Current Projects

Coordinate and facilitate the strengthening of regional capacity for the sustainable monitoring of chemicals (POPs and mercury), to support the evaluation of the effectiveness of the Stockholm Convention and the implementation of the Minamata Convention mechanism.

To assist the Government of Equatorial Guinea in the development of its Minamata Initial Assessment (MIA) and National Action Plan for the Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) sector, raise awareness on the Minamata Convention, and to build national capacity for the early implementation of the National Action Plan (NAP) and the Minamata Convention

To reduce the negative environmental and social impacts caused by intensive mercury use in Costa Rica’s artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector

Enhance sustainable sourcing from raw materials promoting net zero, nature positive, and pollution-free approaches to scale up fashion and construction sector transformation

Support countries with scaling-up investment in integrated e-mobility systems through the provision of global knowledge, technical assistance and a global partnership on Used EVs, Battery End-of-Life and Circularity in low and middle-income countries

Uncontrolled releases of PFAS from airports are eliminated.

Influence a shift in the Carnival Fashion Design Sector to promote the use of locally sourced, sustainable materials and pollution-free approaches

To reduce the negative environmental and social impacts caused by intensive mercury use in Paraguay's artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector.

To assist the Government of the Philippines in the development of its National Action Plan for the Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) sector, raise awareness on the Minamata Convention, and to build al national capacity for the early implementation of the National Action Plan and the Minamata Convention.

Accelerate Minamata Convention compliance through better understanding of mercury trade trends in Latin America and promotion of regional cooperation towards an improved control of major mercury flows

To improve the artisanal and small scale gold mining (ASGM) sector in Zimbabwe through increased formalization, access to finance and markets, introduction to mercury free technologies and management of knowledge

To reduce the use of mercury in the ASGM sector in Zambia through a holistic, multisectoral integrated formalization approach and increased access to finance leading to the adoption of sustainable mercury-free technologies and access to traceable gold supply chains.

To accelerate multi-stakeholder engagement in eliminating hazardous chemicals from fashion and construction value chains and to replicate the successes of in-country child projects regionally and globally

Reduce the import, production and use of POPs in plastic-containing products in the automobile, construction and electronics sectors, and the generation of uPOPs

To assist the Government of South Africa in the development of its National Action Plan for the Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) sector, raise awareness on the Minamata Convention, and to build al national capacity for the early implementation of the National Action Plan and the Minamata Convention

Reduce negative impacts of mercury and mercury wastes from the chloralkali sector on human health and the environment in Mexico

Facilitate the early implementation of the Minamata Convention through the use of scientific and technical knowledge and tools by national stakeholders in Qatar.

Reduce the use and prevalence of harmful agrochemicals by supporting farmers to access finance, innovative practices, and markets required to incentivize sustainable practices.

To prevent the build-up of materials and chemicals in the environment that contain POPs and Mercury and other harmful chemicals in SIDS, and to manage and dispose of existing harmful chemicals and materials in SIDS

To generate, coordinate, communicate, and manage knowledge to amplify the results of FARM child projects as a single Programme regionally and globally

To eliminate uncontrolled releases of mercury from healthcare settings

To reduce the use of mercury in the ASGM sector in Guinea through a holistic, multisectoral, integrated formalization approach, and increase access to traceable gold supply chains and finance for adoption of sustainable mercury free technologies

To reduce the use of mercury in the ASGM sector in Côte d'Ivoire through a holistic, multisectoral, integrated formalization approach, and increase access to traceable gold supply chains and finance for adoption of sustainable mercury free technologies.

The project aims to support the deepening of mercury reduction in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM), holistic formalization of the sector and scaling up of successful interventions through sharing of technical information, outreach to relevant stakeholders, knowledge exchange and communication strategies.

To protect human health and the environment from harmful effects of mercury through implementation of policies and improved practices to phase down the use of dental amalgams