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A pplying C LEANER PRODUCTION to M ULTILATERAL E NVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS. ACME. Introduction to the training package. S ESSION 1. United Nations Environment Program Division of Technology Industry and Economy. Swedish International Development Agency.
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ApplyingCLEANER PRODUCTION to MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS ACME Introduction to the training package SESSION1 United Nations Environment ProgramDivision of Technology Industry and Economy Swedish International Development Agency
ACME - Session 1 – Introduction to the training package - 2 / 7 OUTLINE Objectives of this session Project ACME Applying Cleaner Production to Multilateral Environmental Agreements • The problem • The solution • The Training Kit
ACME - Session 1 – Introduction to the training package - 3 / 7 THE PROBLEM No synergies between CP and MEAs Cleaner production (CP) and Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEA) are complementing each other: > Common objectives, e.g. sustainable development. > Different approaches: Formal/Government vs. informal/business. > CP is explicitly recommended as a tool in many MEA. > Both have the potential to strengthen the other. BUT > Lack of conscious effort to really use CP for MEA implementation, or to use MEA as support for CP promotion.
ACME - Session 1 – Introduction to the training package - 4 / 7 SOLUTION The ACME approach • Sida supported project coordinated by UNEP (2005/06) • Evaluate current integration of CP and MEA • Consultations with MEA secretariats • Field evaluation of tools and components • This Training Package
ACME - Session 1 – Introduction to the training package - 5 / 7 ACME - TRAINING KIT Purpose • Purpose • To provide authorities, CP expert institutions and other stakeholders with a practical tool for promoting and using CP to implement MEA, and to strengthen CP from the formal framework provided by MEA. • Target Group • Anyone concerned with CP and/or MEA promotion • > Authorities • > Business • > Expert institutions
ACME - Session 1 – Introduction to the training package - 6 / 7 ACME – TRAINING KIT Content • ACME Report • > Global status review • > Field evaluation reports • Links and resources • > Background reports • > Detailed info on MEA • > Links to organizations and data bases • Training sessions • Introduction to the training • Basics of Cleaner Production • Introduction to MEAs • Introduction to UNFCCC • Clean Development Mechanism • Joint Implementation • Basel Convention • Stockholm Convention • CP-MEA methodologies • CP-MEA case studies • CP and MEA policy integration
ACME - Session 1 – Introduction to the training - 7 / 7 CONCLUSION End of session 1 Thank you for your attention… Any questions?