The UNEP Special Programme announced a new round of funding opportunities for project proposals from developing countries concerned with managing chemicals and hazardous waste.

The current (and se

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John Brittain
John Brittain

The UNEP Special Programme announced a new round of funding opportunities for project proposals from developing countries concerned with managing chemicals and hazardous waste.

The current (and se

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The UNEP Special Programme announced a new round of funding opportunities for project proposals from developing countries concerned with managing chemicals and hazardous waste.

The current (and seventh round) of funding opened on 6 April and closes on 11 August 2023. Governments of developing countries and countries with economies in transition, with a special focus on least developed countries and small island developing states, are eligible for support from the special programme.

To date, ten of the 33 ISLANDS SIDS have applied for funds under the Special Programme Trust Fund. The following ISLANDS SIDS are still eligible to apply:
In the Atlantic region: Cabo Verde and Guinea-Bissau.
In the Caribbean region: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Guyana, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.
In the Indian Ocean region: Comoros, Mauritius, and Seychelles.
In the Pacific region: Cook Islands, Fiji, Marshall Islands, Niue, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Tuvalu.

Details about this great initiative in the link