São Tomé and Príncipe

Strengthening São Tomé and Príncipe’s National Chemicals and Waste Management Programme by establishing sustainable, integrated, and coherent national structure using plastic waste management pilot to demonstrate private sector and community participation.

Project Summary

The project will strengthen São Tomé and Príncipe’s National Chemicals and Waste Management Programme by establishing a sustainable, integrated, and coherent national coordination framework which emphasises private sector and community participation, to address priority issues and recommendations identified by São Tomé and Príncipe.  This will involve learning from other countries’ experiences through South-to-South cooperation, and from international methodologies, guidance, and training material, with concrete outputs that are institutionalised into the day-to-day sound chemicals and waste management activities to ensure sustainability

Project Objectives

The project will focus on institutional strengthening and enhancing national coherence for the sound management of chemicals and waste. This will take place through improving national governance (strengthening inter-agency and inter-sectoral coordination, coordination of national implementation of international agreements, information exchange, and stakeholder involvement); strengthening the implementation and compliance of the national chemicals and waste management legislation including the extended producer responsibility law; undertaking training for a wide range of institutional representatives on number of key issues including coordinated implementation of the international agreements and best practices; strengthening and coordinating reporting for the international agreements; and raising awareness at various target levels, from the ministerial level to the general public.