MIA 2020 - Minamata Convention on Mercury Initial Assessment.

The objective of the MIA 2020 - Minamata Convention on Mercury Initial Assessment is to address existing gaps and challenges for the sound management of mercury, five major priority areas and intervention plans along with their detailed proposed activities and relevant descriptions of required skill and knowledge to undertake, the relevant stakeholders which have to take lead and cooperative roles, the implementation schedule and the required budget as well as potential funding source are indicated. The proposed priority action areas and intervention plans are: Strengthening of the legal and institutional capacity building for the integration of the provisions of the Minamata Convention at national level; Phasing-out and phasing-down of the import of mercury-added products; Putting in place an environmentally sound management system for waste management, including mercury-containing waste; Reducing the emissions of mercury and mercury compounds from cement clinker production; Safeguarding sites/ areas suspected of being contaminated with mercury; Mainstreaming of mercury priorities into existing national plans and/or programmes.