Integrated Guidance on the Development of Legal and Institutional Infrastructures and Cost Recovery Measures for the Sound Management of Chemicals in Developing Countries and Countries with economies in transition

• UNEP-KemI Project on “Development of Legal and Institutional Infrastructures for the Sound Management of Chemicals in Developing Countries and Countries with Economies in Transition"
  
  Regional Workshops

In order to identify and assess the needs and non-financial barriers of developing countries and CEITs for the development of national institutions and legal infrastructures, four regional workshops were organized as a first phase of the KemI-UNEP project on “Development of Legal and Institutional Infrastructures for the Sound Management of Chemicals in Developing Countries and Countries with Economies in Transition”:

Workshop 1: Riga, Latvia, on 7-8 December 2006.
Workshop 2: Bangkok, Thailand, on 24-25 May 2007.
Workshop 3: Panama City, Panama, on 12-13 February 2008.
Workshop 4 : Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on 14-15 July 2008.

The workshops focused on the initial preventive steps in the supply chain of chemicals , often called “Chemicals Control”, that are taken before or when chemicals are placed on the market.

The three themes for discussion were:

• Development of national legal infrastructures;
• Development of national institutions;
• Stakeholder involvement.

The workshops were organized in five sessions over one and a half day with introductory presentations to the three themes from countries, private sector and civil society. Group discussions for the three main sessions in relation to the theme of the session were integrated to allow for sharing views and experiences. A number of focus questions had been developed in advanced to assist in moderating the group discussions.

The workshops were made possible by generous funding from the Swedish Government (through the Swedish Chemicals Agency (KEMI)).

Documents from each of the workshops are provided below.

Riga workshop
Draft agenda
Information for participants 
Draft proceedings 

Bangkok workshop
Draft proceedings 
Draft agenda
Information note 
Questions for the working group 

Panama workshop
Draft proceedings 
Draft agenda ; Espanol
Information for participants 

Dar es Salaam workshop
Draft agenda
Information note 
Questions for the working group 

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