Project Reference #2 | |
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“Strengthening institutional capacities for mainstreaming quadruple[1] synergy schemes in implementation of the National Action Plans (NAPs) for implementation of SAICM and inclusion of Minamata convention”
(April 2020 – June 2022)
Special Programme Trust Fund under UNEP |
Implementing Partners: | Program related: Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning, POPs and Ozone Unit
Administration and Financial Management: Resource Environmental Center (REC) – North Macedonia |
Project Aim: | The project aims to involvement of all considered institutions/stakeholders for the renewing of the existing structures dealing with chemicals and waste management (National Coordination Group for SAICM) that will be reaffirmed and established a National Steering Committee (NSC) for Chemicals and Waste.
The representatives from environment, health, agriculture, labor, finance, economy, industry, mining and energy, external affairs and planning sectors, trade unions and civil society organizations, as well as Stockholm Convention Regional Centre in the Czech Republic (RECETOX) as project partner, will be involved in the NSC work. |
Project Activities: | (1) Creation and operationalization of developingWorking Groups/Task Teams consisting of representatives of all institutions with expertise/familiar with (i) Legislation and (ii) Institutional Aspects.
(2) Develop report on the activities fulfilled in sense of SAICM NAP implementation in the period 2011 – 2015 and state of the triple synergy scheme implementation and situation report for the state of chemical and waste management in the period 2015-2017 with special accent on institutional aspects, SWOT analysis of institutional and legal aspects of chemical and waste management, organize workshop on institutional and legal aspects linked with implementation of the chemicals and waste treaties and trainings (national and regional) on capacity building of the institutions involved in chemicals and waste management. (3) The outputs of the working group work will be: a. updated national action plan for strategic chemicals and waste management for the period 2017 – 2021, creation of quadruple synergy scheme and b. development of Terms of Reference of the separate division responsible for joint implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam, Stockholm, Minamata Convention and SAICM to be established under the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning and its incorporation within the updated NAP. |
Expected impacts/results: | The main project result would bea foundation (upgrading NAP with actions on creation of a joint division and its adoption by the Macedonian Government) for establishment of a division responsible for joint implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam, Stockholm and Minamata Convention under the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning and its integration in the updated NAP. |
[1]Enhance the implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, the Minamata Convention on Mercury and the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management
[2] (RDF/SRF): Refuse-derived fuel / Solid recovered fuel