United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP) invites Governments that
are interested in submitting an application during the fifth round of
applications, to prepare their project application in consultation with
ministries and stakeholders to identify national priorities, gaps and
challenges to facilitate and enable the implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam
and Stockholm conventions, the Minamata Convention and the Strategic Approach
to International Chemicals Management.
The Special Programme is designed to support country-driven
institutional strengthening at the national level, in the context of an
integrated approach to address the financing of the sound management of
chemicals and wastes, taking into account the national development strategies,
plans and priorities for each country, to increase sustainable public
institutional capacity for the sound management of chemicals and wastes
throughout their life cycle.
A Special Programme project:
- Is a country-driven project
that is conceived and implemented by the applicant
- Builds long-term capacity in
the relevant ministry or ministries
- Has a sustainable financing
mechanism or a plan for ensuring long-term sustainability
- Focuses on multi-sectoral
involvement
- Improves chemicals and waste
management to mitigate negative impact
- Engages with private sector
stakeholders
- Promotes an enabling
environment to foster the ratification and implementation of the Basel,
Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, the Minamata Convention and
implementation of SAICM.
- Coordinates the implementation
of policies, strategies and national programmes for the sound management
of chemicals and waste
- Has a gender mainstreaming
component and promotes consideration of gender and UNEP safeguards
standards
- Emphasizes gender-disaggregated
data collection where relevant
Funding Information
- The Special Programme Trust
Fund may provide support from US$ 50,000 to US$ 250,000 per project
proposal, including possible administration fees and monitoring and
evaluation and financial audit. In certain circumstances, an applicant
country may request up to a maximum of US$ 500,000.
- Projects requesting more than
US$ 250,000 should fulfil additional criteria mentioned on the official
website.
- Projects should be fully
completed within three years.
Outcomes
- The expected outcome of the
Special Programme is to strengthen the capacities of national institutions
to do the following:
- Develop and monitor the
implementation of national policies, strategies, programmes and
legislation for the sound management of chemicals and waste;
- Promote the adoption, monitoring
and enforcement of legislation and regulatory frameworks for the sound
management of chemicals and waste;
- Promote the mainstreaming of
the sound management of chemicals and waste into national development
plans, national budgets, policies, legislation and implementation
frameworks at all levels, including addressing gaps and avoiding
duplication;
- Work in a multisectoral,
effective, efficient, transparent, accountable and sustainable manner in
the long term;
- Facilitate multisectoral and
multi-stakeholder cooperation and coordination at the national
level;
- Promote private sector
responsibility, accountability and involvement;
- Promote the effective
implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, the
Minamata Convention and the Strategic Approach;
- Promote cooperative and
coordinated implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm
Conventions, the Minamata Convention and the Strategic Approach to
International Chemicals Management at the national level.
Who can apply for funding?
- Eligible Governments can apply
to the Special Programme.
- It is strongly encouraged that
the Applicant Government only submits one application from the country
based on the issue(s) identified as the most important national priorities
for possible funding from the Special Programme Trust Fund.
- Support from the Special
Programme is available for developing countries, taking into account the
special needs of least developed countries and small island developing
States, and for countries with economies in transition, with priority
given to those with least capacity.
- Countries should also be on the
Development Assistance Committee (DAC) list of Official Development
Assistance (ODA) at the time of application.
Post Date - 12-Apr-2021