Strengthening capacities to promote phasing-out of mercury-added products (lamps) in Armenia

The Republic of Armenia ratified the Minamata Convention on Mercury on October 6, 2017 and has undertaken numerous efforts to implement the Convention. However, for the Republic of Armenia to meet the obligations stipulated by the Convention, there are several barriers, in particular: lack of institutional capacity; gaps of appropriate legislative framework to support Convention provisions; low awareness of health risks associated with mercury amongst the public and Government officials; and limited occupational safety mechanisms and other measures in place to reduce communities exposure to mercury.

With the support of the Specific International Programme, Armenia anticipates strengthening capacities to implement its obligations under the Minamata Convention. This will be achieved through the determination of mercury-containing lamps streams, including import, distribution, use and amounts of wastes generated per year in order to prepare a strategy for sound collection, storage, transportation, and processing of mercury containing products, as well as for consideration in further calculations of costs required to phase-out mercury-containing waste lamps.

Financial mechanism
SIP
Implementation timeline
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Status
Completed
Classification
SIP Round 1
Topics
Mercury-added products
SIP
Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 3. Good health and well-being
Goal 5. Gender equality
Goal 7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
Goal 12. Responsible consumption and production
Countries
Objectives

The objective of the project is to strengthen capacities to promote the phasing-out of mercury-added products (lamps) in Armenia by reviewing and analyzing legislation relevant to mercury and subsequently preparing new legislation for avoiding the use of mercury-added product (lamps).

Expected outcome
  • MEASURE 1 The determination of mercury-containing lamps streams, includingimport, distribution, use and amounts of wastes generated per year.
  • MEASURE 2 Review and Up-date of MercuryRelevant Legislation
  • MEASURE 3 Strategy Development for Sound Collection, Storage, Transportation, and Processing of Mercury-Containing Waste Lamps
  • MEASURE 4 Monitoring and evaluation and financialaudit
Budget
$162.000
Minamata PoolParty Tags
Mercury-added products, SIP