Financing Work Programme
Twinning Arrangements for IFCS Meetings
The Revised Guidelines were adopted by the Forum Standing Committee at 13th FSC Teleconference on 15 April 1999
Forum II requested that the Forum Standing Committee investigate the possibility of setting up an ongoing "twinning" fund to be used to assist countries requiring financial aid to participate in the IFCS meetings. (1)
ISG3 recommended that the Forum Standing Committee continue to develop ways to enhance NGO participation in IFCS activities and encouraged governments to promote NGO participation at national and international levels, enhancing their opportunities to gain funding from a variety of agencies. (2)
Donors may designate contributions to the IFCS twinning fund to support particular categories of IFCS participants, e.g. countries in a particular geographical region or NGO participation. Designated contributions should be managed separately in the twinning fund.
Guidelines for selection of government recipients:
- donor designated countries and/or regional or other groupings of countries
- least developed or developing countries - UN ECOSOC classification
- for ISG meetings, recipient should be from an ISG country
- for ad hoc working group meetings, priority should be given to government designated members of the working group
- IFCS Officer, designated IFCS national focal point or head of government delegation with priority given to those from ISG countries
- countries with acknowledged substantive chemicals management issues
- need for balanced regional and geographic distribution
- not more than 1 delegate per country (3)
- previous interest/participation in IFCS meetings
- governmental concurrence with application for assistance
- request for assistance received by established deadline
Government recipients will be chosen by the IFCS Secretariat in consultation with the President.
Guidelines for selection of non-governmental organization recipients:
- donor designated area of focus (environment, public interest, labour) and/or geographical area
- NGOs with substantive activities in the area of chemicals management
- need for balanced NGO participation (i.e. adequate representation from all categories: labour, public interest/environment, science, industry)
- previous interest/participation in IFCS meetings
- not more than 1 delegate per organization
- request for assistance received by established deadline
Non-governmental organization recipients will be chosen by the IFCS Secretariat in consultation with the President and NGO members of the Forum Standing Committee.
1. Forum II Final Report, Executive Summary, para 14 (IFCS/FORUM-II/97.25w, March 1997)
2. ISG3 Final Report, Executive Summary, para ES-22, ES-23, ES-25, and Meeting Summary para 72 (IFCS/ISG3/98.05w, December 1998)
3. Exceptional circumstances may require that this criteria be waived. This will be determined on a case-by-case basis.