The document outlines the history and development of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) and its Quick Start Programme from 2002-2019. It began with the 2002 World Summit setting a goal of minimizing the impacts of chemicals on human health and the environment by 2020. In 2006, SAICM was adopted at the International Conference on Chemicals Management in Dubai to help achieve this goal. The same year, the Quick Start Programme was established as a voluntary trust fund to support initial chemical management activities in developing countries. It was extended in 2012 and underwent a mid-term review in 2011 before closing in 2019, having mobilized $47.6 million from 24 donors for chemical safety projects around the world.