Overview of contributions for the implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm, including synergies for the bienium 2014-2015

The Secretariat is making available an overview of contributions to the Technical Cooperation Trust Fund of the Basel Convention (BD) and the Special Voluntary Trust Funds of the Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions (RV, SV) for the implementation of the Programmes of Work (PoW) of the three conventions, as approved by their respective conferences of the Parties.

The table contains information on received contributions for activities under the three conventions, including synergies, as well as possible funding gaps in case no or partial funding has been received for the implementation of PoW activities.

For each activity that has received partial or no funding as of to date, the Secretariat has developed concept notes containing a brief outline of the activities to be undertaken under the respective PoW and their indicative budgets.

Donors who are interested in contributing to the trust funds of the three conventions are invited to download relevant concept notes.

The Secretariat will be pleased to engage, if appropriate, in developing full-fledged project proposals for the respective activities.

All resource mobilization-related information, including the concept notes, will be updated on a regular basis.

Please contact the Resource Mobilization Focal Point of the Secretariat, Mr Frank Moser, should you need any further information (tel: +41 22 917 8951; fax:+41 22 917 8098; email: frank.moser@brsmeas.org).

Biennium 2014-2015:

The information provided on this page describes the respective concept notes, including their budgets, and funding received for the implementation of PoW activities in the biennium 2014-2015.

Financial resources received (as of 31/03/2015)

PoW #	Description	Convention(s)	COP approved budget (incl. PSC)		Concept notes
			General Trust Funds [USD]	Voluntary Trust Funds [USD]	Title	Concept note budget (incl. PSC) [USD]	Funding received (incl. PSC) [USD]	Funding still required (incl. PSC) [USD]	File
-	Regional meetings (decisions BC-11/20, RC-6/12 and SC-6/25 on venue and date of the next meetings of the COPs)	BC, RC, SC	-	-	Regional meetings to prepare for the 2015 meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions	1,086,497	1,086,497 (EU, Switzerland)	-
1	Twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention	BC	590,456	927,052	Twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention back-to-back with the meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions	927,052	133,368 (EU, Japan, Norway, Poland, Switzerland)	793,684
2	Seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention	RC	590,456	927,052	Seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Rotterdam Convention back-to-back with the meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel and Stockholm conventions	927,052	107,481 (EU, Sweden, Switzerland)	819,571
3	Seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention	SC	590,456	927,052	Seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention back-to-back with the meetings of the conferences of the parties to the Basel and Rotterdam conventions	927,052	107,481 (EU, Sweden, Switzerland)	819,571
4	Ninth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group to the Basel Convention	BC	400,997	616,872	Ninth meeting of the Open-ended Working Group to the Basel Convention	616,872	383,124 (Denmark, Japan, Finland, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland)	233,748
6	Tenth and eleventh meetings of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee	SC	1,035,751	115,138	Tenth and eleventh meetings of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee	115,138	16,677 (Norway)	98,461
10	Meeting of the Basel Convention Implementation and Compliance Committee	BC	44,686	15,577	Meeting of the Basel Convention Implementation and Compliance Committee	15,577	30,000 (Japan)
11	Orientation workshop for members of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC)	RC	-	65,698	Orientation workshop for members of the Chemical Review Committee	65,698	85,459 (EU, Norway)	-
12 (S6)	Support the work of and coordination between the scientific bodies of the conventions	BC, RC, SC	-	22,600	Support the work of and coordination between the scientific bodies of the conventions	22,600	-	22,600
13 (S1)	Tools and methodologies for training and capacity building	BC, RC, SC	158,200	1,623,810	Development of tools and methodologies for the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (general overview)	(see concept notes below)	-	*
					1. Integrated assessment of technical assistance needs for the three Conventions	50,217	* 22,955 (EU)	27,222
					2. Development of an integrated resource kit for the three conventions	211,852	*	211,852
					3. Multimedia and electronic tools	1,622,951	* 196,289 (EU)	1,426,662
					4. Tools and methodologies: webinars for training and capacity-building	537,699	*	537,699
14	Training and capacity building activities to enhance the implementation of the Basel Convention at the regional and national levels.	BC	-	1,192,150	Training and capacity building activities to enhance the implementation of the Basel Convention at the regional and national levels (General Overview)	(see concept notes below)	*	-
					1.Provide support to parties in follow up to the country-led initiative on addressing the entry into force of the Ban Amendment	328,072	* 512,998 (EU)	-
					2.Support to Parties in relation to E-wastes	189,423	*	189,423
					3. Supporting Parties in the implementation of the Strategic Framework and the Indonesian-Swiss country-led initiative (CLI)	659,535	473,991 (Japan, Norway)	185,544
					4. Environmentally sound dismantling of ships	158,988	*	158,988
15	Training and capacity building activities to enhance the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention at the regional and national levels.	RC	-	3,199,030	Training and capacity-building activities to enhance the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention at the national and regional levels (general overview)	(see concept notes below)	*	-
					1. Strengthening national capacities related to notifications of severely hazardous pesticide formulations (SHPF)	605,951	* 171,842 (EU)	434,109
					2. Strengthening national capacities for hazard and risk assessments of priority chemicals (pesticides and industrial) so that Parties can make decisions related to notifications of final regulatory actions	211,867	*	211,867
					3. Development of capacity to carry out scientific hazard and risk assessments on industrial chemicals and make informed decisions whether to ban or severely restrict specific industrial chemicals	290,967	*	290,967
					4. National Action Plan (NAP) development workshops on the implementation of the Rotterdam Convention  and follow up	290,967	*	290,967
					5. Assisting parties on export notification and trade of chemicals banned or severely restricted by exporting Parties	257,067	*	257,067
					6. Strengthening of capacity for information exchange and coordination at national level	67,934	*	67,934
					7. Import responses for chemicals newly listed in Annex III	504,251	*	504,251
					8. Facilitation of the development and implementation of projects and activities in the priority areas on requests from Parties and in cooperation with regional centers and FAO regional offices	38,420		38,420
					9. Development of capacity to implement the Rotterdam Convention and follow-up activities	639,850	* 356,699 (EU)	283,151
16	Training and capacity building activities to enhance the implementation of the Stockholm Convention at the regional and national levels.	SC	-	1,534,540	Training and capacity-building activities to enhance the implementation of the Stockholm Convention at the regional level (general overview)	(see concept notes below)	-	*
					1. Development, review and update of Implementation Plans and strategies	435,018	* 190,448 (Norway)	244,570
					2. Training and capacity-building activities on BDEs and PFOS in products and articles including aspects on acceptable purposes and specific exemptions	268,920	*	268,920
					3. DDT: Assessment of Continued Need and capacity building for parties to report	94,913	*,***	94,913
					4. Training and capacity-building activities on unintentional POPs	292,647	*	292,647
					5. Training and capacity-building activities to enhance the implementation of the Stockholm Convention at the regional level	135,600	157.425 (Norway)	-
					6. Training and capacity-building activities to enhance the implementation of the Stockholm Convention– (other training activities)	135,600	29,748 (Germany)	108,852
					7. Lindane: Capacity building and scientific activities	92,095	*	92,095
					8. Endosulfan: Capacity building and scientific activities	219,220		219,220
17 (S2/S3)	Training and capacity building activities to enhance the implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions at the regional and national levels.	BC, RC, SC	-	2,345,880	Training and capacity-building activities to enhance the implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam, Stockholm conventions at the regional and national levels (general overview)	(see concept notes below)	-	*
					1. Strengthening national coordination  for the implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions	1,127,135	* 128,899 (Switzerland)	998,136
					2. Training in specific chemicals covered by the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions	830,812	*,****	830,812
					3. Trade and customs related aspects in the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions	323,451	*,****	323,451
					4. Promoting an integrated approach to pesticides and chemicals management under the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions	307,349	* 11,238 (Japan)	296,111
18 (S4)	Partnerships for technical assistance	BC, RC, SC	53,110	1,175,200	1. Partnerships for technical assistance	676,376	*	676,376
					2. Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment (PACE)	584,210	29,000 (Others1)	555,210
19 (S8/9)	Coordination of and support to the Basel and Stockholm Conventions regional centres and Cooperation and coordination between regional centres	BC, RC, SC	215,322	552,344	Coordination of and support to the Basel and Stockholm Conventions regional centres and cooperation and coordination between regional centres	552,344	111,747 (Norway)	440,597
20 (S7)	Scientific support to Parties of the Basel Convention	BC	79,100	429,400	Collection and analysis of information on the implications of issues referred to in paragraph 26(b) of the draft technical guidelines on TBM e-waste	33,900	** 55,000 (Japan)
21	Scientific support to Parties of the Rotterdam Convention	RC	67,800	35,030	Support and facilitation to the submission of notifications with a view to help countries increase the number of their notifications	35,030	117,510 (EU)	-
22	Scientific support to Parties of the Stockholm Convention	SC	102,830	369,510	1. Support Parties in introduction of alternatives to Endosulfan	72,320	*,****	72,320
					2. Assessment of continued need for Lindane	96,615	*,**** 28,882 (Sweden)	67,733
					3. DDT: Assistance for parties to make environmentally sound evidence-based decisions in disease vector control and facilitate assessment of the continued need	245,204	*,*** 226,804 (France, Japan, Others2)	18,400
					4. Developing a process for evaluation of need for exemptions	22,600	-	22,600
					5. Scientific and technical work of POPRC	67,800	30,325 (EU)	37,475
					6. Support parties developing national programme on industrial POPs	62,150	113,486 (EU, Norway)	-
					7. Support parties to develop and implement national programme on unintentionally produced POPs	235,040	* 169,836 (Germany; Norway)	65,204
23	Effectiveness evaluation and the Global Monitoring Plan	SC	135,600	587,600	Supporting implementation of the second phase of Global monitoring plan for effectiveness evaluation	806,820	* 595,503 (EU, Japan)	211,317
24 (S15)	National reporting	BC, SC	45,200	162,720	National reporting under BC, SC and joint activities	162,720	175,110 (Germany, Japan, Norway)
27 (S12/S13)	Joint communication, outreach and public awareness	BC, RC, SC	-	201,931	1. Outreach for BRS and branded visual identify at 2015 COPs	90,400	212,089 (Finland)	-
					2. Joint media workshop	49,155	-	49,155
					3. Goodwill ambassadorship programme	48,590	-	48,590
					4. Social media	13,786	-	13,786
29 (S19)	International cooperation and coordination	BC, RC, SC	-	101,700	Development of an assessment of how far the Basel Convention technical guidelines cover MARPOL wastes and of a guidance manual on how to improve the sea-land interface to ensure that MARPOL wastes, once offloaded a ship, are managed in an environmentally sound manner	101,700	130,327 (Japan, Norway)	-
					Support of activities on international cooperation and coordination	-	33,769 (Switzerland)	-	-
30	Resource mobilization	BC, RC, SC	-	6,000	Support of resource mobilization	-	33,769 (Switzerland)	-	-
32	Legal and policy activities specific to the Basel Convention	BC	-	327,700	1. Work programme of the Implementation and Compliance Committee	249,169	* 165,641   (EU & Norway)	83,528
					2. Implementation fund	113,000	139,632 (Norway, Switzerland)	-
					3. Strategic Framework for the implementation of the Basel Convention 2012-2021	83,217	*	83,217
					4. Translation of information notified pursuant to Articles 3 (national definitions), 4(1) (import prohibitions) and 13 (2) (transmission of information)	127,773	* 20,000 (Japan)	107,773
33 (S20)	Legal and policy activities under the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions. National legislation, illegal traffic and trade, and enforcement under the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions	BC, RC, SC	-	259,900	National legislation, illegal traffic and trade, and enforcement under the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions	259,900	10,000 (Japan)	249,900
34	Coordinate and provide support to Parties in follow up to the country led initiative on Environmentally Sound Management (ESM) and further legal clarity	BC	-	429,400	1. Follow-up to the Indonesian-Swiss country-led initiative to improve the effectiveness of the Basel Convention – Developing guidelines for environmentally sound management	472,508	* 440,940   (EU,Japan, Switzerland)	31,568
					2. Follow-up to the Indonesian-Swiss country-led initiative to improve the effectiveness of the Basel Convention – Providing further legal clarity	196,126	* 77,208 (Norway)	118,918
Total			4,108,833	18,144,886		21,090,762	7,119,337	14,624,153

* the budget of the concept note includes an allocation for staff costs (voluntary trust funds)

** the budget of the concept note is lower than the COP-approved budget, since the majority of the work is undertaken and funded by several lead countries and organizations

*** budget reflects both PoW activities 16 and 22

**** budget reflects both PoW activities 17 and 22

_¹ Basel Action Network (BAN), Boliden Mineral, Close-the-Gap, Institute of Environment and Resource (IER), Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), Information Technology Industry Council (ITIC), TES-AMM Group

 _² Biovision Foundation