenniumDevelopment Goals (MDGs) involvesestablishing the links between povert and sound chemical management – suchas improved human and environmental

health, and increased economic securit

and income opportunities for the poor– and then identifing the policies andprogrammes needed to bring aboutpropoor chemical management. It alsoinvolves looking at potential chemical risksarising from implementing sections of thedevelopment plans, and tring to mitigatesuch risks at the planning stage.

The Partnership Initiative’s work on sound

management of chemicals is targetedat inf luencing not onl national plans,but also sector strategies and local levelimplementation. The overall a im is toestablish enduring institutional processes within government ministries and the wider stakeholder communit to bringabout sound management of chemicals– focusing on the government bodiesresponsible for povert reduction andgrowth policies, and also strengthening

the role of environmental agencies andnongovernmental actors. The process wil lalso foster national budget commitments,in partnership with donor assistance,following the integration of chemicalmanagement priorities into national polic and planning documents.

The PaRTNeRshIP INITIaTIve ON ChemICals:

A Programmatic Approach

The UNDP-UNEP Partnership Initiative on Chemicals is helpingcountries to:

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3.Identif specific areas of

chemicals managementthat are likel to result inconcrete environmental,health and economic benefitsas a result of introducingsound management

practices, and put in placea plan to begin addressingidentified national priorities.

Improve the integrationof chemicals managementpriorities into nationaldiscussions, developmentprocesses, policies andplans.

Assess the adequac of national developmentstrategies in terms of protecting the environmentand human health, anddetermine to what extentidentified national chemical

management priorities couldbe integrated into nationalMDGbased developmentplanning.



UNDP:

UNDP PROMOTES the sound management of chemicals as an important component of global povert reduction efforts. In line with its role as the UN’sglobal development network, UNDP advocates for theimportance of addressing issues related to chemicals

management and chemicalllinked pollution indeveloping countries b integrating rigorous chemicalsmanagement schemes into national developmentpolicies and plans. As an implementing agenc of the Multilateral Fund for the Implementation of theMontreal Protocol, the Global Environment Facilit,and the SAICM Quick Start Programme Trust Fund,and in cooperation with a multitude of bilateraldonors, UNDP helps countries obtain the financialresources necessar to improve their chemicalsmanagement regimes in order to achieve their goals

and meet their commitments under internationalchemicalsrelated environmental agreements.

FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION of SAICM in 2006,UNDP, with support provided b the NorwegianGovernment, invested in the development of atechnical guide to assist governments and UN Countr Teams in recognizing and assessing opportunitiesfor incorporating sound management of chemicalsinto national development planning processes: the

UNDP Technical Guide for Mainstreaming the Sound Management of Chemicals (SMC) in MDG-Based Policiesand Plans. This is one of several tools that UNDP’sEnvironment

and Energ Group/Bureau for Development Polic hasdeveloped to enhance assistance to partner countriesthrough a comprehensive approach to sustainabledevelopment.

BASED ON THE ExPERIENCES of countries that haveundertaken mainstreaming initiatives, the UNDP

Technical Guide has been revised for the secondsession of the International Conference on ChemicalsManagement in Ma 2009.

THE UNDP TECHNICAL GUIDE is ver much a learningtool. It is a primer that provides substantive backgroundinformation on sound management of chemicals,as well as an explanation of the snergies that existbetween chemicals management and sustainabledevelopment goals. The technical guide addressessectoral concerns that might exist at the countr level,and provides tools to help countries assess their currentcapacit for sound management of chemicals.

THE TECHNICAL GUIDE also identifies the stepsthat countries usuall go through to determine theircapacit building needs and priorities, elaborating“points of entr” for integrating sound managementof chemicals into national development plans andsectorbased strategies. Each step is accompanied b adescription of ke considerations and includes detailed

“howto” information targeted at decisionmakersand managers engaged in drafting, priorit setting,implementation, monitoring or reporting with respectto national development plans and strategies.

UNDP:Capacit development

Integrated polic designSupport to MDGbased national development assessment and

investment planning processesImplementation guidance at the countr level

TeChNICal GUIDaNCe PROvIDeD ThROUGh The UNDP-UNEP

The UNDP-UNEP Partnership Initiative draws on theseservices provided by the cooperating agencies:



PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE

UNEP:

UNEP IS WORKING to make the world safer from toxicchemicals at the global, regional and national levelb helping governments take action for the soundmanagement of chemicals. UNEP’s work in this area

includes developing guidance on technical issues,building legal and institutional frameworks, promotingexchange of information on chemicals, and helping tobuild capacit for safe production, use and handling of chemicals in countries around the world.

UNEP’S ACTIVITIES also include general guidanceto assist countries in implementing MultilateralEnvironment Agreements relevant to chemicalsmanagement, such as the Stockholm and RotterdamConventions. Additional guidance is needed, however,

to help national ministries of environment, health,finance and planning understand how to link soundmanagement of chemicals to sustainable developmentand povert reduction, and how to integrate suchassessments into development plans and povert reduction strategies.

IN RESPONSE THE ExPERIENCE UNEP brings to thePartnership Initiative also includes its recent work withthe World Health Organization (WHO) on the Health

and Environment Linkages Initiative (HELI), whichpromotes a proactive, intersectoral approach to decisionmaking.

THE HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT LINKAGES INITIATIVE

TOOLKIT INCLUDES:

A joint WHOUNEP web portal that containsnearl a 1,000 links to critical resources in the fieldof environment and health, organized b categoriesrelevant to policmaking; Snthesis of issues in

terms relevant to government sectors; illustrationof best practice polic approaches and their costeffectiveness; and eas access to materials fortraining, guidance and other resources.

A global review of the needs of decision makers withrespect to environment and health issues, as well asopportunities for action.

Critical reviews of existing methodologies that supportdecision making, and proposed was to adapt andimprove these methodologies for a wide range of settings.

Technical guidance to support integrated healthand environment assessments while incorporatingeconomic valuation.

UNEP:Normative development

Technical assessment and analsisEstablished collaborative arrangements with relevant IGOs for sound management of chemicalsPiloting of innovative approaches – such as UNEPWHO Health and Environment Linkages Initiative

(HELI)Sciencebased guidance and knowledge services



maPPING The INTeGRaTION Of SoUND MANAgEMENT of

CHEMICAlS INTo NATIoNAl DEVEloPMENT PlANNINg

In conceptualizing the UNDPUNEP Partnership Initiative, UNDP and UNEP contemplated the stepsthat countries tpicall go through to advance their national chemicals management regimes. These steps cangenericall be described as follows:

GENDER MAINSTREAMING

Baseline

Analsis

Purpose: Determine what information is available on a countr’s chemicals management situation and record it. Relevant

information could be contained in a National Chemicals Profile, National Implementation Plan (NIP) underthe Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, State of the Environment Report, MillenniumDevelopment Goal (MDG) report, Povert Reduction Strateg Plan (PRSP) or other information sources.

Goal: Development of a National Chemicals Management Situation Report that provides information on the degree of integration of sound management of chemicals into national development planning.

Rationale: A National Chemicals Management Situation Report is an essential prerequisite for an integrated assessment andanalsis of the linkages between chemicals management and related economic, health and environmental impacts.

Purpose: Identif high risks of chemical exposure affecting biodiversit, vulnerable ecosstems, and human health (bothacute and long term effects) using information gathered through a multistakeholder approach.

Goal: Preparation of an indepth assessment of chemicals management issues relevant to national MDGbaseddevelopment planning.

Rationale: The root causes of human and environmental health issues should be taken into consideration from the outsetto ensure that the are ful l addressed in policies to integrate sound management of chemicals into developmentplanning.

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MONITORING AND EVALUATION

STEP 1 — BASELINE ANALySIS

STEP 2 — DIAGNOSTICS/ NEEDS ASSESSMENT

AWARENESS RAISING & PROMOTING MULTI-STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT



Purpose: Undertake a qualitative analsis of the links between major chemical problem areas and human health andenvironmental qualit to identif opportunities and priorities for national decision making on sound chemicalmanagement.

Goal: List and description of opportunities (legal, technical and institutional) thatcan strengthen the national chemical management regime.

Establishment of national priorities based on the opportunities identified and

a prioritsetting exercise.Rationale: Describing the links between improper management of chemicals and its effects on the environment and public

health is a necessar foundation for identifing the full range of actions that can help a countr improve itsenvironmental and health conditions. A priorit chemical management issue will be one that is significant tonational health, environment and development objectives. An assessment focusing on the identification andevaluation of opportunities and polic interventions, rather than following a purel research driven approach, willimprove decision making. With the assessment focusing on the identification and evaluation of opportunities andpolic interventions, rather than following a purel research driven approach, makes it into an assessment thatimproves decision making.

Purpose: Estimation/quantification of the costs of action to pursue identified chemical management opportunities versusthe costs of human suffering and environmental degradation when no action is taken.

Goal: Determination of economic costs and benefits of polic options to address chemical management problemsidentified as national priorities (including potentiall ‘hidden’ costs).

Buin of the government’s central finance and economic development agencies, for which valuation is acrucial decisionmaking tool.

Rationale: Demonstrating a threat does not in itself provide a solution. Identifing and measuring environmental and healthimpacts is often not sufficientl convincing to ensure that these threats are given the attention the require when polic decisions are made. Actions to address environmental and human health impacts have financialimplications from the direct f inancial costs of interventions to the negative or positive effects the have oneconomic development. Determining economic costs and benefits of polic options will help decision makersunderstand and act on the outcomes of a sound management of chemicals assessment.

Purpose: Development of targeted polic and regulator responses for selected chemicals management priorities consideredfrom a national development planning perspective.

Goal: Initiation of legislative and institutional reforms to facilitate the implementation of selected priorities and theirintegration into national development planning.

Rationale: It is important to consider the wide range of potential interventions that could be implemented. In addition toeconomic incentives, these include technological interventions, social measures such as health promotion, andlegal and regulator measures.

Purpose: Integration of sound management of chemicals priorities into national development planning to addressthe most serious problem areas, while making the utmost use of opportunities that link sound management of chemicals with sustainable development factors. Fostering national budget commitments, in partnership with donor assistance, following the integration of priorities into national polic and planning documents.

Goal: Making clear to national finance and treasur departments, and aid agenc officials, the linkages betweensound management of chemicals and progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Awarenessraising targeted to political decision makers.

Inclusion of priorities for sound management of chemicals in national polic and planning documents.Rationale: Decision makers are far more likel to opt for sustainable modes of development when health and environmental

costs of alternative policies are full va lued in terms of natural resource depletion/conservation, human mortalit

and morbidit, health care costs, lost wages, etc. Signif icant responses to hazards often onl occur when alongstanding environmental risk erupts into a health crisis, or economic or political emergenc. B movingfrom a reactive to a proactive polic approach, risks that might develop into fullscale environmental and healthemergencies can be mitigated, and crises that otherwise might have serious implications for a countr’s economic,political and phsical infrastructure can be l imited or even prevented.

STEP 3 — IDENTIFICATION OF NATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND PRIORITIES

STEP 4 A — EVALUATING THE ECONOMICS OF SELECTED SMC PRIORITIES

STEP 4 b — DEVELOPING POLICy AND REGULATORy RESPONSES FOR SELECTED PRIORITIES

STEP 5 — INTEGRATING THE SOUND MANAGEMENT OF CHEMICALS INTO

MDG-BASED NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING PROCESSES



Awareness Raising& Promoting Multi-Stakeholder Involvement

Stakeholder consultations and awarenessraising throughout the stepbstep approachto integrating sound management of chemicals into development plans will enablea countr to ensure that identified prioritiesare an accurate reflection of emerging needs,

and place chemical management prioritiesat the core of national development debates. Without stakeholder consultations, theresult could be partial and unsustainable.Stakeholder involvement can lead to betterpolic options b fostering alternative, propoor choices, and ensuring the participationof vulnerable populations in polic development and decision making processes.

Gender Mainstreaming

Efforts to ensure the sound management of chemicals within a context of sustainabledevelopment have important genderdimensions. In dail life, men, women,and children are exposed to different kindsof chemicals in varing concentrations.Levels of exposure to toxic chemicalsandresulting impacts on human healtharedetermined b social as well as biological

factors. Therefore, it is critical to raiseawareness about the linkages betweenchemical exposure, human health,environmental threats, and genderdifferences in risks and impacts. Integration

of gender considerations throughout allstages of a countr’s process to strengthenits national chemical management regime will ensure that women’s, as well as men’s,concerns and experiences are taken intoaccount in the design, implementation,monitoring and evaluation of chemicalmanagement policies and programmes, sothat the can benefit equall and genderinequalit is not perpetuated.

Monitoring & Evaluation

Monitoring and evaluation throughoutthe stepbstep approach will al low countries to track progress in meetinggoals, measure results in achievingestablished goals, codif lessons learned,evaluate feedback, ensure accountabilit visàvis project partners, donors andstakeholders and ultimatel improve

the qualit of followup programmesand projects for sound management of chemicals. Identifing and/or developingthe “right” indicators that can be linkedto national development goals and targetsis particularl important for monitoringa countr’s progress in integratingsound management of chemicals into itsMillennium Development Goal targetsand national development plans. A

multistakeholder approach during theidentification and/or development of such indicators will ensure that a variet of potential indicators are proposed forselection.



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In its initial phase, the UNDP UNEPPartnership Initiative collaborated with

selected pilot countries in the application andtesting of UNDP guidance materials withthe ultimate objective of integrating soundmanagement of chemicals into nationaldevelopment plans and policies.

Pilot countries that were selected had aNational Chemicals Management Profileor similar document in place as a startingpoint, as well as a Povert Reduction Strateg,

MDGbased National Development Plan,or other national development planningdocument that was due to be updated. Thecountries also had relativel good informationavailable on existing chemical managementproblems and the populations, environmentalresources, and economic sectors most at risk due to chemical exposure.

The Partnership Initiative was launchedin Uganda and Zamia in November

2007, in Macedonia in March 2008, andin Camodia in June 2008. Funding wasprovided b the SAICM Quick StartProgramme (QSP) Trust Fund, as wellas the Swedish Government (through theSwedish Chemicals Inspectorate – KemI). Throughout 2009, Partnership Initiative

activities will be launched in belarus,belize, Ecuador, Honduras, Lieria and

Mauritania, with support from the SAICMQSP Trust Fund.

Through their participation in thePartnership Initiative, these 10 countries will work towards the integration of soundmanagement of chemicals into national

development planning processes. The results will be used to revise and update the UNDP

Technical Guide for Mainstreaming the Sound Management of Chemicals (SMC) in MDG-Based Policies and Plan. The technical guide isconsidered a “living document” in which thelessonslearned and practical field experiencesfrom these 10 countries will be recorded asthe progress with project implementation.

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Coordination withspecialized agencies

Integration of sound management of chemicals into national developmentplanning processes requires partnership andharmonization, not onl among nationalagencies within countries, but also amongthe specialized international agenciesthat are involved in aspects of chemical

management. Throughout the preparationand implementation of national projects, theUNDPUNEP Partnership Initiative seekssubstantive input from other internationalagencies on chemicalsrelated polic andeconomic issues. The Partnership Initiative works in concert with a number of otherspecialized agencies, including the WorldHealth Organization (WHO), the Foodand Agriculture Organization (FAO), theUnited Nations Institute for Training and

Research (UNITAR), the United NationsIndustrial Development Organization(UNIDO) – to name a few and theSecretariats of Multilateral EnvironmentalAgreements dealing with issues related tochemical management.

Partnering withBi- lateral donors

The Government of Sweden is supporting

work b the Partnership Initiative inCambodia and Zambia , through theSwedish Chemicals Inspectorate (KemI).In Cambodia , the Partnership Initiativehas been coordinating its activities witha Swedishfunded project managed b UNEP entitled Facilitation of legal and

institutional infrastructures on sound

management of chemicals in developing

countries and countries with economies in

transition, which as a result of coordinationefforts is now supporting the Governmentof Cambodia in the development of a law/subdecree on chemicals management to

address its legal infrastructure needs on theregulation of the management of chemicals.

The Government of Norwa has providedfunding for a UNEPsupported project onthe Integration of chemical safet concernsinto development agendas, which focuseson povert reduction strategies. This projectis being executed jointl with the UNDPUNEP Partnership Initiative activities. As

a start, four regional workshops were heldin belize, Camodia, Macedonia andUganda. These workshops were designed to:a. Advance SMC mainstreaming into

development planning through increaseddialogue and understanding betweennational agencies responsible for chemicalsmanagement and national agenciesresponsible for development planning; and

b. Contribute to the preparation of aninformation document to be provided

to the 2nd Meeting of the InternationalConference on Chemicals Management(ICCM2) to strengthen discussionson mainstreaming b providinginformation on the practical experienceand perspectives of countries thatparticipated in the workshops.

Representatives from national agenciesresponsible for chemicals management andnational agencies responsible for developmentplanning from all of the countries that arepart of the UNDPUNEP PartnershipInitiative participated in the regional workshops.

Linking to the UNDP-UNEPPoverty EnvironmentInitiative (PEI)

The UNDP-UNEP Poverty -

Environment Initiative (PEI) is a joint programme that provides financialand technical support to countries tobuild capacit for integrating povert and environment linkages into national

eNhaNCING UnDP-UneP JOINT PROGRammING: Broadening the Partnership Initiative



development planning processes such asPovert Reduction Strateg Papers (PRSPs)and Millennium Development Goal (MDG)achievement strategies. Principles andconsiderations on the sound managementof chemicals require further incorporationinto PEI’s approach and methodolog forproviding support to countries on integratingpovertenvironment linkages into nationaldevelopment planning processes.

Over the past few ears PEI has supportednine countries in Africa and Asia withthe launch of sustainable programmesto mainstream povert and environmentlinkages into national development plans,budget processes and sector implementationprogrammes. Currentl, working closel

with ke donors and other partners, PEI isundertaking efforts to expand its services toother countries and regions.

To ensure that PEIsupported countriesbenefit from the UNDPUNEPprogrammatic approach to the integrationof sound management of chemicals, thePartnership Initiative either builds on PEImainstreaming activities or incorporates

SMC mainstreaming activities into ongoingPEI countr support (as is the case inUganda, for example). UNDP and UNEPare also in the process of ensuring thatSMC considerations are full integratedinto the UNDPUNEP Guidance onMainstreaming Environment into NationalDevelopment Planning



Progress in Uganda

The “Uganda/UNDP/UNEP Initiative for the implementationof SAICM” was official l launched b the Ugandan Ministerof State for Environment, Mrs. Jessica Erio, at the Project’sInception Workshop, which was held in November 2007 inKampala. Funding was provided b the SAICM Quick Start

Programme Trust Fund.Seventsix representatives from Ministries such as Health,Environment, Planning and Finance, as well as industr associations, NGOs, universities and chemicalsrelatedinstitutions, responded to the invitation of the UgandanNational Environmental Management Agenc (NEMA) tosupport the project and to work towards the main objectivesof the Partnership Initiative.Uganda’s Povert Eradication Action Plan (PEAP), which isUganda’s comprehensive development framework, was expiringin 2008. The expir of the PEAP offered an opportunit toreview the gains realized and the challenges and constraints

faced during its implementation, as well as emerging issues,opportunities and new challenges. The revised PEAP willinform and eventuall be transformed into the New Five yearNational Development Plan (NDP). The revision process willbe guided b several sector working papers and consultationsregarding the draft NDP. One of the working papers that will inform the new plan is a sector paper on Environment,Natural Resource and Climate Change. The stakeholders at the workshop recognized and agreed thatit would be extremel important for this project to contribute tothe review process of the PEAP and tr to mainstream knownnational chemical management priorities into the revisedPEAP in order to influence the new National Development

Plan and meet SAICM objectives. The project’s stakeholdersagreed to two paral lel processes for mainstreaming:

i) A “fast track” process to meet the deadline of the PEAPreview that would focus on mainstreaming of short termpriorities; and,ii) A “normal speed” mainstreaming process that would focuson mainstreaming of medium and long term priorities.

The “fast track” process: In order to incorporate chemicalsmanagement issues into the revised PEAP, a subsector working paper on chemicals management has been finalized.Information from this paper will be incorporated intothe sector paper on Environment, Natural Resource andClimate Change, which in turn will inform the new NationalDevelopment Plan. The project team reviewed the draft sectorpaper and made detailed comments on priorities for soundmanagement of chemicals. The “normal speed” process: National sector teams wereformed which, under the guidance of a core group constitutedof an economist, environmental health expert, and NEMA

environmental expert, have finalized Uganda’s nationalsituation report on chemicals. The analsis of the nationalsituation has defined the high priorit chemicals issuesrelevant to Uganda’s national development objectives, and thishas been presented to the national Interagenc CoordinatingMechanism on sound management of chemicals. Premeetings were held with the finance and planning ministries.In the meantime, Phase 2 of the project has begun with aneconomic costbenefit analsis of the need to restructurelegislative and institutional governance mechanisms for SMCin the Government of Uganda in order to improve effectivenessand efficiencies. A strateg to address gaps in the legal regime was also initiated in the first quarter of 2009.

The “Mainstreaming Sound Management of Chemicals Issuesinto MDGbased National Development Planning” project was officiall launched at the Project’s Inception Workshop in June 2008 b H.E. Khieu Muth, Secretar of State, CambodianMinistr of Environment. The workshop was attended b 64 representatives from the Ministr of Environment’s

Department of Environmental Pollution Control, Ministr of Planning, Ministr of Agriculture, Forestr and Fisheries,Ministr of Health, Ministr of Industr, Mines and Energ etc., as well as industr associations, NGOs, universities andother institutions engaged in aspects of sound managementof chemicals. Funding was provided b the Governmentof Sweden (through the Swedish Chemicals Inspectorate KemI).As of the first quarter of 2009, the project team is conductingresearch necessar to draw up the national chemicals managementsituation report. The situation report will provide informationfor identification of the highest priorities for improving sound

management of chemicals in the countr, within the context of national development priorities and plans.B enhancing the necessar structures and capacit tointegrate SMC priorities into its national development

planning frameworks, the project will enable the Governmentof Cambodia to ensure that national chemicals managementpriorities become part of the national budgetar instruments.B the end of this project, Cambodia will be in a position torepeat the methodolog for future development plan revisionsand will have established a list of priorities, accompanied

b cost related analsis, that will enable it to both fundraiseinternall (i.e. b identifing private sector cooperationopportunities) and externall, from multilateral and bilateraldonors.In response to a specific need voiced b the Governmentof Cambodia, the project will also benefit from a UNEPKemI initiative on “Facilitation of legal and institutionalinfrastructures on sound management of chemicals indeveloping countries and countries with economies intransition”. This will help address Cambodia’s legalinfrastructure needs through the development of a law/subdecree on the regulation of the management of chemicals.

Cambodia will also receive additional resources from theGovernment of Norwa to train a junior environmentaleconomist to work with the senior economist as part of thecore analtical group.

Progress in Cambodia



Progress in Zambia

Progress in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

The “UNDPUNEP Case Stud in Partnership with Zambia:Mainstreaming Sound Management of Chemicals Issuesinto MDG based National Development Planning” project was officiall launched at the Project’s Inception Workshopin November 2007, b the Zambian Minister of Tourism,

Environment and Natural Resources, Honourable MichaelL. Kaingu, MP. Funding was provided b the Governmentof Sweden (through the Swedish Chemicals Inspectorate KemI). The wide diversit of ministries represented 20 governmentministries and agencies and the participation of privatesector, academic and NGO representatives, reinforced theunderstanding among participants of the crosssectoralrelevance of chemicals management, and its economicsignificance. The active involvement and commitment tothe project process b the Ministr of Finance and NationalPlanning was a clear sign of the strategic value of the proposed

project approach.Sector teams were established to complete the nationalchemicals management situation report, which was completedin the last quarter of 2008. The core analtical group,comprised of an economist, environment health expert andan environmental expert from the Environment Councilof Zambia (ECZ), used the situation report as a basis foridentifing national SMC priorities for action in the context of the national development plan. These priorities were presented

to and approved b the national Interagenc CoordinatingMechanism on sound management of chemicals in December2008. Additional meetings have been held with the Ministr of Finance and National Planning to secure their “buin”in the process of integrating SMC priorities into Zambia’

national development planning process.An economic costbenefit analsis of the social and financialimpacts of relevant interventions in the Kafue river basin wasstarted in the f irst quarter of 2009. Options and interventionsrelated to was in which chemicals management can fosterdevelopment while improving health and environmentconditions in the basin wil l be presented. The Zambian Fifth National Development Plan is currentl undergoing a midterm review. The project is thereforecontinuousl engaging national planning authorities in itsactivities to ensure that SMCMDG linkages are clear toplanning officials, and their commitment to the project’s

objectives is being secured. The objective is to facilitate themainstreaming of the top national chemical managementpriorities into Zambia’s national development plan.In recognition of the importance of further enhancingZambia’s capacit with respect to environmental economics,the Government of Norwa is providing additional resourcesto the project. These funds are being used to train a juniorenvironmental economist, who works with the senioreconomist as part of the core analtical group.

Macedonia’s project on “Mainstreaming Sound Managementof Chemicals into MDGbased National DevelopmentPlanning” began in March 2008 when a “strateg development”mission visited FyR Macedonia to work with the governmenton developing a detailed plan of action. Funding was providedb the SAICM Quick Start Programme Trust Fund.Extensive meetings were held with a variet of government

agencies, including the Ministr of Environment and PhsicalPlanning, Ministr of Health, Ministr of Agriculture,Forestr and Water Econom, the Customs Administrationand the Office of the Project for Development of the NationalStrateg for Sustainable Development.In comparison with other countries that are part of theUNDPUNEP Partnership Initiative, FyR Macedonia nolonger undergoes an review or preparation of PRSPs (the lastinterim Povert Reduction Strateg Paper was produced inNovember 2000) nor does it prepare national developmentplanning frameworks. For this reason, it is the process for theNational Strateg for Sustainable Development that providesthe best avenue for mainstreaming national priorities forsound management of chemicals. With the current Sustainable Development strateg processbeing finalized in 2009, the project (as in Uganda) hasadopted:

i) A “fast track” process to meet the deadline of the SustainableDevelopment process, which focuses on mainstreaming of short term chemicals management priorities; andii) A “normal speed” mainstreaming process to focus onmainstreaming of medium and longterm priorities duringthe midterm review of the National Strateg for SustainableDevelopment that will take place in 2.5 ears.

As of the beginning of the first quarter of 2009, the nationalproject management team has supported the integrationof chemicalsrelated language into the National Strateg for Sustainable Development document and prepared achemicals annex. The chemicals annex addresses known shortterm national priorities regarding chemicals management,including hazardous waste infrastructure, pesticide overuse,chemical ‘hot spots’, and industrial location planning forchemicalintensive industries. The national chemicals management draft situation report forMacedonia has been completed and will be presented to theInteragenc Coordinating Mechanism in June 2009.Macedonia, too, will receive funding from the Government of Norwa to train a junior environmental economist for its coreanaltical group.


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Mr. Kaj Madsen

Senior Programme Officer

Chemicals BranchDivision of Technology, Industry and Economics (DTIE)

Tel: + 41 22 917 82 58

E-mail: [email protected]

www.chem.unep.ch/unepsaicm/default.htm

For Further Information

Dr. Suely Carvalho

Chief, Montreal Protocol and Chemicals Unit

Environment and Energy GroupBureau for Development Policy

Tel: +1 212 906 6687/5112

E-mail: [email protected]

www.undp.org/chemicals

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