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Workshops

  • Consultation Meeting - Identification of national SMC Priorities - Kocani, 29th June, 2009
  • Project Team Workshop to review the Economic analysis Framework - Popova Shapka, October, 2009
  • Priority Validation National Workshop - Bitola, Molika, February, 2010

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Partners

Implementation agency: UNDP and Implementing Partner: Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning - POPs Unit

SAICM Project in Macedonia

The objective of the sound management of chemicals is to apply managerial best practices to chemicals throughout their life cycle to prevent, and, where this is not possible, to reduce or minimize the potential for exposure of people and the environment to toxic and hazardous chemicals (i.e. through polluting emissions, use, disposal, etc.). This requires strengthened governance, and improved techniques and technologies in the production, use, storage, and disposal or recovery of chemicals.

The term life cycle originates with a methodology initially introduced in the 1970s, life-cycle assessment (LCA), which evaluates affects upon the environment and human health of a chemical substance from the moment of its extraction from the earth until the return of the substance to the ecosystem in an environmentally sound manner.

Chemicals and everyday life

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Legislation and Agreements

SAICM-Strategic Approach into International Chemical Management is a global initiative adopted at the International Conference on Chemicals Management held in Dubai from February 4-6, 2006 and it provides a global framework for countries aiming to achieve the WSSD goal of sound chemicals management by 2020. SAICM is comprised of a High Level Declaration (the Dubai Declaration on International Chemicals Management)...
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National Coordinating Committee

Interagency Coordinating Mechanism. A cross-sectoral, Interagency Coordinating Mechanism, composed of stakeholders and representatives from ministries, associations, NGOs, private sector representatives, etc, will be initiated by decision of the Minister of Environment and Physical Planning and act as an advisory committee.
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Situation report & National Action Plan on SAICM

The “Situation report & National Action Plan on SAICM” document tailored to the country’s national development planning processes focusing on the best opportunities to influence these processes for purposes of mainstreaming high priority SMC issues in the appropriate development plans, in particular SMC issues that are having significant negative effects on human health, the environment and/or development prospects in the country and show the most significant opportunities to facilitate the country’s ability to capitalize on the sustainable development benefits of the chemicals industry.

The Situation report and the National Action Plan were adopted by the Government at its 18th Meeting on 4th of October, 2011.

icon Situation Report on Chemical Management in Macedonia & National Action Plan on SAICM (1.25 MB)

icon CBA for the Agricultural sector (356.5 kB)

icon CBA for the OHIS contaminated site (53 kB)

CBA for the OHIS contaminated site - BS
CBA for the OHIS contaminated site - OS
CBA for the OHIS contaminated site - PS