1. www.kemi.se Swedish Support to Africa on chemicals control UNITAR side event at the Second African regional meeting on SAICM Dar-es-Salaam 16 July 2008 Eva Sandberg International Secretariat Swedish Chemicals Agency

2. www.kemi.se Swedish support to Africa  Tanzania 2006-2009, implementation of national legislation  Regional support for SAICM implementation – Southern Africa 2007- ?  ASP via FAO  NGO via Swedish NGOs

3. www.kemi.se Why KemI and GCLA?  New legislation on industrial / consumer chemicals – ICCA (2004) in Tanzania  GCLA* turned to KemI – wanted support in implementing the legislation  Capacity development through exchange of experience *) Government Chemist Laboratory Agency

4. www.kemi.se Project targets 1.Strengthening of structure for chemicals legislation and enforcement 2.Strengthening of national chemicals management structure (for information and other areas) 3.Strengthening capacity to implement GHS for classification and labelling 4.Public awareness raising

5. www.kemi.se 1. Strengthening of structure for chemicals legislation and enforcement  Strengthening of inspectors  Well functioning chemicals legislation  Revision of ICCA  Secondary legislation  Strengthening of national register  Experience exchange  IT

6. www.kemi.se 2. Strengthening of national chemicals management structure (for information and other areas)  Raising the awareness on chemicals management for selected target groups  Raise the national awareness on obsolete chemicals  Simple database  Training and awareness raising on international chemicals agreements  Seminars  Working group on implementation

7. www.kemi.se 3. Strengthening capacity to implement GHS for classification and labelling  Revision in ICCA for facilitation of implementation  Standardized format for labelling of chemicals and also Safety Data Sheets – information exchange  Awareness raising for workers and general public

8. 3 week training in Sweden, September 2007

9. www.kemi.se KemI/Southern Africa Regional Project Contribution towards addressing the challenges articulated in the African Plan of Action for the implementation of SAICM through a Regional approach which would contribute towards three areas:  Quality regional decisions influencing Regional and International Trade  Stronger management of chemicals influencing country image and market for products  Improved environment, health and quality of life of citizens

10. www.kemi.se KemI/Southern Africa Project Components  Undertaking of baseline studies  Awareness and training activities  Zambia last year first meeting  Information management for the Region  Institutional development  Promotion of GHS  Pilot programmes on cross-sectoral approach amongst the chemicals MEAs  Monitoring and Evaluation  Dissemination of the project results

11. www.kemi.se Asante Sana! Thank you for your attention! Merci Beaucoup!