Brazil

Strengthening institutional capacity for sound management of chemicals through the establishment of necessary structure to implement the national legislation on industrial chemicals

Project Story

2018 - Creating new legislation to manage chemicals in Brazil

Project Summary

The main objective of this project is to strengthen the Sound Management of Chemicals by the development of the new legislation on Industrial Chemicals and the implementation of the Multilateral Environmental Agreements on chemicals and waste and the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management.

Project Objectives

The project will undertake the following measures:

• Raise awareness regarding chemicals and waste management issues among decision‐ makers, the media and the public
• Evaluate international Information Systems for the monitoring of chemicals and design the one to be adopted, according to national needs
• Evaluate the current infrastructure available for chemicals management in Brazil and propose improvements, including the establishment of the Technical and Deliberative Committees and options for funding the necessary institutional capacity
• Train technicians from the Technical and Deliberative Committees and representatives from the states for enforcement