Events

The joint meeting took place as an online conference call on 3 February 2017 with the objective to share ideas on enhancing collaboration and synergies in order to meet the common Global Mercury Partnership goal and objectives amongst the three partnership areas:

The meeting was organized by the Government of Spain (Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, MAGRAMA), with the collaboration of the Government of Uruguay (National Environmental Directorate). The meeting was held in Madrid (Spain), 25-26 October 2016, at the MAGRAMA.

Workshop Objectives:

The Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on the Elimination of the Use of Mercury in Chlor Alkali Chemical Processes took place on 28-29 June 2016, at the Vienna International Centre (VIC), Vienna, Austria.

Relevant meeting documents and presentations:

28 June 2016

Global Mercury Partnership stands ready to support implementation of the Minamata Convention: more than 50 participants representing governments, civil societies, industries, and academia gathered at the Dead Sea in Jordan to take stock of the Global Mercury Partnership and identify opportunities for supporting the implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury.

The project was undertaken under the umbrella of the UNEP Mercury in Products Partnership. It was one of the projects prioritized by the products partnership based on criteria set. The project supported the Government of Bangladesh in its effort towards the ratification and early implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury.

Presentations

Practical Sourcebook on Mercury Waste Storage and Disposal

The project’s inception workshop took place on 12-13 August 2015 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.Concept note and draft agendaReport of the inception workshop

The 12th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP 2015) was held in Jeju, Republic of Korea, from 14 to 19 June 2015.

The Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Forum on Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining and the Minamata Convention on Mercury was held on April 14-16 2015, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

At the invitation of the UNEP Chemicals Branch DTIE, and the UNEP Regional Office of Africa, the Inception Workshop on the Phase II of the East Africa Dental Amalgam Phase down Project was held on 23rd March 2015 at United Nations Office in Gigiri, Nairobi. The various participants presented their respective contributions to the project and the national project coordinators presented their respective project work plans. 

The governments of Peru and the United States partnered to host a South American Forum on National Action Plans to Reduce Mercury from ASGM. The workshop provided space for officials from Peru, Colombia, Brazil and Ecuador to share experiences and best practices, as each country seeks to develop national action plans to reduce mercury use in the small-scale mining sector.