Thought starter on possible options for the future partnership approach

The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) requested UNEP to develop and provide to the second meeting of the INC an analysis of possible options for using partnerships to help achieve the goals of the future instrument on mercury, including the option of integrating partnerships into the instrument. The Chemicals Branch of the UNEP Division of Technology, Industry and Economics has drafted a thought starter on possible options for the future partnership approach which is set out in the annex to the present note. The Partnership Advisory Group may wish to discuss and provide input to UNEP on possible options for using partnerships to help achieve the goals of the future instrument on mercury.