The ACME project "Applying Cleaner Production to Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs)" aims at impoving the implementation of MEAs via the use of the preventive environmental strategy, Cleaner Production. It focuses on three MEAs that are especially relevant to industry: the Kyoto Protocol of the UN Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Basel Convention of the Control of Transboundary Movements on Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal and the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).

This training package is intended for anyone concerned with MEAs or CP promotion, as a tool for creating awareness, enthusiasm and commitment to CP-MEA, and for delivering practical training on how MEA implementation is enhanced through Cleaner Production.

It contains useful information, including a background report, training material, technical documents and web links for further reading.

It has been produced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) with the support of the Swedish Agency for International Development (SIDA).

• Global Status Report (PDF)
  

Module 1 - Introductory Sessions

• Session 1 - Introduction
• Session 2 - Cleaner Production
• Session 3 - Introduction to MEAs

Module 2 - Presentation of the three Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs)

• Session 4 - UNFCCC
• Session 5 - Kyoto and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
• Session 6 - Kyoto and Joint Implementation (JI)
• Session 7 - Basel Convention
• Session 8 - Stockholm Convention

Module 3 - How CP can be used to improve the implementation of MEAs

• Session 9a - CP Methodology adapted to UNFCCC
• Session 9b - CP Methodology adapted to the Basel Convention
• Session 9c - CP Methodology adpated to the Stockholm Convention
• Session 10 - Case Studies
• Session 11 - CP and MEA Policies

Click on the links below to download sample Training Session documents

• Training Programme for Capacity Building in Cleaner Production Centres
• Group Activity Worksheet
• Evaluation Form for CP/MEA session