Transcript Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management

Strategic Approach to
International Chemicals
Management (SAICM)
and its implementation
in Albania
Dr. Lindita Tafaj
Institute of Public Health
Department of Environmental Health
Tirana, Albania
[email protected]
BASIC TOXICOLOGY COURSE, 28/09.-02.10.2009
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Contents
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What is SAICM and what it’s not
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What’s new at SAICM
The development process
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SAICM implementation worldwide
SAICM implementation in Albania
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SAICM
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What does SAICM consist of?
 Dubai Declaration
 Overarching Policy Strategy
 Global Plan of Action
 ICCM resolutions
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SAICM development :
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The Strategic Approach was mandated by the
United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP)
and endorsed by the Johannesburg World Summit
on Sustainable Development in 2002 and the New
York World Summit in September 2005.
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It has been developed by a multi-stakeholder
Preparatory Committee, co-convened by UNEP, the
Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety
(IFCS) and the Inter-Organization Programme for
the Sound Management of Chemicals (IOMC).
SAICM: What It Is
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SAICM is a global policy framework to support
efforts to achieve:
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By 2020, chemicals should be produced and used in ways
that lead to the minimization of significant adverse effects
on human health and the environment
SAICM aims to coordinate, catalyse and facilitate
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SAICM: What It’s Not
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SAICM is not a legally binding instrument
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SAICM is not a new organization
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SAICM does not replace existing institutions
and mechanisms
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SAICM: What’s New
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SAICM builds on previous initiatives. It is notable for its:
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broad scope
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ambitious goal (the Johannesburg 2020 target)
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endorsement at the highest political levels
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emphasis on the sound management of chemicals as a
sustainable development issue
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resource mobilization
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formal endorsement or recognition by IGO governing
bodies
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Relevant chemical agreements
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Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for
Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade
(FAO/UNEP)
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International Health Regulations (2005) (WHO)
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Convention on the Use of White Lead in Painting (ILO)
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Convention on Safety in the Use of Chemicals at Work (ILO)
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Vienna Convention on the Protection of the Ozone Layer and the
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
(UNEP)
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Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of
Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, and Related Protocol (UNEP)
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Convention on Biological Diversity and the Cartagena Protocol on
Biosafety (UNEP)
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Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) (UNEP)
SAICM: Broad Engagement
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Over 140 Governments participate with multi-sectoral
representation
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Around 60 NGOs take part, including public interest
groups focussed on the environment and health, trade
unions, industry associations and the scientific community
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11 IGOs are also full “participants”
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Endorsed in International Conference on Chemicals
Management, Dubai, February 2006
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SAICM: What It Consists Of
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Dubai Declaration on International Chemicals
Management (political commitment)
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Overarching Policy Strategy (scope, needs,
objectives, principles, financial and implementation
arrangements)
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Global Plan of Action (work areas, activities, actors,
timeframes and targets, indicators of progress)
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Note also: resolutions of the ICCM 1 and ICCM 2
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SAICM: The Dubai Declaration on
International Chemicals Management
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Firm commitment to the Strategic Approach and its
implementation
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“The sound management of chemicals is essential if
we are to achieve sustainable development, including
the eradication of poverty and disease, the
improvement of human health and the environment
and the elevation and maintenance of the standard of
living in countries at all levels of development.”
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SAICM: Overarching Policy Strategy
– OPS (1)
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Adopted by “Ministers, heads of delegation and
representatives of civil society and private sector”
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Structure:
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Scope
Needs
Objectives
Financial considerations
Principles and approaches
Implementation arrangements
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SAICM: OPS – Scope (2)
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SAICM includes:
a) environmental, economic, social, health and labour
aspects of chemical safety;
b) agricultural and industrial chemicals covering
chemicals at all stages of their life-cycle, including in
products.
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SAICM should take due account of instruments and
processes that have been developed to date and be flexible
enough to deal with new ones without duplicating efforts
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Scope of Chemical MEAs
SAICM:
Strategic Approach
To Chemicals
Management
Other
chemicals
of concern
Rotterdam
Convention:
Basel Convention:
Prior
informed
consent
Chemical
‘coverage’
Control Of
Transboundary Movements
Of Hazardous Wastes
And Their Disposal
Specific
Chlorinated
Compounds
Stockholm Convention:
Persistent Organic Pollutants
Production
Trade
Use
Waste & disposal
Chemical ‘life cycle’
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Stockholm
Committee
GHS
Committee
CWC
Committee
Rotterdam
Committee
National
IFCS
Committee
Pesticides
Committee
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Stockholm
Committee
GHS
Committee
National
Co-coordinating
Mechanism
CWC
Committee
IFCS
Committee
Rotterdam
Committee
Pesticides
Committee
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SAICM: OPS – Needs (3)
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Since 1992 UNCED (UN Conference on Environment and
Development- Rio de Janeiro, Earth Summit) , “much has been
done to improve chemicals management”
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However, it is recognized that:
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Growing gaps between the capacities of different countries to
manage chemicals safely
Need to improve synergies between existing instruments and
processes
Urgency to assess and manage chemicals more effectively to
achieve the 2020 goal
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SAICM: OPS – Objectives (4)
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Achieve sound management of chemicals
throughout life-cycle by 2020
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5 objectives:
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Risk reduction
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Knowledge and information
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Governance
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Capacity-building and technical cooperation
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Illegal international traffic
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SAICM: OPS – Financial considerations
& Principles/Approaches (5)
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SAICM financial arrangements include:
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Actions at the national or sub-national levels
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Enhancing industry partnerships
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Integration of SAICM objectives into development cooperation
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Making more effective use of and building upon existing sources
of relevant global funding
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Quick Start Programme
Principles and Approaches are:
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Existing declarations, agreements, etc. such as Rio Declaration,
Agenda 21, Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, Basel,
Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions
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SAICM:
OPS – Implementation
Arrangements (6)
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Develop national and other SAICM implementation
plans (e.g. regional and IGO)
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Designate national SAICM focal points
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Reviewing SAICM implementation, via:
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ICCM meetings
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Inter-sessional regional meetings
Bureau / Secretariat
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SAICM: Global Plan of Action (1)
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Guidance document to be reviewed and
recommended for use when stakeholders implement
SAICM
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Structured in accordance with 5 main objectives
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Divided into 36 work areas, 273 activities, actors,
targets / timeframes, indicators of progress,
implementation aspects
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SAICM: Global Plan of Action (2)
36 Work Areas
273 Activities
1. Assessment of national chemicals management to 1, 165, 207
identify gaps and prioritize actions
2. Human health protection
2-6
3. Children and chemical safety
7-10, 150-153,
245-246
4. Occupational health and safety
11-21, 138-149,
255
5. GHS
22, 99-101, 168,
248-250
6. Highly toxic pesticides – risk management and
reduction
23-30, 114-117
7. Pesticide programmes …
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SAICM: Global Plan of Action (3)
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SAICM Implementation: Overview
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Implementation at national/regional level
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Focal points
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Quick Start Programme
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SAICM Implementation: National &
Regional Levels
Governments are expected to:
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integrate SAICM into relevant programmes and plans,
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consider developing, with relevant stakeholder participation, a
national implementation plan
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implementing SAICM on an inter-ministerial or
inter-institutional basis
Regional meetings:
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Principal mechanism for dialogue and cooperation between
ICCM sessions
Role of SAICM Focal Point (national/regional/NGOs)
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SAICM Implementation: Quick Start
Programme – QSP (1)
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Objective:
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Support initial enabling capacity-building and
implementation activities in developing countries,
least developed countries, small island developing
States and countries with economies in transition
Includes a Trust Fund and multilateral, bilateral and
other forms of cooperation
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SAICM Implementation: QSP –
Strategic Priorities (2)
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National chemical profiles & identification of capacity
needs
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Strengthening national chemicals management
institutions, plans, programmes and activities to
implement SAICM (building upon work conducted to
implement international chemicals-related
agreements)
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Undertaking analysis, interagency coordination, and
public participation activities to implement SAICM by
integrating sound management of chemicals in
national strategies
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SAICM:
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an ambitious new policy initiative
success will depend on stakeholders’
commitment to implementation
“The sound management of chemicals is
essential if we are to achieve sustainable
development.”
www.saicm.org
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SAICM implementation in Albania
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SAICM- National Focal Point nominated, September
2008
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National SAICM Priorities Validation Meeting,
December 2008
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Project “Strengthening Capacities for SAICM
Implementation in Albania” prepared for SAICM
QSP 6th round, ready for submission
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Institutional responsibilities: (1)
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Ministry of Economy, Trade and Energy, responsible for all the
remain chemicals in the mining sector, metallurgy, chemical and
petrochemical industries and other non/food industries.
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Ministry of Environment, Forests and Water Administration –
responsible for the management of hazardous waste (chemicals)
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Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Protection - –
Registration and control of agricultural chemicals (pesticides,
fertilizers)
Institutional responsibilities: (2)
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Ministry of Health – Management of Chemicals for disinfection,
deratization and disinsection (licensing), pharmaceuticals
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Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Telecommunication –
Urban waste management (hazardous included)
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Ministry of Labor and Social Works and Equal Chances –
Prevention and control of exposures to chemicals in the working
place
Institutional responsibilities: (3)
Other institutions:
 Agency of Environment and Forestry
 Institute of Public Health
 National Agency of Natural Resources
 Universities
Organizations: UNDP, OSCE, NGOs
Legal framework
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Law no 8934 date 5.9.2002 “ On environmental protection”
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Law no 9108, date 17.7.2003 “On chemical substances and preparations”
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Law no 9010 date 13.2.2003 “On environmental management of solid
waste’
DCM no 824 date 11.12.2003 “On Classification, Packaging and Labeling of
Hazardous Preparations”
Law no 9537 date 18.5.2006 “On hazardous waste management”
Law no 9890 date 20.3.2008 “ On amendments of the Law no 8934 date
5.9.2002 “ On environmental protection”
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Law on Plant Protection, 2008
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Regulation on Hospital Waste Management, No. 6, dt.30.11.2007
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Order of PM, Nr. 23, date 27.02.2008 “For the constitution of the interinstitutional group for evidencing and further treatment of the hazardous
chemicals in all companies in the ownership of Ministry of Economy, Trade
and Energy.
State of Ratification of Convents
Convention/ protocol
State of
ratification
Year
Stockholm Convention
Ratified
2004
Basel Convention on the Control of
Transboundary Movements of Hazardous
Wastes and their Disposal
Ratified
1999
The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Ratified
Deplete the Ozone Layer
1999
Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Ratified
Public
Participation in Decision Making and Access
to Justice
2000
Helsinki Convention on Transboundary effects Ratified
of industrial accidents
1994
Barcelona Convention for the marine
protected areas, 6 protocols
2000
Ratified
QSP- proposal ALBANIA (1)
Aims / Activities
1.
Prepare a National SAICM Capacity Assessment:
The document will make:
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the assessment of the existing capacities in in government and
responsible structure covering chemical management
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Identify gaps in primary and secondary legislation giving options for an
integrated new law in chemicals or dealing with this issue in specific
laws.
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Enhancer cooperation with business, public and labour organizations,
and highlight possible opportunities for specific partnership projects
involving government and other stakeholders.
QSP- proposal ALBANIA (2)
Aims / Activities
2.
Strengthen the national governance structure :
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Establishing a formal mechanism for inter-ministerial coordination—Interministerial SAICM Coordination Committee.
Developing a stakeholder involvement policy will address stakeholder
involvement at two levels:
the “strategic” level, where the overall relationship between government
and stakeholders needs to be defined as they implement SAICM at the
national, programmatic level and
(ii) at the project level—what are the principles for stakeholder
involvement within the development and implementation of partnership
projects
national chemicals information exchange mechanism on relevant
initiatives and activities among the different ministries and stakeholders,
such as a National Chemical Safety Website for the national integrated
programme
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(i)
(ii)
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QSP- proposal ALBANIA (3)
Aims / Activities
3. Develop a National Chemicals Management Database:
National Chemicals Management Database to regularly record
data on chemical production, import, export, and use, as well as
on recorded poisonings, chemicals contamination regarding the
environment and human health (including contaminated sites),
etc.
QSP- proposal ALBANIA (4)
Aims / Activities
4. Strengthening the legal framework:
Official endorsement of these enforcement texts through, inter
alia, undertaking awareness-raising and capacity building
activities to inform all involved stakeholders (customs,
tradesmen, other ministries, etc.) about the new national
requirements.
QSP- proposal ALBANIA (5)
Aims / Activities
5. Update the National Profile
This first update of the Profile since development in 2006
establishes the Profile as “living document”.
Proposals for mainstreaming environmental / Sound
Management of Chemicals in development planning
processes
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Inter-sector cooperation
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Reinforcement (rearrangement?) of relevant institutions
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Capacity building/strengthening for planning, supervision,
monitoring
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Completion/ implementation of a comprehensive secondary
legislation in accordance with EC directives.
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Filling the gap on specific laws covering the chemical
management of every field of development.
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Strategic Impact Assessment / environmental component
incorporation in development priorities for short, medium and
long terms.