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UNEP’s project on Endocrine Disrupting
Chemical (EDCs) for 2015–2019:
Provision of Information on EDCs
Geneva, 25 September2015Third Meeting of the EDC Advisory Group for UNEP
Chemicals and Waste Branch Division of Trade, Industry, and Economics
United Nations Environment Programme
ICCM 3• At its third session in 2012, the International Conference
on Chemicals Management agreed on EDCs as an
emerging policy issue and adopted a resolution calling
for cooperative actions
to provide up-to-date information and scientific expert advice to
relevant stakeholders; raise awareness and facilitate science-
based information exchange; provide international support for
activities to build capacity to support decision-making (including
the prioritization of actions to reduce risks), and facilitate mutual
support in research, the development of case studies and advice
on translation of research results into control actions.
• UNEP, WHO and OECD together developed a joint
workplan, with UNEP’s focus on the environmental
exposure and impact of EDCs.
UNEP’s Past Activities
• In 2013, UNEP and WHO together published “State of the Science
of EDCs – 2012” and accompany “Summary for Decision
Makers”.
• In 2013–2014, UNEP organized four
regional awareness raising workshops,
in collaboration with WHO and OECD,
back-to-back with the SAICM Regional
Meetings.
• These workshops highlighted the lack of
specific knowledge on EDCs and the
need of cooperative actions among
sectors in the regions.
Regional Resolutions
At the SAICM Regional Meetings in the Africa, Asian and
Pacific, and Latin America and Caribbean regions,
regional resolutions on EDCs were adopted,
respectively.
invite UNEP and WHO to develop a report on EDCs in each
region with regional input that is targeted to the situation and
needs of developing countries and countries with
economies in transition;
recommend a robust series of awareness raising activities
on EDCs to take place in respective regional languages;
recommend a set of case studies in five topics;
encourage all stakeholders to provide all available data using
the Strategic Approach clearinghouse on the endocrine
disrupting properties of all substances in commerce.
UNEP’s Current Activities
UNEP is further working on
• translation and dissemination of the Summary for Decision Makers,
• further development of its website to give an overview of most
relevant scientific and regulatory information on EDCs, and
• development of awareness raising materials.
UNEP’s Project in 2015–2019
• In October 2014, UNEP management approved the
project preparation phase for a project on EDCs in 2015–
2019 under its Chemicals and Waste Subprogramme.
• A full project document (ProDoc) was developed between
October 2014 and April 2015. It was revised based on
comments from internal and external experts, including
regional Chemicals and Waste coordinators and relevant
stakeholder groups, between April and July 2015.
• The final ProDoc was approved by UNEP management
and started to be implemented in August 2015.
Elements of the ProDoc
• Problem tree & objective tree
• Theory of Change
• Project outcomes
• Project outputs
• Project implementation plan
Problem Tree
Objective Tree
Theory of Change
Project Outcomes
This project has two implementation phases with one
project outcome targeted for each phase:
• For 2015–2017: [i] increase and improve
intergovernmental and intersectoral
understanding, coordination and cooperation as
well as awareness in developing and transition
countries.
• For 2018–2019: [ii] increase and improve technical
capacities in developing and transition countries in
addressing EDCs.
Expected Accomplishment
It will contribute to the achievement of the following
Expected Accomplishment within UNEP’s Programme of
Work:
“Countries increasingly have the necessary institutional
capacity and policy instruments to manage chemicals and
waste soundly including the implementation of related
provisions in the Multilateral Environmental Agreements”
Project Outputs (1)
For the current implementation phase:
1.Compile and disseminate overview reports that focus on
existing scientific knowledge of environmental exposure
and impact, legislation, measures and gaps regarding
known and selected potential EDCs, including information
from developing and transition countries;
2.Generate and disseminate situation and gap analysis
reports on the state-of-the-art methodologies and tools
for assessing the environmental hazards and risks as well
as the environmental exposure of EDCs based on relevant
expert workshops;
Project Outputs (2)
3. Facilitate annual international meetings, where
relevant actors meet for exchanging information on
past and ongoing actions and discussing about future
actions to address specific emerging issues;
4. Support the design of generic awareness raising
materials and the rolling out of region-specific
awareness raising campaigns;
5. Support selected developing and transition countries to
draft GEF project proposals on appropriate
assessment and management of EDCs.
Project Implementation Arrangements
Acknowledgement
• The Government of Denmark is gratefully
acknowledged for its generous financial support
of the project preparation.
• The Governments of Denmark, Norway and
Sweden are gratefully acknowledged for their
generous financial support for the future project
activities
For more informationPlease contact [email protected]: + 41 22 917 88 65
Chemicals Branch Division of Technology, Industry and EconomicsUNEPInternational Environment House 111-13 Chemin des AnémonesCH 1219 ChâtelaineGeneva, Switzerland
Thank you for your attention!