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laws, approved codes of conduct, etc; lack of information provision and
awareness raising aiming at the small enterprise level on rational storage,
handling, use of pesticides and disposal of waste pesticides and empty
containers and virtual impossibility of wearing protective clothing in hot & humid
climates. Also absence of medical facilities and lack of antidotes; poor
information provisions leading to a lack of knowledge about risks involved; use of
cheap, often more dangerous substances and faulty equipment, Inadequate
management and storage of obsolete stocks and used packaging materials and
lack of facilities for proper waste management.
Mr. Abdul gave a long list of stakeholders and their roles (Refer to the paper on
Appendix III).
3.4.2 The African Stockpiles Project and Civil Society
Mr. Yahya Msangi – TPAWU and Silvani Mng’anya - AGENDA
The presentation gave a brief account of the African Stockpile Project (ASP).
The project aims at clearing obsolete stocks (estimated to be 50,000 tonnes) and
put in place preventive measures. Guiding principles of ASP are attainment of
basic sustainable development criteria, to be country driven process, conjunction
with existing activities, prevention of future accumulation, compliancy with
international standards, destruction technologies and multi - stakeholder
approach. The project will be implemented over 12 – 15 years and to be
implemented through strategic partnership involving multiple stakeholders. Phase
one involves Botswana, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Morocco, Mali,
Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, Swaziland, Tunisia and
Tanzania.
The presenters informed workshop participants that the participating country
should demonstrate ownership and commitment to the objectives of the
programme, collaboration with other stakeholders, preparation: assessment or
inventory of the scale and scope of the problem, prevention – regulation,
extension advice, policies, import controls, participation in international initiatives
– POPs, PIC, Basel, International Dangerous Goods Maritime Code, Bamako.
The implementation process of ASP will involve three major stages, namely
Inventorying, Removal / Disposal, Preventive Measures.
After the presentation, one participant asked whether the stockpile inventory
were conducted involving different stakeholders supervised by NEMC. Isn’t true
that the planned inventory under ASP will be reinventing the wheel, and the
reaction was that the planned inventory is to validate the data and to correct the
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