Lead country
Argentina
Participating countries
Argentina
Project status
Under implementation
Implementing period
From September 14, 2020 to September 14, 2026
SDGs addressed by this project
SDG targets
- 12.4 Achieve environmentally sound chemical, waste management
- 12.a Build developing country capacity on sustainable consumption, production
- 15.9 Integrate ecosystem values into national planning
Project ID: 6281
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Technical team
- Chemicals and Waste Programme
Technical area(s)
- Persistent organic pollutants
- Heavy metals
Sub-area(s)
- Unintentional POPs (e.g. furans, dioxins)
- Mercury
Landscape(s)
- Human altered areas
Sub-landscape(s)
- Industrial site
- Mining sites
- Contaminated sites
Transformed sector(s)
- Materials and manufacturing
UNDP role(s)
- Capacity development / Technical assistance
Strategy
- Technology innovation
- Capacity building
- Management operation
Sub-strategy
- Transition to safer alternatives
- Innovations in techniques/ approaches
- Laws enforcement/ Regulation
- Institutional framework
- Institutional capacity building
- Waste management
- Demonstration sites/Pilot
Social inclusion
- Women
Gender equality
- Awareness raising (on gender)
Gender result effectiveness scale
- Gender targeted
Pathway(s)
- Sci-tech pathway
Risk reduction target(s)
- Hazard control/mitigation
SDG target(s)
- 12.4 Achieve environmentally sound chemical, waste management
- 12.a Build developing country capacity on sustainable consumption, production
- 15.9 Integrate ecosystem values into national planning
Conventions and protocols
- Stockholm Convention (POPs)
- Minamata Convention on Mercury
Private sector(s)
N/A
Hot topic
- Structural/system transformation
Project description
To minimize risk to Persistent Organic Pollutants exposure of human beings and environment to POPs, Mercury and other Hazardous Chemicals in an integrated approach, and to promote compliance of Stockholm and Minamata Conventions in Argentina
USD $9,130,250
Grant amount
USD $47,675,209
Leveraged amount (co-financing)
1
Source(s) of fund
Source(s) of fund
Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($9130250.00)
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