Propuesta de Implementaci

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GEF Global Project on PRTRs
Use of SAICM and GEF resources for a common goal
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How does a PRTR work?
Data
Access to Information
Sources
Analysis
PRTR Data
PRTR
water
air
soil
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Characteristics of a PRTR

• Periodicity
• Multimedia air, water, soil
• Use of common identifiers for chemicals
• Information at the facility and location level
• Information processed
• Access to information to general public

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Global GEF project

• Project Objective To demonstrate the utility of
  PRTRs to comply with Stockholm Convention
  obligations such as POPs monitoring, report, NIPs
  updating and information exchange and
  dissemination.
• Participating Countries Chile, Ecuador, Peru
  (South America), Cambodia, Thailand (Asia),
  Ukraine and Kazakhstan (Europe). Central
  American Sub-region Costa Rica, El Salvador,
  Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Dominican
  Republic.
• Outputs PRTR implementation in Chile and PRTR
  design in other countries to comply with
  Stockholm Convention and Identification of
  lessons learned in each region.

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Global GEF Project

• Implementing Agency UNEP
• Executing Agency UNITAR
• Total Budget 3,417,320 USD
• GEF Contribution 950,000 USD
• Duration 2 years

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Stockholm Convention Obligations related with
PRTRs

• Article 5 Measures to reduce or eliminate
  releases from unintentional production action
  plan development.
• Article 7 Implementation plans, updating and
  reviewing action plans.
• Article 9 Information exchange Between Parties
  and POPs Secretariat
• Article 10 Public information, awareness and
  education information on POPs made public,
  public participation in POPs management,
  promotion and facilitation provision of
  information from industry and professional users,
  estimates annual quantities of POPs released or
  eliminated.
• Article 11 Research, development and
  monitoring Support data gathering, support of
  monitoring programmes in countries.
• Article 15 Submission of reports provide
  statistical dataor estimations on quantities of
  POPs
• Annexes A and B List of POPs

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POPs fit in PRTRs
PRTR
Air
Water
PCBs databases
Soil
Point and non-point sources
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SAICM and GEF

• The GEF Global Project has a contribution of
  100,800 USD from SAICM directed to Kazakhstan and
  Cambodia
• SAICM activities include upgrading National
  Chemicals Profiles, development of SAICM
  development assessment and the organization of a
  National Priority Setting Workshop

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SAICM and PRTRs

• The Objectives of the SAICM Overarching Policy
  Strategy, are oriented to
• (a) Development or updating of national chemical
  profiles and the identification of capacity needs
  for sound chemicals management
• (b) Development and strengthening of national
  chemicals management institutions, plans,
  programmes and activities to implement the
  Strategic Approach, building upon work conducted
  to implement international chemicals-related
  agreements and initiatives
• c) Undertaking analysis, interagency
  coordination, and public participation activities
  directed at enabling the implementation of the
  Strategic Approach by integrating i.e.,
  mainstreaming the sound management of chemicals
  in national strategies, and thereby informing
  development assistance cooperation priorities.

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Thanks
Jorge Ocaña Task Manager POPs PNUMA
GEF jocana_at_chemicals.unep.ch