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Capacity Building related to

Multilateral Environmental

Agreements (MEAs)

Training Workshop

Global Project on the Updating of National Implementation Plans for POPs

Suva, Fiji, 4-6 April 2016

EU funded MEAs Programme

Objective

• To strengthen capacity in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries

to implement, comply with and enforce those international treaties and

conventions on the environment they are Parties to.

• FAO subcomponent is aimed at eliminating existing obsolete pesticide

stocks and exploring opportunities for reduction of reliance on synthetic

chemical pesticides


Overview

Phase • 1 (MEAs 1) from 2009 to 2013:

Elimination – of obsolete pesticides, pesticides management and sustainable pest

management; and targeted the implementation – through specific field project

activities – of MEAs related to Chemicals and Waste.


Overview

• Phase 2 (MEAs 2), approved in May 2013:

– Expanded the scope to support and strengthen synergistic implementation of the

target MEA clusters (chemicals/wastes and biodiversity) – scope include additional

MEAs, notably the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Minamata Convention.

+ Synergistic implementation of agriculture/biodiversity-related instruments (e.g. country

activities under the Global Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization

of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRFA), International Treaty on

Plant Genetic Resources (IT-PGRFA), CBD, Basil, Rotterdam and Stockholm

Conventions, etc.)

– Focused towards reducing reliance on chemical pesticides usage and promotion of

sound agricultural management to conserve and manage biodiversity and

ecosystem services.


Key MEAs 2 Activities

Pesticides Registrations:•

Enhance Pesticide Stock Management System (PSMS) to include the Harmonized –

Global System Codes for the of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and Prior

Informed Consent (PIC) list pesticides

Pacific Regional Pesticide Registration Scheme– .

Mainstreaming Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services and Agricultural •

Production to minimise use of Agrichemicals.

Technical Guidance Document– .

Enhance Pesticide Stock Management System (PSMS) to include

the Harmonized Global System Codes for the of Persistent Organic

Pollutants (POPs) and Prior Informed Consent (PIC) list pesticides

• A regional priority identified during MEAs 1, was to build capacity in the

harmonization of pesticides registration systems, including the

harmonized format for a pesticides register according to the Pesticides

Stock Management System (PSMS).

• Very limited capacity in risk assessment as a key part of the decision

making in pesticides registration.

Pacific Islands Regional Pesticides Registration Scheme

Objective

• Reduce pesticide risks and ensure their efficacy and quality

– Pooling of expertise

– Better informed pesticides registration decisions

Enhanced harmonisation–

• Strengthen the ability of the national units to have more effective

control of pesticides


Scope

• Pacific Island Countries would have to decide whether or not to

join the regional scheme.

• The US, France, Australia and New Zealand would not participate

in the scheme

– could be requested to provide information or advice.


Working Group established

To develop a full proposal for the envisaged regional pesticide registration scheme.

Elements to be worked out:

Institutional1)

Technical2)

Financial3)

Legal4)



1) Institutional Aspects

• Identify the responsible national authorities in each participating country;

• Define institutional structure: SPC Pesticide Unit, Regional Pesticide Advisory Board;

• Elaborate the application procedures at national and/or regional levels.

• Define information flows in the scheme and technical specifications of the on-line data

repository tools;

• Determine transitional provisions for review and re-registration of products currently

registered;

• Determine whether exceptions should be permissible for research purposes or for

phytosanitary, veterinary or public health emergencies, and if so, what the criteria and

procedures would be.



2) Technical Aspects

Propose human health and environmental protection goals for risk assessment.•

Propose criteria for acceptability of pesticides to be used in the Pacific region• .

Define scientific evaluation approaches/models for efficacy and risk assessment;•

Define the data requirements to apply for pesticide registration; identify type, source and •

access to required information,

Propose a model advisory document inclusive of practical examples;•



3) Financial Aspects

• Estimate operational costs based on the actual volume of applications;

• Propose funding mechanisms, including a registration fee structure.

• Review possibilities for contributions from participating countries; possibility of a pesticide

tax and other cost recovery possibilities.

• Propose modalities for payment of registration fees (national, regional).

• Evaluate the financial feasibility of the scheme and make recommendations.



4) Legal Aspects

Review national legislation relevant to pesticides and define legal implications and •

requirements of establishing and operating the proposed scheme at both regional and

national level

Draft an • MoU on collaboration between countries and SPC and/or legal framework for

pesticide registration

Draft model text for inclusion of the regional registration scheme in national legislation•

Mainstreaming Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services

and Agricultural Production to minimise use of Agrichemicals

Technical Guidance Document

Objective:

To assist countries in finding synergies between two important realms of international

agreements: sound chemicals management and biodiversity.

Topics include:

– Defining ecosystems and ecosystem services in the Pacific Islands

– Ecosystem Services and ecological pest and weed management

– Ecosystem Services and soil fertility

– Ecosystem Services and organic agriculture

– Ecosystem Services and farmlands in margins of Protected Areas (PAs)

– Ecosystem Services and agriculture in ecotourism

Mainstreaming Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services

and Agricultural Production to minimise use of Agrichemicals

Technical Guidance Document

Purposes:

– Can be used in revising any of the national strategies or policies related to the two

realms of sound chemicals management and biodiversity

Intended – to indicate where important synergies can be harvested in implementation of

the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources (IT-PGRFA), Convention on

Biological Diversity, Basil, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, etc..

National trainings in Fiji and Samoa second half of 2016.

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Capacity Building related to Multilateral Environmental ... · activities under the Global Plan of Action for the Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources