in place and enhancing fundamental risk management practices. NFPs should coordinate information exchange on these matters, both within their countries and, with the assistance of regional focal points, beyond. Para 30: NFPs should cooperate proactively with the national focal point of the WHO International Health Regulations to coordinate activities on chemicals and health and maximize collective efforts relating to chemicals and waste management, in particular to deal with chemical accidents. Core activity areas for implementing the objectives set out in the Overarching Policy Strategy Action points in the OOG (paraphrased) Proposed implementation approaches at the national and regional levels. Please specify if available resource tools identified should be included in the SAICM Clearinghouse Establish and strengthen national legislative and regulatory frameworks for chemicals and waste: improving capacity to address the basic elements of sound management of chemicals and waste and encouraging regional cooperation Para 37: Working together with relevant sectors and stakeholders, Governments should have in place the requisite national legislative and regulatory frameworks that address the life cycle of chemicals and waste as well as the relevant enforcement and compliance mechanisms to achieve basic sound management of chemicals and waste. Para 38: Through the multisectoral and multi-stakeholder approach, NFPs should identify key actors at the national, regional and global levels towards strengthening the capacity of health, environment, industry, labour, planning and agriculture agencies, among others, to establish and address priorities. Capacity for dialogue between relevant agencies, enterprises or industry associations and trade unions is also important. Para 39: NFPs should strive to cooperate closely with the entities responsible for the implementation of multilateral environmental
Core activity areas for implementing the objectives set out in the Overarching Policy Strategy Action points in the OOG (paraphrased) Proposed implementation approaches at the national and regional levels. Please specify if available resource tools identified should be included in the SAICM Clearinghouse. Promote information access: increasing the accessibility of relevant information and making it understandable for all levels of society Para 64: Controls relating to the implementation of the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) feature highly as a driver of demand for chemicals and waste management and control services. Governments should, as a priority, implement the Globally Harmonized System in national legal frameworks. IOMC, in coordination with relevant committees, such as the Subcommittee of Experts on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals of the Economic Commission for Europe, should identify needs and ways to further encourage and support coordinated implementation at the regional level. Para 65: Stakeholders should contribute actively to the SAICM clearing house. In the absence of additional funding, consideration should be given to complementary mechanisms. Para 67: Stakeholders should support the emerging policy issue of chemicals in products, including the implementation, on a voluntary basis, of relevant activities such as those contained in the chemicals in products programme, which will facilitate the provision and availability of, and access to, relevant information on chemicals in products along the supply chain and throughout the product life cycle among all stakeholder groups, and encourage and recognize progress through extended producer responsibility. Para 69: SAICM stakeholders should develop and strengthen global, regional and national integrated health and environment monitoring and surveillance systems to contribute to timely and evidence-based decisions about chemicals and waste management. Para 70: Chemical regulators, civil society organizations and users can also usefully collect and share best practice information about risks, risk Note SAICM Secretariat efforts: The secretariat has an expanded clearinghouse mandate for and will build the knowledge management platform subject to available resources.