The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has approved funding under The Special Programme, also known as the Chemicals and Waste Management Programme, for a project to be executed in Saint Lucia. The Special Programme provides support to developing countries and countries with economies in transition to enhance their sustainable institutional capacity to develop, adopt, monitor and enforce policy, legislation and regulation for effective frameworks for the implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam, Stockholm and Minamata (BRSM) Conventions.
The specific objective for the Saint Lucia project is to strengthen the country’s legal and institutional frameworks for the sound management of chemicals and hazardous wastes by developing an integrated national chemicals policy, enhancing legislation, and establishing a data collection and management system. To facilitate knowledge-sharing on the policy, database and chemicals and waste management, a national awareness campaign will also be developed for Saint Lucia.
The BCRC-Caribbean will act as the co-executing agency for this project, alongside the Department of Sustainable Development (DSD), Saint Lucia.
This project has been divided into the following three (3) proposed operationalization measures, each of which will assist in fulfilling the project’s overall objective:
- Proposed Measure 1: Policy and Regulatory Framework for Integrated Chemicals and Waste Management Developed and Endorsed
- Proposed Measure 2: National Data Collection and Management System for Reporting under the BRSM Conventions.
- Proposed Measure 3: National Awareness Campaign on the National Integrated Chemicals Management Policy and National Integrated Chemicals Management Database is delivered.
Under proposed measure 1, a national integrated chemicals and waste management policy will be developed to provide direction to a cross-section of institutions responsible for chemicals and waste management in Saint Lucia. This policy will be informed by a review and gap analysis assessment of relevant model legislation and policies developed for the Caribbean through previous initiatives. This policy will be used to advise the recommendations for new/revised legislation to support the implementation of BRSM Conventions in Saint Lucia.
In this regard, the BCRC-Caribbean is seeking to recruit a suitably qualified and experienced legal consultant to implement Proposed Measure 1 of the project.
Open to: All qualified candidates but demonstrated experience working in Saint Lucia is strongly preferred
Consultancy Duration: Twelve (12) months
Expected Consultancy Start Date: June 2025
Language: The proposal, including all supporting documentation, shall be written in English
Deadline to submit proposals: 11:59 pm (GMT-4) on Monday 19th May, 2025
Applications must be sent to submissions@bcrc-caribbean.org. The subject of the email should clearly state the consultancy for which you are bidding in accordance with the following template:
BCRC#SLU-SP_2025_001_Legal Consultant_LastNameFirstName_Name of Document.
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