Estrategia Internacional de UNEPDTIE para apoyar las Iniciativas Regionales sobre Consumo y Producci

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Enabling developing countries to seize
eco-label opportunities Capacity building and
technical assistance for industries and
governments in developing economies Co-funded
by the EU (EC Programme on Environment in
Developing Countries) the Federal Ministry for
the Economic Cooperation and Development
(BMZ) Silvia Ferratini Sustainable Consumption
and Production Branch UNEP-DTIE, Paris

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Project Objectives

• Increase the number of products from target
  countries in the EU as well as in their national
  and global markets eco-labelled with the EU
  Eco-label or other European countries' Type I
  environmental labels.
• Develop a roadmap in the direction of mutual
  recognition of eco-labelling schemes

Increase the environmental efficiency of key
export products and related industrial processes
in the target countries supporting their industry
and government active contribution to Marrakech
process
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What is the rational behind?

• Need to promote the mutual supportiveness of
  trade and environment especially in rapidly
  emerging economies and improve the effectiveness
  of eco-labels as market instruments
• Eco-labels voluntary, participatory,
  market-based and transparent economic instruments
  aiming at decreasing environmental impacts of
  products throughout their life-cycle, promoting
  natural resource efficiency of industrial
  processes, while enabling consumers to make
  informed decisions based on products
  environmental preferability
• Need to improve the access to Regional, European
  and global markets of environmentally friendly
  products from emerging economies, especially from
  SMEs.

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Target Countries China, India, Mexico, Brazil,
South Africa, Kenya

• China, India, Mexico, India, Brazil, South
  Africa
• Big emerging economies influencing their Region,
  strong trade links with Europe, big environmental
  problems associated with their PC patterns and
  rapid increase of trade.
• improve mutual supportiveness of trade and
  environment process
• Kenya
• needs to increase the international
  competitiveness and market of its manufacturing
  products, improving the regional economic
  integration
• the project represent an opportunity to leapfrog

Industries, including SMEs benefiting from
opportunities for environmentally friendly
products in the EU and Global markets
Product Groups Textiles (India, South Africa),
Footwear (Mexico, Kenya), Paper (Brazil),
Appliances (China)
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The Team

• International partners
• InWent Internationale Weiterbildung und
  Entwicklung gGmbH, Capacity Building
  International) (Germany)
• UBA the Federal Environmental Agency (Germany)

• National partners
• Sino-Japan Friendship Environmental Protection
  Centre (EDC) - China
• Consumer Unit Trust Society (CUTS) - India
• National Institute for Standards and
  Certification (INMC) - Mexico
• Kenya National Cleaner Production Centre (KNCPC)
  - Kenya
• Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
  (CSIR) through its National Cleaner Production
  Centre (SA NCPC) - South Africa.

• Associates
• Foreign Trade Secretariat of Brazil (SECEX)
• Global Eco-labelling Network (GEN)
• Indira Ghandi Institute for Development Research
  (IGIDR)

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Target groups

• In each target country
• Industry representatives
• Industrial designers
• Government decision-makers
• Local eco-labelling bodies
• Civil society organizations/NGO
• In Europe
• Current/potential European importers/buyers of
  the selected product groups
• European eco-labelling bodies

Indirect beneficiaries

• Local partners
• Local and international consumers
• Other local companies exporting to Europe

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Project Activities over 4 years
1. Background and Assessment
2. Capacity Building
3. Technical Assistance
5. Conclusion, dissemination and bases for
project replication activities
4. Cooperation among eco-labelling schemes
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Expected results

• Strengthened capacity on eco-labelling and its
  application and promotion among key industry
  representatives, industrial designers and
  government decision-makers as well as local
  trainers in target countries
• In each target country at least one product in
  the process of obtaining the EU or another
  European country eco-label and increased
  attention of government decision-makers to the
  question of promoting eco-labelling.
• Roadmap developed towards mutual recognition of
  eco-labelling schemes through increased
  cooperation among target countries' and European
  eco-labelling schemes

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• Thank you
• for your attention!

Silvia Ferratini UNEP DTIE, SCP Branch e-mail
silvia.ferratini_at_unep.fr Tel. [phone]