From Global Framework on Chemicals Targets to National Action: An Interactive Implementation Clinic with the IOMC Toolbox

From 16 to 20 November, governments and stakeholders will gather in Geneva for the First International Conference of the Global Framework on Chemicals (IC1) to advance safer chemicals and waste management.

This hybrid side event will take the form of an interactive implementation clinic, combining short demonstrations with practical discussion on the practical use and of challenges brought by participants.

Participants will explore, together with IOMC experts, which Toolbox management schemes, elements and tools can support practical next steps and how this in turn will support GFC implementation actions and the Implementation Programmes.

Attending the conference in person? Stop by le Club L’esprit de Genève (Level 0) to attend this side-event in person. 

Don't miss our three other side events, held exclusively onsite, covering the OECD's latest work on PFAS, policies and solutions for PFAS remediation, and the valuation of health risks from chemicals. The programme is available here.

Discover what the event is about.

13:00–13:05 | Opening

• Jorge Ocana, Manager, Chemicals and Waste Management Programme, UNITAR

13:05–13:15 | GFC IP1 Building Block Guidance

• Alejandra Acosta, consultant

13:15–13:30 | Introduction: Mapping of the IOMC Toolbox

• Valerie Frison, policy analyst, OECD

13:30–13:45 | Live demo: “I want to implement the GHS – where do I start?”

• Ajay Kapoor, Chemicals and Waste Management Programme, UNITAR

13:45–14:00 | Public Health Management of Chemicals and WHO Chemicals Road Map

• Virunya Bhat, Chemicals, Radiation and Health Unit, WHO

14:00–14:10 | Country experience

• Laska Sophal, Director of the Department of Hazardous Substance Management, Cambodia

14:10–14:25 | Panel discussion : Using the IOMC toolbox to support the GFC Implementation

• Moderator: Jorge Ocana
• Panel: Alejandra Acosta, Valerie Frison, Ajay Kapoor, Virunya Bhat, and Laska Sophal

14:25–14:30 | Looking ahead: strengthening the Toolbox for GFC implementation

The Inter-Organisation Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals (IOMC) was established in 1995 following recommendations made by the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development to strengthen co-operation and increase international co-ordination in the field of chemical safety. The Participating Organisations are FAO, ILO, UNDP, UNEP, UNIDO, UNITAR, WHO, World Bank, Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions and OECD. The purpose of the IOMC is to promote co-ordination of the policies and activities pursued by the Participating Organisations, jointly or separately, to achieve the sound management of chemicals in relation to human health and the environment.