Lead country
Jamaica
Participating countries
Jamaica
Project status
Under implementation
Implementing period
From September 9, 2019 to September 9, 2021
SDGs addressed by this project
SDG targets
- 1.4 Equal rights to services, economic resources
- 3.9 Reduce deaths from pollution
- 12.4 Achieve environmentally sound chemical, waste management
Project ID: 6274
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Technical team
- Chemicals and Waste Programme
Technical area(s)
- Persistent organic pollutants
Sub-area(s)
- Pesticide
- Unintentional POPs (e.g. furans, dioxins)
Landscape(s)
- Human altered areas
Sub-landscape(s)
- Industrial site
- Contaminated sites
- Mining sites
Transformed sector(s)
- Materials and manufacturing
- Health care
- Agriculture
UNDP role(s)
- Capacity development / Technical assistance
- Policy advice
Strategy
- Law regulation
- Management operation
- Capacity building
Sub-strategy
- Laws/ Policy/ Plan formulation
- Pollution control
- Waste management
- Institutional capacity building
- Community capacity building
Social inclusion
N/A
Gender equality
N/A
Gender result effectiveness scale
N/A
Pathway(s)
- Systems pathway
Risk reduction target(s)
- Hazard control/mitigation
- Reduce exposure
SDG target(s)
- 1.4 Equal rights to services, economic resources
- 3.9 Reduce deaths from pollution
- 12.4 Achieve environmentally sound chemical, waste management
Conventions and protocols
- Stockholm Convention (POPs)
Private sector(s)
N/A
Hot topic
N/A
Project description
To review and update the National Implementation Plan (NIP) for Jamaica in order to comply with Articles 7 and 15 under the Stockholm Convention.
USD $250,000
Grant amount
1
Source(s) of fund
Sources of fund
- Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($250,000)
Implementing partner(s)
- Government of Jamaica
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