PRTR capacitybuilding supported by UNITAR 2 nd Meeting

PRTR capacity-building supported by UNITAR 2 nd Meeting of the PRTR Protocol Working Group 20 -21 November 2012 Geneva

Capacity-building projects/initiatives 1 • Piloting use of PRTRs as tools to report POPs (Stockholm Convention) • Design of a regional PRTR in Central America 2 3 4 5 • PRTR design projects in Azerbaijan and Panama • Promotion of PRTR Protocol in other regions • Development of training material 2

Use of PRTRs for POPs reporting GEF medium-sized project 2009 -2012 UNEP/UNITAR initiative Global project (Chile, Cambodia, Ecuador, Kazakhstan, Peru and Ukraine) Applicability of PRTRs to comply with MEAs I Phase = design. Inclusion of POPs in the list of chemicals. II Phase = implementation. Involvement of POPs-PRTR focal points. 3

POPs reporting approach Bottom-up approach 4 Top-down approach Data sources PRTR

POPs reporting approach 5 Bottom-up approach AIR ntio nal e -int n u s POP ses a rele WATER Emission to superficial water Transfer through sewage CONTAMINATED SITES LAND WASTE In-site transfer STOCKS POPs stocks and sites External transfer

PRTR Online Reporting Model PRTR model 6

PRTR in Peru http: //retc. minam. gob. pe/retcweb/ 7

PRTR in Peru http: //retc. minam. gob. pe/retcweb/ 8

PRTR in Peru http: //retc. minam. gob. pe/retcweb/ 9

PRTR in Peru http: //retc. minam. gob. pe/retcweb/ Submission of industrial reports – 3 months Verification of data and comments by Ministry of Environment – 5 months Publication of data – 1 month (September) Preparations for next reporting period (dissemination of guidelines) – 3 months 10

Design of regional PRTR in Central America Project 2011 -2012 Supported by CCAD and Ministry of Environment of Spain Regional project (Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Honduras) Also I Phase = design 11

Design of regional PRTR in Central America All countries drafted PRTR regulation Integration with other reporting schemes All countries with online reporting systems 12

PRTR in Honduras http: //retchn. org/index. html# http: //www. serna. gob. hn/RETC-Web/index. html# 13

PRTR design in Azerbaijan and Panama Starting 2011 -2012, ending in 2013 Funded by the SAICM Quick Start Programme Trust Fund PRTRs are one of the SAICM work areas! Key element = south-south technical cooperation Georgia Azerbaijan Costa Rica Guatemala Honduras Panama 14

Promotion of PRTR Protocol ASIA 15 LATIN AMERICA Central America Ecuador Panama Cambodia EASTERN EUROPE Kazakhstan Ukraine Peru Azerbaijan Georgia

UNITAR PRTR design/implementation package Updated guidance document New guidance on legal consdierations New guidance on using PRTRs to report POPs Online reporting model Manuals Video E-training PRTR: Learn Webinars (what are the needs? ) ENGLISH, RUSSIAN, SPANISH 2013 16

Future steps - implementation Political support to PRTR regulations Assessment for single-window approach Continuing work on synergies PRTRMEAs Activities with industry and civil society 17

Thank you Chemicals and Waste Management Programme United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Palais des Nations 1211 Geneva 10 Tel: +41 22 917 1234 Fax: +41 22 917 8047 Email: cwm@unitar. org