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Preparing a National Profile
to Assess the National
Infrastructure for
Management of Chemicals
Chemicals and Waste Management Programme
United Nations Institute for Training and Research
(UNITAR)
Palais des Nations
1211 Geneva 10
Tel: +41 22 917 1234
Fax: +41 22 917 8047
Email: [email protected]
Presentation overview
• Introduction
– International context, National Profile content,
References to preparing a National Profile, Key
principles and possible benefits, UNITAR/IOMC
National Profile Programme Support
• Guidance Document/National Profile Methodology
• Suggested Methodology for National Profile Planning
Workshop Working Groups
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International context
• 1992 UNCED – United Nations Conference on
Environment and Development (Earth Summit), Rio 1992
• A number of conventions agreed
• Key document – Agenda 21 agreed by 150+ heads of state
– Chapter 19: chemicals
– Chapter 20: wastes
• Progress on these chapters directly led to development of
Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm Conventions
• 2000 UN Millennium Summit
• World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD),
Johannesburg 2002
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International context: Strategic Approach to
International Chemicals Management (SAICM)
• International Conference on Chemicals Management (Dubai,
Feb 2006) adopted SAICM
• Confirms 2020 WSSD goal of sound chemicals management
• Comprises a number of key agreed documents, including:
– Global Plan of Action
– Overarching Policy Strategy
– High-Level Declaration
– other key resolutions such as on implementation
arrangements (secretariat) and Quick Start Programme
(finance)
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History of National Profile development
• IOMC guidance document developed in 1996
• Pilot countries undertook testing of the methodology
• Financing from European Commission, The
Netherlands, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Switzerland,
United States, and GEF (and now with SAICM QSPTF)
• Some 100 developing countries have received UNITAR
technical and financial support
• To-date, over 115 countries, including several OECD
Member States, have prepared or are preparing a
National Profile following the UNITAR/IOMC National
Profile Guidance Document
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National Profile preparation worldwide
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What is a National Profile?
• A comprehensive and systematic documentation
of the national infrastructure for the management
of chemicals, including identification of existing
gaps and weaknesses
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A National Profile includes information on…
• Chemical production, import, export, storage,
transport, use, and disposal
• Priority concerns related to chemicals at all
stages in their life cycle
• Chemicals-related legislation and non-regulatory
mechanisms
• Responsibilities and activities of governmental
and non-governmental bodies
• Existing interministerial bodies and national
coordinating mechanisms
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A National Profile includes information on…
• Available data sources
• Technical infrastructure
• Chemical emergency preparedness, response,
and follow up
• “Nano” chapter under development
• Awareness, training, and education
• Resources available and needed
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Key principles for preparing a
National Profile
• Involvement of all concerned parties (multistakeholder approach)
• Country-driven process (by countries for countries)
• Ongoing process (living document – should be
updated on a regular basis)
• Presentation in a standard but flexible reporting
format
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Possible benefits of preparing a
National Profile
• Integration of scattered information into one single
national document
• Initiation of a comprehensive and transparent
process to define national priorities
• Enhanced co-operation of all interested parties within
and outside of government
• Broadened network of contacts
• Increased mutual awareness and promotion of
information exchange among concerned parties
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Possible benefits of preparing a
National Profile
• Supports reporting under international reporting
schemes, including the Stockholm Convention on
Persistent Organic Pollutants
• Important component of an integrated national
programme for the sound management of
chemicals/SAICM implementation
• Publication of Profile on Internet, including on
UNITAR/ECB homepage and national chemical
safety homepage
• CD ROM publication (UNITAR/IOMC)
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UNITAR/IOMC National Profile
Programme Support
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Conducted under the umbrella of the IOMC
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Guidance Document available in Arabic, English, French, Russian,
and Spanish; April 2008 Supplementary Note; 2010 revised Guidance
Document
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Support programmes in place for developing countries and countries
with economies in transition
– Assistance to translate the Guidance Document into the local language
– Grants for a national university, research institute, or ministry to assist in
collecting the relevant national and local information
– Support of the organisation of national and local meetings
– Consultancy support to facilitate a participatory process in preparing the
National Profile
– Support for publication, both hard copy and electronic, of the National
Profile
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With country permission, National Profiles are added to the
UNITAR/ECB National Profile Homepage and UNITAR National
Profiles CD ROM
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National Profile Homepage
www.unitar.org/cwm/nphomepage
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Thank you!
www.unitar.org/cwm
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