The Quick Start Programme (also known as the QSP) is a fund administered by the United Nations Environment Programme. By Resolution I/4 of the First Session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management, it has been granted the responsibility to act as the financial arm of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management.[1]
The QSP now has become a fund of approximately US$123.2 million,[2] with an investment portfolio of 184 projects in 108 different countries, including 54 Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States.