Campaign

SAICM NGO Global Outreach Campaign:

new life The SAICM Global Outreach Campaign aims to connect and broaden the base of NGOs and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) that are working to raise awareness about the harms of toxic chemicals, and apply the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management locally.

The overall campaign objectives are:

  • Numerical and geographical expansion of the range and types of NGOs and CSOs that actively support chemical safety objectives, with special emphasis on health professionals, constituency organizations representing impacted groups, and nationally influential organizations;
  • Increased NGO and CSO support in all regions for effective action to reform how chemicals are produced, used and managed, including support for positive national legislative, regulatory and institutional reforms;
  • Increased NGO and CSO engagement in numerous countries in all regions in national and local programs, campaigns and projects that contribute to achieving chemical safety objectives consistent with SAICM and its 2020 goal; and
  • Creation of a Global database that:
       - Records 1,000 NGO/CSOs in 80 developing countries that have pledged to support effective SAICM implementation;
       - Is used to enhance global NGO information exchange; and
       - Serves as the basis of a report on civil society contributions at ICCM2 and future ICCM meetings.


    Campaign Committee:
    The concept of the SAICM Global Outreach Campaign was first introduced at the 2006 General Assembly of the International POPs Elimination Network, but it was not until late 2007 that initial funding was secured to coordinate an Outreach Planning Committee and begin Campaign development. The Committee consists of representatives from the following international NGO networks that are registered as SAICM Focal Points:

  • Health Care Without Harm (HCWH);
  • International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN);
  • International Society of Doctors for the Environment, (ISDE);
  • Pesticides Action Network International (PAN);
  • Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF);
  • World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA);


    Campaign Elements:
    NGO Common Statement
    The Campaign will consist of a Common Statement, which will be used as an outreach tool and as a framework for educating NGOs and CSOs about SAICM, and which will help expand the numbers, spread and types of NGOs globally engaged in chemical safety activities. This Statement is available in all 6 UN languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish) for broad distribution and use.
    see the NGO Common Statement


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    Educational Material:
    A series of short pamphlets on different relevant topics, are being produced and will be disseminated in all six UN languages. The following is a list of possible topics for the educational materials: SAICM Introduction; Chemicals and Health; Legislative and Regulatory Reform; Pesticides; Toxic Metals; POPs; and Chemicals and Wastes.
    see the Education Material Page



     

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