Terminal evaluation of the project "Disposal of persistent organic pollutants and obsolete pesticides in Mozambique" Project code: GCP/MOZ/100/GFF ...
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Project Evaluation Series
Terminal evaluation of the project
“Disposal of persistent organic pollutants
and obsolete pesticides in Mozambique”
Project code: GCP/MOZ/100/GFF
GEF ID: 3986
Follow-up Report
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2021Terminal evaluation of GCP/MOZ/100/GFF – Follow-up Report
Accepted evaluation Action agreed in the Management Description of actions actually taken, MAR Impact of, or changes resulted from
recommendations Response or reasons for actions not taken score taken actions
Recommendation 1. Identify an institutional home and The extraordinary meeting has been Advancing Despite postponement of the extraordinary
strategy for itself;- Plan how to postponed following the exceptional meeting, pesticide risk reduction has
ACCEPTED
maintain work on project results after extension of the project to allow for remained high priority in Mozambique
To FAO and Project Steering the end of the Project, as far as completion of disposal of the obsolete through efforts of the PSC members (with
Committee (PSC) members possible retaining existing staff who pesticide stocks and contaminated support from the designated NPC in FAO).
know what is still needed to be done.- soils. Anticipation is to have the They have maintained dialogue and
To empower the PSC to continue
The extraordinary meeting will be meeting in the last quarter of 2021. collaboration to strengthen pesticide
to keep the issue of risk from
conducted. This was one of the management and risk reduction.
pesticides as a government
recommendation from the last PSC
priority and to lobby for For example pesticide regulators from
not only to discuss the issue of
continued efforts to reduce risk Mozambique have proactively reviewed the
strategy and how to maintain work
from pesticides in Mozambique. Portuguese translation of the SADC
after the end of the project but also
Regional Guidelines for Pesticide
to discuss how to improve the
Management. As undertaken by the PSC,
pesticide registration sector which is
Mozambique would like to implement the
weak.
harmonized regional pesticide regulations.
-Draft proposals for strengthening life cycle
management of pesticides in Mozambique
have been prepared; implementation of the
Rotterdam Convention improved (e.g. Final
Regulatory Action notifications made).
Recommendation 2. 1) The contaminated soils will be 1) Following extensive consultations Advancing Obsolete pesticide stockpiles and related
removed and remediation will be between FAO and the Government of health/environmental risks reduced
To FAO and the PSC
done in Muziva and Matola. A new Mozambique, second tender issued for following the exportation for destruction
To ensure that Project activities tender will be rise and the soils will be disposal of the contaminated soils at a by high temperature incineration of over
are completed. excavated, transported till Mavoco. local landfill floated. 288tonnes by December 2019. Disposal
ongoing; disrupted largely by Cyclone Idai
1) ACCEPTED 2) The pesticides empty containers 2) Disposal operations in progress
and COVID-19.
will be destroyied but not following through contract with Veolia. To date,
Remediation of highly
the strategy of empty containers over 288t of obsolete stocks have been Progress made regarding disposal of the
contaminated sites: It is
drafted. All empty containers will be exported for high temperature contaminated soils.
recommended that contaminated
disposed together with the obsolete incineration. The remaining stocks to be
soil at the Muziva site is
pesticide because by doing the triple disposed by March 2021.
excavated and removed, and the
rinsed the contaminated water
produced weigh more that the empty
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Accepted evaluation Action agreed in the Management Description of actions actually taken, MAR Impact of, or changes resulted from
recommendations Response or reasons for actions not taken score taken actions
site is remediated as a matter of container. So will be much cheaper to 3) Rejected - PSMS not functional in
urgency. send all for disposal as obsolete FAO for the purposes envisaged.
pesticides.
2) PARTIALLY ACCEPTED
3) This will not be done because the
Management of pesticide
internet quality is not good and there
containers: It is recommended
are no plan for improvement.
that renewed efforts are made to
establish a sustainable system for
managing empty pesticide
containers using the strategy
document that was developed by
the project.
3) REJECTED
Establishment of a national
pesticide stock management
system: It is recommended that a
decision is made to either ensure
that the FAO PSMS is made
available and internet access is
upgraded to run the system
without further delay, or that the
stock management system that
was developed by the
Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
is revisited.
Recommendation 3. FAO under the EU funded ACP MEAs 2 Advancing Mozambique is well on course to
supported finalization of the SADC implement the SADC regional Guidelines
ACCEPTED
Regional Guidelines on Pesticide for Pesticide Management
To FAO on harmonized regional Management which were subsequently
pesticide regulations. approved by the Council of Ministers in
2020.
It is recommended that FAO
facilitates completion of The pesticide regulators in
processes necessary for adoption Mozambique and NPC for
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recommendations Response or reasons for actions not taken score taken actions
of harmonized pesticide GCP/MOZ/100/GFF are very active in
regulations by the SADC council the Southern African Pesticide
of ministers and individual Regulators' Forum (SAPReF) and in
countries. 2020, they proactively facilitated the
translation into Portuguese of the SADC
Regional Guidelines on Pesticide
Management in anticipation of the
implementation. FAO through
GCP/GLO/006/EC is supporting regional
collaboration for sound pesticide
management, including
implementation of the SADC Regional
Pesticide Guidelines in member states
including Mozambique.
Recommendation 4. The FAO project cycle has been Good Through the revised project cycle and
strengthened to address gender investment in gender specialists to support
ACCEPTED
mainstreaming and environmental and project formulation, gender and ESM
To FAO and GEF on gender social safeguards. mainstreaming has improved (from
mainstreaming, and formulation through to implementation)
environmental and social within FAO projects and programmes
safeguarding.
It is recommended that all future
projects on POPs and obsolete
pesticides include at least one
person in the project
management team who has
sufficient knowledge about
gender mainstreaming to guide
the project team. It is also
recommended that the
submission of Environmental and
Social Commitment Plans
(ESCP)91 for all future projects on
POPs and obsolete pesticides is
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incorporated into the project
design and approval process.
Recommendation 5. Actions taken, the safeguarding team in Excellent The safeguarding team in Mozambique is
Mozambique remains strong and has strong and a resource available for South
ACCEPTED
been actively involved in ongoing to South cooperation, as has been seen
To the PSC on sustaining capacity disposal work and general maintenance before in 2009 when they supported the
in safeguarding. of the pesticide stores. safeguarding activities in eSwatini.
It is recommended that the
government makes efforts to
sustain capacity developed for
safeguarding obsolete pesticides
by allocating budget to enable
the national safeguarding team
to carry out future safeguarding
activities.
Recommendation 6. Mozambique is working on Advancing Rate of accumulation of obsolete pesticide
strengthening life cycle management of has been slowed down in Mozambique;
ACCEPTED
pesticides, especially regulatory work continues to strengthen life cycle
To GEF and FAO on maintaining capacity to prevent further management, including resource
activities to reduce future risk accumulation of obsolete pesticides. mobilization to pilot empty pesticide
from pesticides. container management.
By banning HHPs and screening for
It is recommended that in future HHPs at registration, Mozambique is
projects budget is not reallocated preventing the accumulation of
from work to reduce future risk obsolete pesticides through
(i.e., to better manage the international bans (e.g. under
pesticide lifecycle) to work to Stockholm convention).
reduce current risk (i.e.
safeguarding and disposal) even
if the latter may appear more
immediately urgent.
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