SECOND MEETING OF THE INTERSESSIONAL PROCESS

RESULTS OF THE DISCUSSION GROUPS HELD ON WEDNESDAY 14 MARCH

INTRODUCTION

On Wednesday 14 March 2018, a day of discussion groups was held to exchange views and foster an inclusive dialogue among participants. Five discussion groups were formed, comprised of approximately 40-60 participants each taking due consideration of stakeholder, geographical, gender and sector distribution.

Each discussion group covered the same 5 topics: (i) vision, (ii) policy principles, (iii) objectives and milestones, (iv) implementation and (v) governance. Each topic was facilitated by two co-hosts taken from the five United Nations regions as well as the five sectors represented in the Bureau (public interest organizations, the health sector NGOs, the labour sector NGOs, industry and the IOMC). A list of the co-hosts is given in Annex 1 to the present report.

Following the end of discussions, the co-hosts reported back, orally, to plenary. Thereafter they prepared a summary paper laying out the main outcomes of the discussions on each topic. The results of those summaries, as prepared by the co-hosts of each topic, are provided hereafter.

I. VISION

Methodology on gathering the views from discussion groups

All groups were invited to propose concepts relevant to be reflected in the vision. The resulting list is outlined under section 1 below.

Groups 1-3 were invited to propose wording for a vision. The resulting proposals are outlined in section 2 below. It quickly emerged that many proposals contained a short (4-5 words) slogan and a longer sentence describing the overall goal of the framework. The co-hosts extracted the existing elements into two tables. Subsequently Groups 4 and 5 added to the list and expressed their preferences. The resulting lists, reflecting the preferences of the groups in decreasing order, are outlined in section 3 below. Based on the discussion in all the groups, the co-hosts felt that the wording in section 4 received most support from stakeholders and may be used for further discussions.

1. Initial discussion ideas proposed by the co-hosts in line with the previous discussion at the plenary

- Timeless- Aspirations- Bold/balanced- Linkages to SDGs 2030, 3 dimensions of SD- Inclusive- Flexible- Simple- Positive- Reference to chemicals and waste

- Ability to easily communicate- Prevention- Based on existing resolutions (UNEA), Rio+20- Life cycle- Multi-sectoral approach (stakeholders)- Voluntary and mandatory nature- Equity and justice- Overarching vision

SLOGAN 

2. Discussion ideas proposed by the participants from discussion groups 1-3:

• [Shape sustainable development / Shape a healthy future:] [Healthy environment, healthy people], united [together] [committed together] to prevent [reduce] harm from chemicals and [associated] wastes

• [Shape a healthy future:] [Healthy environment, healthy people], by protecting human health and the environment through sustainable management of chemicals and [associated] wastes

• Together for a healthy planet [ without harm from chemicals [and [associated] waste]]

• Together for a toxic free future

• Safer chemicals, healthier life

• Protect the health and environment from toxic chemicals and waste

• Together/united for sustainable management of chemicals and waste

• Together to minimize the environmental health impacts of chemicals and waste

• Sound management of chemicals and waste towards a toxic free world

• United in shaping a healthy future, healthy environment and healthy people through sustainable management of chemicals and waste

• Maximise benefits from sustainable management of chemicals

• [United/together to build a pollution free planet/healthy planet]

• Sustainable chemicals [and waste] management: together for a safer future

• [Working together to use and dispose of chemicals safely and wisely]

• Work together to prevent harm from chemicals and waste

• Healthy, clean, safe, wise

• Together for sustainable chemistry

3. Summarized/structured ideas into two groups comprising the short (catchy) vision message accompanied by the second group of ideas explaining more closely what is expected to achieve as developed by groups 4-5

• Healthy [environment] [planet], healthy people

• Together for a [pollution-free] [safe and] healthy planet

• [Shape a] healthy future

• Safer chemicals, healthier life

• Together for a toxic free future

• Healthy, clean, safe, wise

• Together towards a toxic free world

• Preventing pollution together

• Shape sustainable development

• Living in a harmony with nature [chemicals]

• Detoxified future for all

• Sound chemicals management today. Toxics-free world

• [United] [Working together] [committed] to prevent [reduce] [against] harm from chemicals and waste* [throughout their life-cycle] (* needs scoping)

• By protecting human health and the environment through sound [sustainable] management of [hazardous] chemicals and [associated] wastes

• Preventing harm through sound management of chemicals and [associated] waste

• Without [no] harm from chemicals and [associated] waste

• Protect the health and environment from toxic chemicals and waste

• Together/united for sustainable management of chemicals and waste

• Together to minimize the environmental health impacts of chemicals and waste

• Maximise benefits from sustainable management of chemicals

• Working together to use and dispose of chemicals safely and wisely

• Manage chemicals responsibly for a safer future

• [need mention of capacity building]

4. Wording of a vision that received the most support from groups

Healthy [environment] [planet], healthy people!

[United] [Working together] [committed] to prevent [reduce] [against] harm from chemicals and waste* [throughout their life-cycle]

* (needs scoping)

II. POLICY PRINCIPLES

Summary: General consensus: i. Existing agreed principles are still relevant and should be retained. ii. There are certain principles that need to be adopted e.g. principles that shall ensure the

participation of women and other vulnerable groups, human rights based principles and the principle of lifecycle approach in the management of chemicals.

iii. The 5 objectives from SAICM OPS: Risk reduction, knowledge and information, governance, capacity building and technical cooperation, and illegal international traffic are still very relevant and should be retained.

iv. UNEA Resolution 1/5 contains good principles that should be included in the new framework

Divergent views:I. The future framework of the SMCW should include a list of principles versus The future

framework should continue to refer to other instruments.II. New principles are needed versus New principles are not needed or only critical new

principles are needed.III. Proposed new principles fall under means of implementation versus Proposed principles

can be viewed as principles or means of implementation.

Based on these consensus as well as divergent views, the co-hosts identified the following scenarios that should be taken into consideration in carrying forward the outcomes of the groups discussions and the outcome of the 2nd intersessional meeting:

Scenario 1: A number of stakeholders expressed the need for SAICM to have its own principles spelled out in the framework.

Rationale 1: The principles that SAICM refers to are not specific to chemicals, and subsequently have gaps that need to be addressed.

Rationale 2: At the national level where the level of knowledge on MEAs and other instruments is limited there are difficulties in comprehending the principles referred to in the SAICM OPS and Dubai Declaration.

Scenario 2: Some stakeholders expressed their willingness to uphold already agreed principles and focus more attention on vision, objectives and milestones.

Rationale 1: Effective actions at the national level shall depend more on vision, objectives and milestones and not on principles hence the need to spend more time in designing the former.

Rationale 2: The existing agreed principles have served the SAICM goals and purpose in a satisfactory manner.

Scenario 3: Some stakeholders expressed the need for including new principles in addition to already existing and agreed principles.

Rationale 1: Existing principles cannot address emerging challenges.

Rationale 2: The beyond 2020 agenda involve new areas such that require an additional set of principles to provide guidance.

However, some stakeholders objected to the idea of adding new principles based on the following rationale:

Rationale 1: A long list of principles will not add any value to the process and may be counterproductive in terms of time that will be consumed in the process of reaching a consensus on certain principles.

Rationale 2: Some of the proposed principles are not necessarily principles but rather means of implementation; examples being proposals on circular economy, agroecology, green and/or sustainable chemistry.

Rationale 3: Discussion on new principles is un-warranted at this point in time since similar discussions are taking place within the Global Pact for Environment process. The GPE will have a much higher global impact and high level political influence than the Beyond 2020 SAICM Framework.

Breakdown of proposed/reaffirmed principles

Agreed/Existing Principles:·         5 SAICM Overarching Policy Strategy objectives:o   Risk reductiono   Knowledge and informationo   Governanceo   Capacity Building and technical cooperationo   Illegal international traffic·         Polluter-pays·         Right to information / Access to information / Right to know / Access to justice·         Precautionary principle / Prevention·         Common but differentiated responsibility·         Sustainable development goals (SDGs)·         Science-based decision-making·         Human Rights Approach / The Right to a Healthy Environment·         Financial Burden of Internalisation of Cost / Cost of Action and InactionNew/Additional Principles:·         Circular economy·         Lifecycle approach·         Extended producer responsibility (EPR)·         Gender Equity / Inclusivity / Full Participation of Women, Vulnerable Groups, including indigenous minorities / Non-Discrimination·         Sustainable Consumption and Production / Responsible Use·         Agroecology / Ecology approach·         Green / Sustainable chemistry·         Trans/Inter-generational Equity·         Liability and Compensation·         Substitution / Promoting Alternatives·         Health Approach / Protecting Labour / Worker Safety·         Accountability·         Consistency·         Non-regression·         Minimal harm

·         Stakeholder and Sectoral Engagement

Issues:

Issue of interpretation and application of existing principles on national level.

Incorporating other international organizations’ principles (such as International Maritime Organisation).

Limit number of proposed principles (up to 5).

Select/highlight text from agreed existing policy principles (ex: Ch.6, Ch.9 from Overarching Policy Strategy)

Issue on language: “principle” vs “approach” on the topics of: Sustainable Chemistry, Stakeholder and Sectoral Engagement, Circular Economy, Extended producer Responsibility

Issue of scope: Policy Principles for SAICM vs Policy Principles for sound management of chemicals and waste; using existing principles as guiding reference; include the Minamata in the MEAs referenced

Agroecology and sustainable/green chemistry: Agroecology and sustainable chemistry do not contradict each other but overlap; Agroecology and sustainable chemistry are not synonymous and sustainable chemistry does not cover agroecology and the issue of Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHP); Agroecology and sustainable chemistry do not have a consensual definition and are more of a means of implementation rather than Policy Principles.

Overall request for two separate lists: one of existing principles and one of new proposed principles.Stress on not duplicating efforts, on looking at existing principles in detail, on looking at what principles have been interpreted at the national level and not throwing away existing declarations.References to be considered: Paper by Switzerland on principles and approaches from First Intersessional Process meeting."

III. OBJECTIVES AND MILESTONES

The following broad areas were addressed:

The objective and milestones are to be developed in the context of the Beyond 2020 for the sound management of chemicals and waste.

There was general agreement across the 5 groups, that the Aichi structure was a valuable basis to work from. This structure includes strategic objectives and milestones (also known as goals and targets).

The groups provided feedback as follows:

The strategic objectives should be:1. Limited in number (4 – 5);2. Well-defined;3. Simple and effective;4. Cover the scope at global, regional and national levels, e.g. knowledge and information

sharing at the global level, risk reduction, etc.; and5. Multi-stakeholder and multi-sectoral that helps the different actors to identify themselves in

meeting the strategic objectives and clarify their respective roles.

Participants recognized the importance and value of the 11 basic elements of the OOG as given in Annex 2, and suggested that they are reflected in the development of the strategic objectives and milestones going forwards. It was noted that the OOG basic elements focus on the process related objectives and milestones. The linkages to the SDGs and 2030 Agenda was also discussed.

There was broad consensus that milestones should have the following characteristics;a) SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-bound). Emphasis on Achievable

and Realistic was made, as well as time-bound aspects,b) Attributable to all stakeholders;c) Action-oriented;d) Qualitative or quantitative;

In addition, some milestones could be delivered through multilateral environmental agreements.

Some issues that were raised that could be considered during the development of the strategic objectives and milestones include: waste in all its components that include chemicals; sustainable consumption and production, including the concept of life-cycle or circular economy; illegal trafficking of chemicals and marine plastics and marine litter, including the land-based sources of pollution.

It was noted that given that the EU thought starter was only made available during the course of this meeting, most stakeholders need adequate time to consider the proposed strategic objectives and milestones. There was nevertheless broad willingness to further discuss the EU thought starter (Annex 3) at a later stage.

The co-chairs also invited specific inputs from participants to be sent to the Secretariat in writing. These are reflected in Annex 4 to this report.

IV IMPLEMENTATION

The co-hosts drew attention to three areas relevant to implementation to focus discussions under this topic.

National Implementation

Many countries have national implementation plans (NIPs) that have been developed under different environmental regimes and requirements. These plans are considered very important for identifying country needs and prioritizing actions. The importance and value of having such plans were highlighted in the following points.

NIPs can serve to catalyze access to resources and to assist in identifying coordination work between ministries and among stakeholders and sectors. NIPs should have measurable objectives linked to the 2030 Agenda. It is advantageous to have national plans that are linked to national development plans and programmes to attract national stakeholder attention.

Including chemicals and waste issues into national development agendas can increase national commitment, resources and visibility; more visibility for the chemicals and waste agenda can also be obtained from improved and innovative communication methods that engage stakeholder and public interest and that can be included as a strategy in national action plans.

Regional action plans can serve to prioritize regional issues and share results of common concern. IGOs play an important role in implementation and should consider plans and actions in order to address sound management of chemicals and wastes and support actions that fall within their mandates.

The value of NIPs lies in actual implementation which is dependent on political commitment from governments, institutional strengthening and budget development, on engagement and ownership from all stakeholders and on availability of resources, technical assistance and capacity building. There was concern over developing further plans that were not implemented; rather, existing plans could be harnessed to place the focus on implementation.

Reporting on existing implementation plans has been weak in the past. Countries have been burdened by their reporting obligations under different regimes. Reporting under the beyond 2020 structure should take this into account when determining reporting mechanisms. In addition, national plans need to be regularly reviewed and assessed by a governing body set up within the beyond 2020 structure to determine progress made by each stakeholder on implementation of their respective plans and to identify challenges. Such progress and assessment reviews can serve as an incentive to action.

Financing

Adequate, sustainable and predictable funding will be crucial to a successful beyond 2020 framework. Implementation of SAICM has been seriously underfunded and therefore a strong financial mechanism with funding from various sources is important for a future structure. This should take into account the three components of the integrated approach to financing, including mainstreaming, industry engagement, and dedicated external financing as well as new sources of funding such as private foundations. The positive experience gained through the Quick Start Programme, can be replicated to achieve constructive results at the outset of the beyond 2020 structure.

Internalization of costs within relevant producer industries, increased support from development assistance agencies, fees and levies as well as a variety of other funding sources at the national, regional and international level could contribute to a special mechanism that provides sufficient, predictable, and accessible resources for chemicals and waste management to all relevant stakeholders. In addition, extended producer responsibility, public-private partnerships and collaboration on concrete projects can be an important contribution to the effective and sound management of chemicals and waste. Multinational companies could also be a source to provide resources, including financial, capacity building and technology transfer towards addressing challenges of chemicals and waste management throughout the lifecycle. In-kind contributions in the form of training and awareness raising programmes and information exchange would also serve capacity building needs.

Emerging Policy Issues

SAICM is currently the only approach that discusses emerging policy issues and there is strong interest in continuing to work on those issues, while ensuring that they are still of current interest. ‘Emerging policy issues’ could be renamed ‘issues of global concern’, given they are no longer emerging. Issues of global concern would include existing policy issues and the addition of new ones informed by sound science. Caution was advised on having a new, costly expert panel for such scientific support that would be resource intensive.

Flexible criteria could be developed to determine the addition of new issues of global concern such as interest from multi-stakeholder groups, a work programme and a timeline to achieve results. To gain visibility and importance, each issue could have a ‘stakeholder champion’ that would carry the issue forward and follow it through. New issues could also be identified through the Global Chemical Outlook and through relevance to the SDGs. Lead in paint was noted both as a success story and as an indication of a single issue that has taken a lengthy time to address.

V. GOVERNANCE

Governance is part of the how to achieve the future vision. Generally the groups reinforced that once the objectives are drafted and the independent evaluation is final, we will be able to reflect better on the desired form of the future governance arrangements.

The discussion on this topic was not limited to governance of the current SAICM, as the mandate of the intersessional process from ICCM resolution IV/4 is to consider SAICM and the sound management of chemicals and waste beyond 2020.

The gap between developing and developed countries was highlighted. In moving forward, we need to enhance support to developing countries. A collective responsibility to close the gap was identified, as was the need for leadership and commitment. There was emphasis on implementing GHS.

There is a clear sense that we need to work towards enhanced awareness, ownership and engagement beyond 2020 to build a future for stakeholders to work together and promote commitment. It is necessary to increase political attention and high-level engagement in moving forward. The need to share information and build a clearinghouse was highlighted throughout as a means to build capacity.

Overall in moving forward, the governance structure needs to evolve and learn from the past to address future challenges, without losing capacity to build basic chemicals management capacity.

Stakeholder and sectoral engagement

Stakeholders expressed that, functionally, the design for an approach beyond 2020 should promote broader participation in general and encourage wider sectoral participation at all levels (national, regional and global).

Many ideas came forward to enhance stakeholder and sector participation, both at national, regional and international levels, including support for regional activities. Some noted that national action plans may help build national engagement.

The need to enhance engagement of some sector groups was highlighted: such as health, labour, downstream industry, agriculture and human rights. There is also a need to review the methods of engagement of the IOMC participating organizations, both at local and international levels.

The link to SDGs and MEAs were highlighted.

Furthermore, a number of stakeholder groups were highlighted as missing in the current approach including: retailers and distributors, consumers, science and academia, youth, education, sectors, insurance community, women, youth, vulnerable populations, indigenous peoples, SMEs, maritime organizations, agro-ecology community.

There was discussion on how to prioritize product sectors. The Chemicals in Products Programme and highly hazardous pesticides (HHP) were suggested as starting points.

Waste stakeholders should also be engaged, depending on how waste is included in the future framework.

Enabling framework

The flexible, voluntary and inclusive nature of SAICM was consistently highlighted as a strength as was the need to link to the 2030 Agenda.

There was a call for strong political ownership through enhanced commitments in moving forward, with clear responsibility of national governments. There was significant exploratory discussion on how to connect existing efforts in a more strategic way beyond 2020, including the need for strategic goals and an overarching framework.

It was acknowledged that the continued and improved implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions as well as the Minamata Convention are essential in implementing elements of the beyond 2020 framework, in particular for legal elements. Current existing governance structures should be respected and not be undermined.

The future structure should be complementary, aim to fill gaps and avoid duplication of efforts. Related to this, the need for the future structure to facilitate increased financing was also highlighted, including through partnerships.

Some called for flexibility for later consideration of legally binding approaches within any future structure.

Science-Policy engagement

SAICM has supported engagement of science, particularly through stakeholders involved in the emerging policy issues. IOMC agencies and the chemical related Conventions currently already have significant existing science-policy capacity. There is further untapped potential within academia that should be considered.

There is a call for increased transparent science engagement beyond 2020. This includes the need for two-way dialogue between the science community and policy-makers as well as awareness raising amongst scientists. Lifecycle analysis can further support the connection between science and policy.

There is a common understanding that all efforts should not be duplicated and the funds available for science-policy interface functions will likely be limited.

Annex 1.

Co-hosts of the different group:

VISION: Ms Suzana Andavona (FYR Macedonia) and Mr. Bob Diderich (OECD)

POLICY PRINCIPLES: Ms Marie Ines Esquivel Garcia (Panama) and Mr. Yahya Msangi (Welfare Togo)

OBJECTIVES AND MILESTONES: Ms Nina Cromnier (Sweden) and Mr Rico Euripidou (GroundWworks)

IMPLEMENTATION: Mr Mohammed Khashashneh (Jordan) and Ms Olga Speranskaya (IPEN)

GOVERNANCE: Mr Mark Gordon (South Africa) and Ms Csilla Magyar (ICCA)

Annex 2: Secretariat document SAICM/IP.2/8 Proposal on objectives in support of the 2030 Agenda and related milestones

Strategic Approach overall objectiveThe overall objective of the Strategic Approach is to achieve the sound management of chemicals throughout their life-cycle so that, by 2020, chemicals are used and produced in ways that lead to the minimization of significant adverse effects on human health and the environment.

Proposed objectives and related milestones

The proposed objectives and related milestones are intended to provide a practical program of work that is measurable, that makes and tracks progress toward achieving the eventual vision for beyond 2020. They recognise that chemicals production is shifting and that not all countries and stakeholders are currently at the same level of capacity to achieve the sound management of chemicals and waste. Objectives and milestones/targets also reinforce existing decisions and targets, as appropriate.

The proposed objectives are centred on the eleven elements, aspirational in nature, and limited in number. They are grouped around four key areas:

I. Legal and institutional frameworks, implementation and enforcementII. Stakeholder participation and sectoral engagement

III. Knowledge and information, risk assessment/reduction and monitoringIV. Political leadership, outreach, education and promotion

For each of the proposed objectives, a limited number of more specific targets or milestones have been developed (see Table 1) and all stakeholders are expected to work to achieve them in countries, as appropriate. In order to make all these actions more measurable, consideration will need to be given to developing timeframes (e.g. that target x is achieved by 2026) or more specific indicators (each target/milestone could have one or more indicators). Although some of the proposed objectives, such as legislation, are mainly the responsibility of governments, the intention is that all stakeholders would have roles and responsibilities in meeting the objectives.

The objectives are for all relevant stakeholders and sectors to develop and promote:

Key Area I: Legal and institutional frameworks, implementation and enforcementObjective 1: Legal frameworks that address the life-cycle of chemicals and wasteObjective 2: Strong institutional frameworks and coordination mechanisms among relevant stakeholdersObjective 3: Implementation of chemicals and waste-related multilateral environmental agreements, as well as health, labour and other relevant conventions and voluntary mechanisms

Key Area 2: Stakeholder participation and sectoral engagementObjective 4: Industry participation and defined responsibility across the life cycleObjective 5: Strengthened capacity to prevent, prepare for and respond to chemicals accidents, including institutional-strengthening for poison centres

Key Area 3: Knowledge and information, risk assessment/reduction and monitoringObjective 6: Collection and systems for the transparent sharing of relevant data and information among all relevant stakeholders using a life cycle approach Objective 7: Chemicals risk assessment and risk reduction through the use of best practicesObjective 8: Monitoring and assessing the impacts of chemicals on health and the environmentObjective 9: Development and promotion of environmentally sound and safer alternatives

Key Area 4: Political leadership, outreach, education and promotionObjective 10: Inclusion of the sound management of chemicals and waste in national health, labour, social, environment, agriculture, fisheries, forestry, research, education and economic budgeting processes and development plans

Annex 3: EU thought starter submitted on 13 March 2018

Inputs on the Objectives and Milestones

Our aim for the Beyond 2020 process is to agree on framework which will foster a comprehensive multi-stakeholder, multi sector and proactive national and global approach to the management of chemicals and waste, in which harmful and costly problems can be avoided from the start, while still gaining the benefits from chemicals.

Chemicals are used in high and increasing volumes in a wide variety of products and processes. They are spread globally by air, water, soil, a growing trade with chemicals as such, and not the least in articles. With the long and intricate chemical supply chains and waste streams, international cooperation, in particular on knowledge sharing, capacity-building and information exchange is the only way forward.

To safeguard human health and the environment, hazardous substances of global concern throughout their lifecycle need to be tackled also at the global level. It is not possible to rely on national or regional efforts alone; hence international cooperation is needed as well as the development of national chemicals and waste management structures.

The number of strategic Objectives should ideally be limited e.g. to four or five (e.g. see A-D below) and would be complemented by several concrete milestones, with timelines, per Objective (for a total of approximately 20 Milestones). Indicators could subsequently be developed, as appropriate.

In the proposed structure the consideration has been that Objective A focus on national/regional implementation and Objectives B-D concern mainly issues on a global level that however also require national implementation. Without global action it is impossible to reach SMCW at national level, and vice-versa. The Overall Orientation and Guidance document (OOG) makes important prioritisations regarding national implementation in order to achieve SMCW. While national governmental activities for legal and institutional frameworks are fundamental, industry and the private sector throughout the value chain needs to assume its full responsibility for the production of safe chemicals and their sound management along the whole value chain as well as related waste management.

The 11 basic elements of SMCW according to the Overall Orientation and Guidance (OOG) endorsed at ICCM4 in 2015 continue to be relevant and, have been included in Annex I). Furthermore, binding elements from MEAs may be used to deliver on more concrete milestones and more aspirational aims would be delivered through the multi-stakeholder, multi-sectoral approach.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE A:Risk reduction and adverse impact prevention or minimisation is achieved at all levels

MILESTONESA1. By 2025, countries have legal frameworks that define responsibilities and address risk reduction and prevention or minimisation of impacts through the life cycle of chemicals and waste and include relevant enforcement and compliance mechanisms.A2. By 2025, countries that have ratified chemicals and waste-related multilateral environmental agreements have incorporated them in their legal frameworks and implement and enforce their provisions.A3. By 2030, countries effectively enforce and cooperate to prevent and sanction traffic of illegal chemicals and illegal traffic of hazardous, banned and severely restricted chemicals and related wastes.A4. By 20XX, countries have institutional frameworks and multi-stakeholder and multi-sector coordination mechanisms in place.A5. By 20XX, countries reduce the number and deal effectively with chemical and waste accidents, including the operation of a sufficient number of poison control centres. A6. By 20XX, countries mobilise sufficient resources by implementing the integrated approach to financing of the sound management of chemicals and waste, including through responsibilities defined in legislation for all stakeholders, national budgeting processes and development plans, and effective cost recovery systems.

A6. By 20XX, countries ensure by legal requirements or voluntary commitments that industry and, in particular, the chemical sector, provide a scientifically sound hazard evaluation for every new manufactured substance before placing it on the market.A7. By 20XX, countries have adopted and use incentives to enhance sustainable production and use of chemicals, including in the waste stage.A8. By 20XX, countries have education and awareness programmes about the environmental and health properties and impact of chemicals and waste, thereby also improving chemicals safety, retailers and consumers’ choices and waste management.A9 By 2035, all countries have developed and implemented strategies for increasing waste prevention, reduction, reuse, recycling and other recovery.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE B:Enhance implementation through knowledge generation and management, dissemination of information, planning and training

MILESTONESB1. By 20XX, countries where chemicals are produced keep, through legal requirements, a database on the properties of the chemicals produced and give global access to such dataB2. By 2030, national and/or regional systems are in place for the collection and transparent sharing among stakeholders of available data on environmental monitoring and human biomonitoring of substances of concern and to develop information on how human health is impacted by chemicals.B3. By 2025, countries have implemented the GHS.B4. By 2025, retailers and manufacturers with global supply chains of articles use and apply responsible care / producer responsibility programme, such as the programme for information on Chemicals in Products (CiP) in the entire life cycle of chemicals, including the waste stage and disposal by the end user.B5 By 20XX, programmes are in place at national level for the training of scientific, technical and managerial personnel on the safe and sustainable production and use of chemicals and the sound management of waste, including risk assessments.B6 By 2025, all countries have developed, adopted as a policy instrument, and commenced implementing an effective, participatory and updated national chemical strategy and action plan, including the waste stage.

Requirement to be notedFor Milestone B1, the base set of data could be defined at a global level and include also the possibility to expand the various data requirements in the future, with for example endocrine disruptors or nanomaterials, as there are new results from research. Standardised test methods and mutual acceptance of data should, to the extent possible, be used to provide this information.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE C:Substances of global concern have been phased out or effectively restricted

MILESTONESC1. By 20XX, hazardous substances, or groups of substances, of global concern have been identified and phased out or effectively restricted, at the national level, throughout the entire life cycle, including the waste stages, in ways that exposure of humans and the environment is prevented or minimized.C2. By 20XX, highly hazardous pesticides are no longer in use, or are used in ways that prevent or minimise exposure of humans and the environment throughout their life cycle.C3 By 20XX, waste streams containing hazardous substances are managed in a safe and environmentally sound manner.C4. By 20XX, grouping strategies for hazardous substances are implemented by all stakeholders to effectively and efficiently avoid unsound substitution.C5. By 20XX, combination effects of chemicals have been included in risk assessment and risk management by all stakeholders to prevent and minimize adverse effects on human health and the environment. C6. Other Issues of concern, including pollution and contamination from materials, such as plastics, are effectively addressed at global, regional and national levels.

Requirement to be noted

For milestone C1 there is a need to consider the possibility of an international mechanism defining and prioritising substances to be addressed. Countries could then make commitments on phasing out these chemicals at a national level.One of the purposes of C1 is to promote circular economy, including prevention, reduction, and recycling of hazardous wastes by removing hazardous substances.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE D:Best practices and alternatives are in use to ensure safety and enhance benefits from chemicals throughout their life cycle, including the waste stage

MILESTONES

D1. By 20XX, agreed international standards and codes of conduct, best available techniques and best available practices for the sound management of chemicals and waste are implemented by industry and other operators throughout the value chain including cost recovery systems.D2. By 20XX, industry and other operators throughout the value chain have incorporated the development, production and use of sustainable and safe alternatives, including non-chemical alternatives, into their corporate policies and practices.D3. By 20XX, industry and other operators throughout the value chain are responsible for ensuring that the products that they put on the market are sustainable, including in the waste stage.

Annex 4: Additional inputs received by the Secretariat in writing on 14 March 2018

I. Suggestions of concrete milestones from Eco-waste Coalition, Philippines

1. By 2027, Establish effective, legally-binding regulatory controls prohibiting the use of lead in paint, varnishes, stains, enamels, glazes, primers or other coatings in all countries.

2. By 2025, ban multi-layered, single use plastic packaging and products, particularly sachets, in 150 countries.

3. Phase out the manufacture, import, sale and use of 20 highly hazardous pesticides in 50 countries by 2025;150 countries by 2030. 

4. By 2030, establish and enforce occupational health and safety regulations that provide meaningful right to know to workers, prioritize prevention, establish exposure limits protective of the most vulnerable populations, and provide equal protection in the workplace and the community in 150 countries.

5. By 2030, establish and enforce occupational health and safety regulations that provide meaningful right to know to workers, prioritize prevention, establish exposure limits protective of the most vulnerable populations, and provide equal protection in the workplace and the community in 150 countries.

II. Inputs from the United Kingdom are as follows:

The model for the post 2020 framework should simple and understandable such as the approach used for the Strategic plan for Biodiversity. A limited number of high-level objectives should be considered and could include: 1. Prevent or minimise adverse effects/impacts of chemicals during production, in use and when waste on the

environment and human health at national, regional and global levels;2. Improve the awareness and knowledge of hazardous properties of chemicals and chemicals in products;3. Maximise the benefits through sustainable production and use of chemicals;4. Substances of global concern have been phased out or effectively restricted; and 5. Enhance implementation through planning, knowledge management and capacity building. In addition, examples of objectives that could be delivered through the MEAs include:1. By 2028 make sure that all PCB uses are ceased through completing national inventories of all PCBS,

increase awareness and knowledge of PCB equipment owns to avoid contamination and establish propos storage and disposal and the environmental sound management of PCB waste; and

2. By 2030 reduce land-based emissions of mercury to air and water by 50%.

III. Inputs from PAN India

1. Global overarching framework on HHPs phase out (expanding the language in ICCM4 HHP phase out call to an objective). In this regard a suggested milestone includes, Number of countries that have phased out HHPs. Specific inputs to the EU thought starter includes:

2. A10. By 20xx all countries have legal framework to prevent the export for use of chemicals that are banned in their country

3. A11. By 20xx all countries have legal framework requiring manufactures to take back unused stock and used containers of pesticides

4. D4 by 20xx all countries have policies to replace HHPs with agroecology5. D5 by 20xx all countries are implementing agroecology

IV. IPEN provided some specific examples of milestones that they had prepared in preparation of this meeting based on the OOG basic elements including:

1. By 2030, implement segregation of waste at source for reuse, recycling and composting in all major cities.2. Private sector funds recycling infrastructure in 75 countries by 2025, 150 countries by 2030.3. By 2030, achieve clean production and zero discharge of pharmaceuticals into the environment.4. By 2030, private sector implements the SAICM chemicals in products programme in 150 countries.5. By 2025, establish a living, publicly available global inventory of nanomaterials on the market.6. By 2025, all major cities containing more than 1 million inhabitants conduct a waste audit to find out the

amount and type of waste being produced, imported, and exported.

In addition, a detailed submission from IPEN was provided in writing on examples of proposed objectives, related milestones, and links to SDGs and Agenda 2030, using SAICM/IP.2/8 Proposal on objectives in support of the 2030 Agenda and related milestones as the basis.

V. Detailed submission from ICCA was provided in writing responding to the SAICM co-chairs summary of the proposed objectives, related milestones, and linkages to the SDGs and Agenda 2030. Examples provided include supporting capacity building efforts through the ICCA Responsible Care Program for developing countries and countries with economies in transition.

VI. USCIB Croplife inputs on the objectives and milestones

How many? How developed?1. We support the Secretariat paper and the objectives/milestones included there;2. Important to connect objectives/milestones to the OOG and to prioritize from among the 11 basic elements;

and 3. Need to ensure countries are improving their reporting in order to better track progress

What is missing?4. National action plans are important for countries to identify stepwise actions; industry will contribute;5. Industry is willing to work with the UNE and other partners to support capacity-building requests; and6. Example: significant ongoing capacity-building in APEC forum to build government and industry capacity

for Good Regulatory Practices and Governance.

How to accompany the Agenda 20307. Focus on the 11 OOG objectives – we are contributing to achieving SDG (REF table 1).

How to measure progress? Reporting? Coordination?8. For principle, there should be reporting;9. Industry already generates significant reporting. Any reporting under principle 4 should allow stakeholders

(including industry) to utilize mechanisms they are already using; 10. Example: industry generated and submitted extensive and transparent progress reports under SAICM for all

ICCMs through Responsible Care;11. Additionally, the APEC Chemical dialogue has developed a SAICM reporting template for APEC member

economies to complete with progress towards the SAICM 2020 goal in advance of ICCM5;12. Regarding Aichi, we agree with the non-legally binding nature of these targets – the structure could be a

good role model for SAICM post 2020; and13. On the EU proposal, we believe the milestone C1 is ambitious – there needs to be specifics on how

substances are identified through science-based policy processes.

VII. Inputs from PAN on the objectives and milestones:

1. Global overarching framework with sole legally binding protocols eg. on HHPs, Chemicals in Products, Lead in Paint;

2. Milestone Proposal: number of countries that have phased out HHPs:3. EU thought starter – some suggestions include:

a) A10: By 20xx, all countries have legal frameworks to prevent the export for the use of chemicals that are banned in their country

b) A11: By 20xx, all countries have legal frameworks requiring manufacturers to take back unused stock and containers for pesticides

c) D4: By 20xx, all countries have policies to replace HHPs with agroecologyd) D5 By 20xx, all countries are implementing agroecology

VIII. Inputs from UN Environment on the objectives and milestones:

1. The overarching framework for the beyond 2020 would benefit from a set of strategic goals and a focused number of targets.

2. Building on the Biodiversity cluster experience, the strategic goals, as proposed below are considered achievable and have been designed considering the importance of addressing the substance and what needs to be achieved rather than the HOW it should be achieved. Therefore, we are suggesting to translate the

objectives under the Strategic Approach, to one crosscutting goal. Further the strategic goals below give the space to bring ownership and accountability to all actors, where they could see them fitting and contributing.

3. The proposed strategic goals rationale includes the classical approach to chemicals and waste management considering system-based approach - life cycle: strategic goal 1 being the front of pipe approach - prevention, solution oriented; strategic goal 2 referring to risk assessments and risk management and impacts and strategic goal 3 addressing waste – end of the pipe. Goal 4 is the process oriented goal.

Strategic Goal 1: Promote sustainable consumption and production by preventing and reducing the use of chemicals of concern and avoiding regrettable substitution

4. Wherever technically and economically feasible, the preferred option under the ‘hierarchy of control’ is to reduce the use of chemicals of concern in products and processes and/or to replace them with safe alternatives, while avoiding regrettable substitutions, by assessing them with a life cycle approach. Targets under this goal would reflect the importance of innovation in finding chemical and non-chemical alternatives across economic sectors, with all stakeholders making critical contributions.

5. The purpose of sustainable consumption is to integrate initiatives from all stakeholder aligning them behind this shared goal. Examples could include the chemical and downstream industries scaling up research and development of safe alternatives in different sectors, civil society organizations working with farmers to advance agro-ecological approaches; citizens and institutional consumers influencing retailers to adjust their product portfolio; companies shifting their business model from product to service; academia advancing green chemistry principles; governments setting legal restrictions on priority substances; and UN Agencies convening and supporting alignment across global value chains, manufacturers increasing investments in cleaner battery technology; governments providing fiscal incentives for safer construction materials; fund managers including sustainable chemistry considerations in investment strategies; the chemical and downstream industries creating safe jobs for marginalized groups; and advocacy groups promoting the sustainable use of pharmaceuticals to combat diseases.

Strategic Goal 2: Protect ecosystems and populations at risk by ensuring the safe handling and use of chemicals of concern throughout the value chain

6. In cases where replacement is not technically or economically feasible, risk reduction measures should be applied to minimize exposure or emissions.

7. Targets around this Goal could include occupational health and safety measures, including access to information on chemicals in products; and emissions reduction measures such as BAT/BEP and licensing for industrial facilities. Examples of stakeholder contributions could include the implementation of the ILO conventions or the FAO/WHO International Code of Conduct on Pesticides Management; implementation of GHS and establishment of Poison Centres; government permitting and licensing and BAT/BEP for pollution prevention; develop and implement health promotion and protection strategies and programmes for the life cycle of high-priority chemicals, particularly for vulnerable populations.

 Strategic Goal 3: Reduce pollution by managing wastes in an environmentally sound manner and addressing contaminated sites

8. The legacy of poor chemicals management is a priority for many developing countries, while the generation of wastes is accelerating in all regions of the world.

9. Targets could include disposal of existing stockpiles of waste and remediation of contaminated sites; and the existence of infrastructures and capacity for environmentally sound handling, separation, collection, packaging, labelling, transportation, storage and disposal of wastes. Examples of stakeholder contributions could include disposal projects by governments including the implementation of Basel Convention procedures for notification and transboundary movements; and awareness raising for populations living near contaminated sites to reduce their access and exposures.

Strategic Goal 4: Enhance implementation through legal and institutional frameworks; stakeholder participation and sectoral engagement; data, knowledge and information and mainstreaming

10. A strong enabling environment is indispensable and cuts across the implementation of all strategic goals. Targets could include the successful engagement of all stakeholders (citizens, governments, private sector, civil society, academia etc.) in interdisciplinary and collaborative partnerships at various levels (global, regional, national, local) and in all sectors (e.g. health, labor, agriculture); mainstreaming of chemicals and waste priorities in sustainable development strategies and budgets; a strong science-policy platform, building on existing structures, offering reliable data, assessment frameworks an information to support decision-making; ensuring that countries fulfill their reporting obligations under chemicals and waste multilateral environmental agreements and have basic regulatory capacity and legal frameworks addressing the life-cycle; advancing the integrated approach to financing, including industry involvement.

IX. *Royal Society of Chemistry submitted the following comment but was not discussed during the group discussion: recommendation that consultations with the international scientific community are performed to establish what is currently achievable at a scientific and technical level e.g. whether there are areas where there are gaps in current technical ability it identify and assess risks of particular chemicals or products. i.e. where is further research and capability building needed.