Pöördumine

BASEL, ROTTERDAM AND STOCKHOLM CONVENTIONS Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Secretariat of the Rotterdam Stockholm Conventions Convention United Nations Environment Programme Food and Agriculture Organization International Environment House 1 of the United Nations 11–13, Chemin des Anémones Viale delle Terme di Caracalla CH 1219 Châtelaine, 00153 Rome, Italy Geneva, Switzerland Tel: +39 06 5705 2061 Tel: +41 (0) 22 917 8218 Fax: +39 06 5705 3224 Fax: +41 (0) 22 917 8098 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] 22 July 2022 Subject: Omnibus funding request for voluntary funded programmatic activities under the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions in 2022 and 2023 Dear Sir/Madam, The face-to-face segment of the meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm (BRS) conventions, which took place in Geneva from 6 to 17 June 2022, pursuant to decisions BC-15/30, RC-10/16 and SC-10/26, approved the programme of work of the conventions for the biennium 2022 to 2023. It also decided to hold the next meetings of the conferences of the Parties from 8 to 19 May 2023 in The Bahamas. A number of critical voluntary funded programmatic activities under the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions are thus to take place in 2022 and 2023, ahead of the next meetings of the conferences of the Parties. These are as follows: • Project 1: Report on further options for addressing the needs, including funding needs, and challenges met to reach the targets related to the elimination of polychlorinated biphenyls (Stockholm Convention, Programme of Work activity 30), required funding USD 113,000; • Project 2: Support the third and fourth rounds of global monitoring plan for the effectiveness evaluation (Stockholm Convention, Programme of Work activity 23), required funding USD 56,500; • Project 3: Regional workshop to assist Basel Convention competent authorities and other key stakeholders in implementing the amendments to the Convention on plastic waste (Basel Convention, Programme of Work activity 18), required funding USD 67,800; • Project 4: Best available techniques and best environmental practices (BAT/BEP) guidance on contaminated sites and other guidelines and guidance on BAT/BEP (Stockholm Convention, Programme of Work activity 22), required funding USD 13,560; • Project 5: Joint legal and policy activities under the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions; national legislation, illegal traffic and trade, and enforcement under the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions. (Programme of Work activity 33), required funding USD 16,950; • Project 6: Report on how the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions contribute to the post- 2020 biodiversity framework under the Convention on Biological Diversity. (Programme of Work activity 29), required funding USD 22,600. To: Basel Convention Focal Points, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions Official Contact Points cc: Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions bureaux members Basel Convention Competent Authorities Rotterdam Convention Designated National Authorities Stockholm Convention National Focal Points Geneva-based permanent missions to the United Nations Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Page | 2 Chief, UNEP Contributions Service The budget sought for the above activities amount to USD 290,410, including 13 per cent programme support costs. The respective detailed project concept notes are enclosed in the Annex to this letter. I am writing this letter in anticipation for your valuable contributions to support the above voluntary funded programmatic activities. Without the receipt of your voluntary contributions these activities will not take place. All activities provide crucial input to the next meetings of the conferences of the Parties in 2023, and thus are vital for the negotiations during meetings. Hence, please be reminded that even the smallest contributions will help us to achieve the above objectives. As you are aware, we face an exceptionally short time frame between the conclusion of the face-to-face segment of the conferences of the Parties in 2022 and in 2023. Accordingly, the conferences of the Parties, pursuant to decisions BC-15/30, RC-10/16 and SC-10/26, urged Parties, and invited others in a position to do so, to contribute, as a matter of urgency and as early as feasible, to the conventions’ special trust funds. Early receipt of funding is critical as the activities can only start once the funding is received in our trust funds. Should your Government be interested in making a contribution, please contact at your earliest convenience the Resource Mobilization Focal Point of the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, Mr. Frank Moser, at [email protected]. We thank you in advance for your contribution and continued support. Yours sincerely, For Rolph Payet Executive Secretary of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions  Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Page | 3 Annex Concept note - project 1 CONVENTIONS: PROJECT TITLE: Report on further options for addressing the needs, including BC RC ◼SC SYN funding needs, and challenges met to reach the targets related to the elimination of polychlorinated biphenyls TARGETED FUNDING OPTIONS: TYPE / LOCATION COUNTRIES: ◼Funding in full  Partial funding ◼ Global  Regional  National Global possible MANDATE Convention Article: Article 13 of the Stockholm Convention COP decision(s): SC-10/16 Programme of Work: PoW 30 RATIONAL Since its first meeting, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention (COP) adopted decisions setting forth procedures for the assessment of the funding needed by developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition to implement the Convention. Pursuant to decision SC-10/16, the COP recognized that significant financial resources are required to assist recipient country Parties, in full conformity with the provisions of the Convention, in fulfilling their commitments related to, among others, the elimination of the use of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) in equipment by 2025 and the environmentally sound waste management of liquids containing PCB and equipment contaminated with PCB having a content above 0.005 per cent as soon as possible and no later than 2028. The COP, in paragraph 21 of the same decision, requested the Secretariat, subject to the availability of resources, to prepare a report on further options for addressing the needs, including funding needs, and challenges met to reach the targets related to the elimination of PCB, for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its eleventh meeting. Further, the COP, in paragraph 11 of the same decision, included a request to the Secretariat, subject to the availability of resources, to provide assistance to Parties to facilitate their assessment of the funding that they need. In line with this mandate, the Secretariat intends to hire a consultant to further the work on financing the elimination of PCB within the given deadlines. The consultant will undertake the following work, under the supervision of relevant Programme Officer of the Secretariat: 1. Continued assessment of potential data gaps related to PCB, and selection of target countries to substantiate the needs, including financial needs, of those countries with regard to the elimination of PCB; 2. Contact countries, GEF agencies, and other stakeholders, including the disposal sector, to compile information on challenges met to reach the targets related to the elimination of PCB; 3. Identification of further options for addressing the needs, including funding needs, as input to the report of the Secretariat to the COP in 2023. OUTCOMES AND INDICATORS OF ACHIEVEMENT Outcomes: Data on needs, including financial needs, and challenges of countries whose funding needs for 2022–26 are validated and refined through the current project.  Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Page | 4 Indicators of achievement: 1. Identification of needs, including Means of verification: financial needs, challenges and 1. Secretariat report as contained in the respective COP further options for addressing these document needs; IMPLEMENTATION TIMEFRAME Project start date: Project completion date: Total duration: 01/09/2022 31/05/2023 9 months SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS Sustainable Development Goals: The project will contribute to SDG target 12.4 related to sustainable consumption and production where, by 2020, environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes should be achieved throughout their life cycle in accordance with agreed international frameworks and their release to air, water and soil should be significantly reduced to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment. It also contributes to SDG target 12.5 where, by 2030, waste generation should be substantially reduced through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse; SDG target 3.9, to substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination; and to SDG target 11.6 by reducing the adverse environmental impact of cities paying special attention to municipal and other waste management. The project supports SDG target 16.10 by ensuring public access to information. The project supports SDG target 17.9 by enhancing international support for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support national plans to implement all the sustainable development goals, including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation. Gender mainstreaming: The project will take into consideration social issues and gender equality. Gender will be considered when specific activities are designed and during the implementation of activities and their evaluation. A basic gender analysis will be conducted for gender relevant activities as part of the design phase. Integrated Approach: The capacity development activities are also supportive of the integrated approach to financing options for chemicals and waste, as it promotes industry involvement and mainstreaming of the objectives of the conventions into the broader development agenda. PARTNERS Basel and Stockholm Conventions Regional Centres; GEF implementing agencies including UNEP; Official Contact Points of the Stockholm Convention; National ministries and/or national specialized agencies; experts, as appropriate. PROPOSED ACTIVITIES AND BUDGET [USD] Voluntary Activity Output type POW # budget Report on further options for addressing the needs, Consultant/ including funding needs, and challenges met to reach SSFAs, as 30 60,000 the targets related to the elimination of appropriate polychlorinated biphenyls Consultant/ Provisions of assistance to Parties to facilitate their SSFAs, as 30 40,000 assessment of the funding that they need appropriate DIRECT PROJECT COST OPERATIONAL BUDGET 100,000 Programme Support Costs (PSC) 13% 13,000 TOTAL OPERATIONAL BUDGET 113,000  Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Page | 5 Concept note – project 2 CONVENTIONS: PROJECT TITLE: Support the third and fourth rounds of global monitoring plan BC RC ◼ SC SYN for the effectiveness evaluation TARGETED FUNDING OPTIONS: TYPE / LOCATION COUNTRIES: Funding in full ◼ Partial funding ◼ Global  Regional  National Global possible MANDATE Convention Article: Articles 16 of the Stockholm Convention COP decision(s): SC-10//18: Effectiveness evaluation of the Stockholm Convention; SC-10/19: Global monitoring plan for effectiveness evaluation Programme of Work: Effectiveness evaluation and the global monitoring plan (PoW23) RATIONAL In accordance with Article 16 of the Convention, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention evaluates the effectiveness of the Convention on the basis of the information from the POPs Global Monitoring Plan (GMP), information from national reports and other review processes such as the PCB evaluation. The regional organization groups for the global monitoring plan have implemented the third phase of the plan in regions and to developed the regional monitoring reports as set out in document UNEP/POPS/COP.10/INF/41. On the basis of the five regional monitoring reports the global coordination group has developed a global monitoring report and submitted it to the effectiveness evaluation committee in January 2022. In decision SC-10/19, the Conference of the Parties requested the global coordination group to finalize the global monitoring report, including an evaluation and assessment of changes in persistent organic pollutant concentrations over time, as specified in the effectiveness evaluation framework (UNEP/POPS/COP.9/20/Add.1, annex), and conclusions and recommendations, for consideration by the Conference of the Parties at its eleventh meeting. The project will support the finalization of the global monitoring report, as well as the preparation of the fourth round of the implementation of the global monitoring by the regional organization groups. The project will also support the production of reports as publications tailored for a broader communication. OUTCOMES AND INDICATORS OF ACHIEVEMENT Outcomes: Finalization of the global monitoring report for consideration by the COP-11 and preparation of the fourth round of the implementation of the global monitoring by the regional organization groups to contribute to the effectiveness evaluation of the Stockholm Convention pursuant to Article 16. Indicators of achievement: Means of verification: The global monitoring report is finalized in a Final global monitoring report published as an INF timely manner for the effectiveness evaluation document for COP-11. and for consideration by the COP-11. Reports of the meetings of the global coordination groups The regional organization groups are and the regional organization groups for the global supported to prepare for the fourth round of monitoring plan. the implementation of the global monitoring. IMPLEMENTATION TIMEFRAME Project start date: Project completion date: Total duration: 09/2022 12/2024 27 months SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS Sustainable Development Goals: The global monitoring plan is providing data on contamination of humans and environment with persistent organic pollutants supporting the Sustainable Development goal #3 on Good Health and Well-being enabling informed preventive approach, aiming to avoid and reduce exposures towards hazards from chemicals and waste.  Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Page | 6 Gender mainstreaming: Equal participation of women in project activities is systematically encouraged. The project results are made widely public and provide information on how the general public, including vulnerable groups such as woman and children, may be affected by persistent organic pollutants, hence contributing to their empowerment. In some cases, monitoring results discovered bad practices (such as geophagia) which lead to increased PCDD/PCDF levels in the breast milk of practicing woman, thus contributed to awareness raising of the mothers and prevention of increased exposure of breastfed infants. Integrated Approach: Information on concentration of persistent organic pollutants in humans and the environment is publicly available through a user-friendly electronic global monitoring plan data warehouse. This information can be used to justify need for various activities in particular mainstreaming of sound management of chemicals and hazardous wastes and industry involvement, including public- private partnerships, as well as to evaluate their efficiency in the future. PARTNERS For the implementation of the global monitoring plan activities, regional organization groups were established in the five united nations regions to define and apply the regional strategy for information gathering and to prepare regional monitoring reports. A global coordination group oversees the implementation of the plan and coordinates activities and cooperation between the regions. Strategic partnerships were established to benefit from extensive monitoring experience, scientifically sound inputs on the newly listed persistent organic pollutants, and generate further consistent, comparable monitoring data. Strategic partners for air monitoring are the Global Atmospheric Passive Air Sampling Programme supported by Environment Canada, the MONET programme supported by the Government of the Czech Republic, and the South East Asian POPs Monitoring Programme supported by the Government of Japan. Further important strategic partners are the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program of the Arctic Council and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme. Strategic partners for the human monitoring are the World Health Organization and the expert laboratories. Activities are conducted in close cooperation with the Chemicals Branch of the Division of Technology Industry and Environment of the United Nations Environment Programme, as the implementing agency of Global Environment Facility projects providing capacity building in support of global monitoring plan implementation in developing countries. PROPOSED ACTIVITIES AND BUDGET [USD] Activity Output type POW # Voluntary budget Engage a consultant to support the third and fourth rounds of global monitoring plan for the Report 23 38,000 effectiveness evaluation Publication layout and production Publication 23 12,000 DIRECT PROJECT COST OPERATIONAL BUDGET 50,000 Programme Support Costs (PSC) 13% 6,500 TOTAL OPERATIONAL BUDGET 56,500  Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Page | 7 Concept note - project 3 CONVENTIONS: PROJECT TITLE: Regional workshop to assist Basel Convention competent ◼ BC RC SC SYN authorities and other key stakeholders in implementing the amendments to the Convention on plastic waste TARGETED FUNDING OPTIONS: TYPE / LOCATION COUNTRIES: Funding in full ◼ Partial funding  Global ◼ Regional  National possible MANDATE Convention Article: COP decision(s): BC-14/13 Programme of Work: 18 RATIONAL The Basel Convention Plastic Waste Partnership (PWP) was established by the COP in decision BC- 14/13. The goal of the PWP is to improve and promote the environmentally sound management of plastic waste at the global, regional and national levels and prevent and minimize their generation so as to, among other things, reduce significantly and in the long-term eliminate the discharge of plastic waste and microplastics into the environment, in particular the marine environment. At its first meeting in March 2020, the PWP working group agreed to the establishment of four project groups and the workplan setting out the activities of these groups. One of the activities of project group 3 on transboundary movements of plastic waste is to develop and undertake capacity building activities for implementation of the amendments to the Convention on plastic waste (Plastic Waste Amendments) by relevant actors, including customs, and on linkages with the customs codes on plastics. Under this activity and under the leadership of the BCRC Argentina, a regional workshop will be organized to assist Basel Convention competent authorities and other key stakeholders in implementing the amendments to the Convention on plastic waste, consistent with output 4 of the activity. The 2-day workshop will convene stakeholders from 8 -10 Parties in the GRULAC region and facilitate information exchange on the experience and challenges in implementing the Plastic Waste Amendments, the use of custom codes for enforcement and data collection on the transboundary movements of plastic waste. The workshop is planned to be held in September 2022, pending completion of administrative and preparatory steps that will start in July 2022. OUTCOMES AND INDICATORS OF ACHIEVEMENT Outcomes: • The workplan of the PWP is implemented; • Parties in the GRULAC region have enhanced understanding of possible measures to address challenges in implementing the Plastic Waste Amendment and linkages are established for regional cooperation on enforcing the provisions of the Basel Convention on the transboundary movements of plastic waste. • Information from the workshop is shared widely with PWP members and Parties to support the preparation of guidance on this issue, such as the technical guidelines on the ESM of plastic waste, and contribute to other outputs of the workplan of project group 3. Indicators of achievement: 2. Number of participants in the regional Means of verification: workshop 2. Participants lists and workshop report 3. Materials from the workshop are 3. Materials shared during the workshop available for use in other regional workshops IMPLEMENTATION TIMEFRAME  Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Page | 8 Project start date: Project completion date: Total duration: 01/08/2022 31/12/2022 4 months SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS Sustainable Development Goals: The project will contribute to SDG target 12.4 related to sustainable consumption and production where, by 2020, environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes should be achieved throughout their life cycle in accordance with agreed international frameworks and their release to air, water and soil should be significantly reduced to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment; and to SDG target 14.1 calling for significantly reducing marine debris, plastics and microplastics. It further contributes to SDG target 12.5 where, by 2030, waste generation should be substantially reduced through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse; The project supports SDG target 17.9 by enhancing international support for implementing effective and targeted capacity-building in developing countries to support national plans to implement all the sustainable development goals, including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation. Gender mainstreaming: Gender balance among the participants of the workshop will promote consideration of gender relevant issues in the implementation of the Plastic Waste Amendments. Integrated Approach: The project involves the Basel convention regional centre in Argentina in its execution to build and strengthen regional expertise on chemicals and waste issues. The workshop supports the implementation of the chemicals and wastes agenda and contributes to mainstreaming chemicals and waste issues at the regional and national levels. Participants will include industry actors and the private sector as key stakeholders involved in recycling and transboundary movement of plastic waste. PARTNERS Plastic Waste Partnership working group, Basel regional centres in the GRULAC region. PROPOSED ACTIVITIES AND BUDGET [USD] Voluntary Activity Output type POW # budget Regional workshop on implementation of the Workshop 18 60,000 Plastic Waste Amendments DIRECT PROJECT COST OPERATIONAL BUDGET 60,000 Programme Support Costs (PSC) 13% 7,800 TOTAL OPERATIONAL BUDGET 67,800  Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Page | 9 Concept note - project 4 CONVENTIONS: PROJECT TITLE: BAT/BEP guidance on contaminated sites and other guidelines BC RC ◼ SC SYN and guidance on best available techniques and best environmental practices TARGETED FUNDING OPTIONS: TYPE / LOCATION COUNTRIES: Funding in full ◼ Partial funding ◼ Global  Regional  National Global possible MANDATE Convention Article: Articles 5 and 6 of the Stockholm Convention COP decision(s): SC-10/9: Guidelines and guidance on best available techniques and best environmental practices Programme of Work: Scientific support for Parties to the Stockholm Convention (PoW22) RATIONAL In decision SC-10/9 on guidelines and guidance on best available techniques and best environmental practices, the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention welcomed the workplan set out in the annex to document UNEP/POPS/COP.10/8 for the review and updating of the guidelines and guidance on best available techniques and best environmental practices, and the conclusions and recommendations of the experts on the Toolkit and on best available techniques and best environmental practices contained therein. In the same decision, the Conference of the Parties also requested the experts on the Toolkit and on best available techniques and best environmental practices to continue the work on the ongoing review and updating of the guidelines and guidance, including the draft guidance on the identification and management of sites contaminated with persistent organic pollutants, in accordance with the workplan referred above. As part of their review and updating of the guidelines and guidance, the experts are to collect and evaluate relevant new technical information, including through the provision of comments, input and feedback from Parties and others, and to revise the drafts according to the feedback received. POPs contaminated sites have a high potential to cause human health impacts, food chain contamination, environmental damage, and harm biodiversity. Article 6 of the Stockholm Convention provides that Parties shall endeavor to develop appropriate strategies for identifying sites contaminated by chemicals listed in Annex A, B or C, and, if remediation of those sites is undertaken, to be performed in an environmentally sound manner. As new POPs are added to the Convention, the scale of the problem grows with both legacy and current use chemicals contributing to the challenge of managing contaminated sites. The project will support the continuation of the expert process for the ongoing review and update of the draft guidance on the identification and management of sites contaminated with persistent organic pollutants and other guidelines and guidance on best available techniques and best environmental practices, as necessary, in view of the inclusion of new technical information provided Parties and observers. OUTCOMES AND INDICATORS OF ACHIEVEMENT Outcomes: Integration of comments and refinement of the draft guidance on the identification and management of sites contaminated with persistent organic pollutants and other guidelines and guidance on best available techniques and best environmental practices, as necessary. Indicators of achievement: Means of verification: The draft guidance on the identification and Updated draft guidelines and guidance on best available management of sites contaminated with techniques and best environmental practices are made persistent organic pollutants and other available on the Convention’s website. guidelines and guidance on best available techniques and best environmental practices are updated, as necessary, with new technical  Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Page | 10 information provided by Parties and observers. IMPLEMENTATION TIMEFRAME Project start date: Project completion date: Total duration: 09/2022 09/2023 12 months SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS Sustainable Development Goals: The development and implementation of BAT BEP guidelines and guidance contribute to delivering of the post-2015 development agenda and relevant sustainable development goals, in particular through promoting healthy lives and well-being by environmentally sound management of chemicals and minimizing and ultimately eliminating releases of POPs and related exposure to hazardous chemicals. Gender mainstreaming: The development and implementation of BAT BEP guidelines and guidance aim at reducing exposure to hazardous chemicals and thereby contributes to improving the health of vulnerable groups, such as women and children. Integrated Approach: The development and implementation of BAT BEP guidelines and guidance contribute to the implementation of the integrated approach to addressing the financing of the sound management of chemicals and wastes in particular through enhancing industry’s involvement in information gathering and developing the guidance, and mainstreaming chemicals and waste issues at the regional and national levels. PARTNERS National experts nominated by Parties and experts nominated by other stakeholders (industry, NGOs, international organizations), Stockholm Convention Regional Centres PROPOSED ACTIVITIES AND BUDGET [USD] Activity Output type POW # Voluntary budget Engage a consultant to revise BAT BEP guidelines Guidance 22 12,000 and guidance document DIRECT PROJECT COST OPERATIONAL BUDGET 12,000 Programme Support Costs (PSC) 13% 1,560 TOTAL OPERATIONAL BUDGET 13,560  Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Page | 11 Concept note - project 5 CONVENTIONS: PROJECT TITLE: Joint legal and policy activities under the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions; national legislation, illegal traffic  BC ◼ RC ◼ SC ◼ SYN and trade, and enforcement under the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions TARGETED FUNDING OPTIONS: TYPE / LOCATION COUNTRIES: ◼ Funding in full  Partial funding ◼ Global  Regional  National All Parties possible MANDATE Convention Article: Articles 4, 6, 9, 10, 13 and 16 of the Basel Convention Articles 16 and 19 of the Rotterdam Convention; Articles 12, 15 and 20 of the Stockholm Convention COP decision(s): Decisions BC-15/27, RC-10/13, and SC-10/23 on synergies in preventing and combating illegal traffic and trade in hazardous chemicals and wastes Programme of Work: 33 RATIONAL A large number of activities aiming at combating illegal traffic of hazardous and other wastes is being conducted. Activities aimed at implementing and enforcing the provisions of the Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions pertaining to illegal trade in hazardous chemicals are also being conducted, although less numerous and mainly focused on the illegal trade of pesticides. There is a discrepancy between the number of activities undertaken in the field of illegal traffic of wastes and in the field of illegal trade in chemicals on the one hand, and on the other hand those undertaken in the context of each convention and in the context of the three conventions at the same time. This discrepancy leads to a gap in knowledge of the scale of illegal trade in chemicals and the specific patterns that underline it. Additionally, the illegal traffic of hazardous and other wastes is explicitly addressed by international cooperation among organizations with relevant mandates through the Environmental Network for Optimizing Regulatory Compliance on Illegal Traffic (ENFORCE) network. Illegal trade of chemicals covered by the Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions is subject to less attention and coordinated activities, being addressed rather indirectly. These gaps could be addressed through strengthened cooperation between international organizations or entities with a mandate to prevent and combat illegal traffic and trade of hazardous chemicals and wastes. This would allow them to collect and share information and experiences on cases of illegal traffic and trade and learn from each entities’ experience; promote the synergies to effectively cooperate in the delivery of capacity-building and tools on preventing and combating illegal traffic and trade; and build on relevant experiences from the Basel Convention in particular. OUTCOMES AND INDICATORS OF ACHIEVEMENT Outcomes: Review of existing cooperative arrangements with international organizations or entities with a mandate to prevent and combat illegal trade in hazardous chemicals under the Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions and recommendations on strengthening such arrangements. Means of verification: Indicators of achievement: Report is included in the Information document for the Report is prepared 2023 COPs and availably online IMPLEMENTATION TIMEFRAME Project start date: Project completion date: Total duration: 1/09/2022 28/4/2023 8 months SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS Sustainable Development Goals: This activity will contribute to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular Goal 3 on ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages; Goal 11 on making cities and human  Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Page | 12 settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable; and Goal 12 on ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns. Gender mainstreaming: In line with the BRS Gender Action Plan, in the nomination process of Party representatives attending the meeting, the Secretariat will encourage a balanced gender representation among shortlisted consultants. The Secretariat will also advise, where appropriate, any potential gender impacts of the legal and policy matters considered. Integrated Approach: This activity will contribute to catalysing coordination among relevant stakeholders within Parties, including civil society and private sector, as relevant, for better preventing and combatting illegal trade in chemicals. PARTNERS Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Organisation for Economic Co- operation and Development (OECD), the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (EUROPOL), Basel and Stockholm Conventions Regional Centres as others as appropriate. PROPOSED ACTIVITIES AND BUDGET [USD] Activity Output type POW # Voluntary budget Preparing a report on cooperative arrangements with international organizations or entities with a mandate to prevent and combat illegal trade in Consultancy 33 15,000 hazardous chemicals under the Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions DIRECT PROJECT COST OPERATIONAL BUDGET 15,000 Programme Support Costs (PSC) 13% 1,950 TOTAL OPERATIONAL BUDGET 16,950  Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Page | 13 Concept note - project 6 CONVENTIONS: PROJECT TITLE: Report, including possible recommendations, on how the BC RC SC ◼SYN conventions could contribute to the post-2020 biodiversity framework TARGETED FUNDING OPTIONS: TYPE / LOCATION COUNTRIES: Funding in full ◼Partial funding ◼ Global  Regional  National Global possible MANDATE Convention Article: Paragraph 1(d) of Article 16 of the Basel Convention; paragraph 2(c) of Article 19 of the Rotterdam Convention; and paragraph 2(c) of Article 20 of the Stockholm Convention COP decision(s): Decision BC-15/25 of the Basel Convention, RC-10/14 of the Rotterdam Convention and SC-10/21 of the Stockholm Convention on cooperation and coordination with other organizations Programme of Work: PoW 29 RATIONALE In May 2021, the BRS and Minamata Convention Secretariats published an exploratory study, entitled “Interlinkages between the chemicals and waste multilateral environmental agreements and biodiversity”, which explored the interlinkages between chemicals and waste and biodiversity and how, by promoting the sound management of chemicals and waste, the four conventions contributed to the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity and the services provided by ecosystems. The study also assessed the relationship of the four conventions with the subjects focused on by the biodiversity-related multilateral environmental agreements, in particular ongoing discussions on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework under the Convention on Biological Diversity. On the basis of the conclusions of the exploratory study, the conferences of the Parties in their decisions BC- 15/25, RC-10/14 and SC-10/21 on cooperation and coordination with other organizations requested several actions aimed at enhancing cooperation between the BRS conventions and the Convention on Biological Diversity. One of those actions related to the preparations of a report, including possible recommendations, on how the conventions could contribute to the post-2020 biodiversity framework, once adopted, for consideration by the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions at their 2023 meeting. OUTCOMES AND INDICATORS OF ACHIEVEMENT Outcomes: Identification of the contributions that the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (as well as the Minamata Convention) could have to the post-2020 biodiversity framework demonstrating interconnectedness of the issues and opportunities for solutions that benefit to both the biodiversity and chemicals and waste areas. Means of verification: Indicators of achievement: Secretariat report as contained in the respective COP Mapping of the contributions of the Basel, document Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (as well as the Minamata Convention) to the post-2020 biodiversity framework IMPLEMENTATION TIMEFRAME Project start date: Project completion date: Total duration: 01/09/2022 31/05/2023 9 months SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS Sustainable Development Goals:  Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions Page | 14 The Basel, Rotterdam, Stockholm and Minamata conventions are contributing to the achievement of a number of the SDGs adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015 through the achievement of their own objectives, aided by their own internal strategic frameworks and effectiveness evaluations. The sound management of chemicals and waste is an enabler to many of the SDGs, starting with SDG 12 on sustainable consumption and production. Of 169 targets and 231 unique indicators under the SDGs, around 69 targets and 91 related indicators have been cited to be relevant to chemicals and waste. In its 2019 Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services noted that SDG Target 12.4 on waste management is an area likely to have many positive implications for nature and nature’s contributions to people as well as a greater quality of life for all people. The report being prepared under this project will further highlight the contributions of chemicals and waste conventions to the attainment of the 2030 SDGs. Gender mainstreaming: The preparation of the report will take into consideration social issues and gender equality at throughout the stages of development. Integrated Approach: This activity will highlight the possible contributions of relevant stakeholders, including civil society and private sector, to implement the post-2020 biodiversity framework through their efforts to implement the chemicals and waste conventions. PARTNERS Minamata Convention Secretariat, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, among others. PROPOSED ACTIVITIES AND BUDGET [USD] Voluntary Activity Output type POW # budget Report, including possible recommendations, on how the conventions could contribute to the post- Consultant 29 20,000 2020 biodiversity framework DIRECT PROJECT COST OPERATIONAL BUDGET 20,000 Programme Support Costs (PSC) 13% 2,600 TOTAL OPERATIONAL BUDGET 22,600 Saatja: BRS Secretariat (No-Reply) <[email protected]> Saadetud: 22.07.2022 15:53 Teema: Omnibus funding request for voluntary funded programmatic activities under the BRS conventions in 2022-23 Dear Sir/Madam, Please find attached an omnibus funding request for voluntary funded programmatic activities under the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions in 2022 and 2023 We thank you in advance for your contribution and continued support. Kind regards, Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions