PRTR capacity-building supported by UNITAR
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PRTR capacity-building PRTR capacity-building supported by UNITARsupported by UNITAR
2nd Meeting of the PRTR Protocol Working Group
20-21 November 2012
Geneva
Capacity-building projects/initiatives 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.
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POPs reporting approach 4
Data sources
Bottom-up approach
Top-down approach
POPs reporting approach 5
Bottom-up approach
AIR WATER LAND WASTE
Emission to superficial
water
Transfer through sewage
In-site transfer External transfer
CONTAMINATED SITES STOCKS
POPs un-intentional
releases
POPs stocks and sites
PRTR Online Reporting Model 6
PRTR model
PRTR in Peru 7
http://retc.minam.gob.pe/retcweb/
PRTR in Peru 8
http://retc.minam.gob.pe/retcweb/
PRTR in Peru 9
http://retc.minam.gob.pe/retcweb/
PRTR in Peru 10
http://retc.minam.gob.pe/retcweb/
Agenda anual del registro
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
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
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Design of regional PRTR in Central America
All countries drafted PRTR regulation
Integration with other reporting schemes
All countries with online reporting systems
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PRTR in Honduras 13
http://retchn.org/index.html#http://www.serna.gob.hn/RETC-Web/index.html#
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!
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Key element = south-south technical cooperation
Georgia AzerbaijanCosta RicaGuatemalaHonduras
Panama
Promotion of PRTR Protocol 15
ASIA LATIN AMERICA
EASTERN EUROPE
Cambodia
Ecuador
Panama
Central America
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Ukraine
Peru
Azerbaijan
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?)
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ENGLISH, RUSSIAN, SPANISH2013
Future steps - implementation 17
Thank youThank youChemicals and Waste Management
ProgrammeUnited Nations Institute for Training
and Research (UNITAR)Palais des Nations1211 Geneva 10
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Email: [email protected]