Lead country
Uruguay
Participating countries
Uruguay
Project status
Closure
Implementing period
From February 26, 2014 to November 30, 2020
Project ID: 5084
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Technical team
- Chemicals and Waste Programme
Technical area(s)
- Heavy metals
- Waste management
Sub-area(s)
- Mercury
- Hazardous_chemical_waste
Landscape(s)
- Human altered areas
Sub-landscape(s)
- Industrial site
Transformed sector(s)
- Materials and manufacturing
UNDP role(s)
- Capacity development / Technical assistance
- Institutional mechanism and system building
- Normative support
Strategy
- Governance
- Law regulation
- Capacity building
Sub-strategy
- Institutional framework
- Pollution control
- Institutional capacity building
- Community capacity building
- Technical capacity building
Social inclusion
- Local community/CSOs
- Private sector
Gender equality
- Awareness raising (on gender)
Gender result effectiveness scale
- Gender targeted
Pathway(s)
- People pathway
- Systems pathway
Risk reduction target(s)
- Hazard control/mitigation
SDG target(s)
- 12.1 Implement 10-year framework on sustainable consumption, production
- 12.4 Achieve environmentally sound chemical, waste management
- 12.6 Encourage companies to adopt sustainable practices, reporting
Conventions and protocols
- Minamata Convention on Mercury
Private sector(s)
- Small and medium-sized enterprises
Hot topic
- Health
- Structural/system transformation
About this project
Description
Protect human health and the environment from Mercury releases originating from the intentional use of mercury in products and the unsound management and disposal of such products, by i) Strengthening the regulatory and policy framework for the sound LCM of mercury containing products and their wastes; ii) Phasing-out and phasing-down mercury containing devices and products by introducing mercury-free alternatives or products with a lower Mercury content, iii) Improving national capacity (technical, financial, private sector) to make LCM of Mercury containing products technically and economically feasible.
Objectives
The objective of the project is protect human health and the environment from Mercury releases originating from the intentional use of mercury in products and the unsound management and disposal of such products.
USD $2,510,600
Grant amount
USD $3,007,760
Leveraged amount (co-financing)
1
Source(s) of fund
Sources of fund
- Global Environment Facility – Trust Fund ($2,510,600)
Implementing partner(s)
- Government of Uruguay
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