Project

GEF-6 Belarus POPs Legacy and Sustainable Chemicals Management Project

Lead country

Belarus

Participating countries

Belarus

Project status

Under implementation

Implementing period

From July 19, 2018 to July 19, 2022

SDGs addressed by this project

SDG targets

  1. 12.4 Achieve environmentally sound chemical, waste management
  2. 12.5 Reduce waste generation through reduction, recycling, reuse

Project ID: 5532

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Technical team

  • Chemicals and Waste Programme

Technical area(s)

  • Persistent organic pollutants
  • Waste management

Sub-area(s)

  • Pesticide
  • Hazardous_chemical_waste

Landscape(s)

  • Human altered areas
  • Forests

Sub-landscape(s)

  • Industrial site
  • Urban areas
  • General

Transformed sector(s)

  • Agriculture
  • Materials and manufacturing

UNDP role(s)

  • Capacity development / Technical assistance
  • Institutional mechanism and system building
  • Policy advice

Strategy

  • Management operation
  • Finance economy
  • Governance

Sub-strategy

  • Waste management
  • New/other financial schemes/mechanism
  • Inter-sectoral coordination

Social inclusion

  • Women
  • Private sector

Gender equality

  • Women decision making

Gender result effectiveness scale

N/A

Pathway(s)

  • Systems pathway
  • Sci-tech pathway

Risk reduction target(s)

  • Hazard control/mitigation
  • Reduce exposure

SDG target(s)

  • 12.4 Achieve environmentally sound chemical, waste management
  • 12.5 Reduce waste generation through reduction, recycling, reuse

Conventions and protocols

  • Stockholm Convention (POPs)

Private sector(s)

  • Large corporations

Hot topic

  • Structural/system transformation

USD $8,600,000

Grant amount

USD $50,807,890

Leveraged amount (co-financing)

1

Source(s) of fund

Sources of fund

 

  • Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($8,600,000)

Implementing partner(s)

  • Government of Belarus

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