1. UN Environment Latin America and the Caribbean Following up to the Decisions of the XX Meeting of the Forum of Ministers October 2017, Bogota, Colombia
Decision 8 on Chemicals and Waste

2. Decision 8 Chemicals & Waste
Background: considered since Forum XVI (Dominican Republic, 2008)
Formerly some consideration of chemicals within Health and Environment
“Waste” introduced in 2012
Generic calls for action until 2016: establishment of Intergovernmental Network
Links with regional and global agenda:
Cross-cutting issue to Agenda 2030
UNEA Resolution 2/7 on Sound Management of Chemicals and Waste
ILAC: Health and Environment (chemicals); Sustainable Cities (waste)
Synergies: Sustainable Consumption and Production, Governance, Ecosystems, Oceans, Environmental Education,…
Emergent issues
Mercury
Plastic waste
SAICM emergent policy issues: e-waste, pharmaceuticals, nanomaterials, endocrine disrupting contaminants, highly polluting pesticides, lead in paing,…
Caribbean
Mesoamerica
Andean Region
Southern Cone
33 countries 2

3. Intergovernmental Network: overview
Mesoamerica
Steering Committee – 8 countries
Chair: Brazil; Co-chair: Jamaica (Established Aug-2016)
Established by the XX LAC Forum of Ministers of Environment (Cartagena, Mar-2016)
Andean Region
26 National Focal Points
Aim: regional cooperation and exchange of experiences
1st face-to-face meeting Steering Committee & Regional Action Plan Working Group (Panama, Nov-2016)
Southern Cone
33 countries 3

4. Intergovernmental Network: Operative issues
Steering Committee operative since August 2016
Six on-line meetings to date
One face-to-face meeting (Panama, Nov-2016)
Rules of operation
Agreed Nov-2016; circulated to Focal Points Dec-2016; Adopted Feb-2017
Procedures to include non-governmental stakeholders established
Regional Action Plan
Working Group established Nov-2016
Survey on priority issues submitted to Focal Points May-2016 (70% response rate)
Small group (Peru, Costa Rica, Colombia) drafting document with Secretariat support

5. Intergovernmental Network: information
Initial information exchange activities (in accordance with Decision 8)
4 Webinars
Programmes for the management of industrial chemicals - Experiences in LAC (Jan-17)
Special Programme on Institutional Strengthening – Lessons learnt in LAC (Apr-17)
Experience of the LIRA Guidance in LAC and development of further guidance (Jun-17)
Programme of Industrial Chemicals Management in Chile (Aug-17)
1 Informative document
Regulation of Industrial Chemicals: Overview of some available schemes and case studies in LAC (draft)
190 participants, 30 countries

6. Chemicals & Waste agenda
SAICM:
1st Meeting of the SAICM Intersessional Process for the consideration of SAICM after 2020 (Brasilia, 7-9 Feb 2017)
Upcoming: SAICM LAC Regional Meeting (Panama, Jan 2018)
Basel, Rotterdam, Stockholm Conventions
Regional preparatory meeting for the Conference of the Parties from the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (Sao Paulo , May, 2017)
BRS triple COP (Geneva, 24 Apr- 5 May 2017)
Minamata Convention on Mercury
GRULAC preparatory meeting (Buenos Aires, Jul-17)
First Conference of the Parties (COP1) (Geneva, Sep (16 ratifications in LAC)
Special Programme on institutional strengthening

7. Waste: LAC regional outlook
In accordance to XIX Forum of Ministers and UNEA Resolution Chemicals & Waste
Based on Global Waste Management Outlook:
Status and trends
Governance
Finance
Draft report circulated for regional consultation to national focal points and stakeholders May-June 2017
Final version and summary for decision makers by Nov-Dec 2017

8. Waste: other actions National and City level Waste Strategies
Pilot projects in Honduras, Saint Lucia and Uruguay being completed
University Consortium for Sustainable Waste Management in Latin America and the Caribbean
8 universities, 7 countries
Academic programme developed
Thematic network to be launched
Caribbean Waste Management Conference
Kingston, July 2017
Caribbean Waste Action Plan on-going
Municipal Organic Waste
Upcoming seminar: Sao Paulo, 22 Nov

9. Thank you