Bilateral cooperation with Zambia
The Swedish Chemicals Agency have been cooperating with Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) to strengthen the capacity of the authority and improve the management of pesticides. The programme was a part of the Swedish Chemical's Agency´s development cooperation and is supported by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida). The cooperation runned from 2020 to 2024 and the Swedish Chemicals Agency had a long-term expert based in Lusaka, Zambia to be able to support ZEMA on a daily basis.
The overall objective of the cooperation was to contribute to reduce risks from pesticides to human health and the environment and have the following focus areas:
- Support for establishment of a registration process for pesticides where the products' effects to human health and the environment are assessed before the agency takes a registration decision
- Support for improved management of highly hazardous pesticides at ZEMA
- Support for establishment of an IT support system for registration of pesticides and further development of information on ZEMA’s website
Documents
Program document (PDF 1200 kB)
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Links
Read more about Sweden's cooperation with Zambia on Sida's website 
External link.