Highlights: The addition of chemicals to Annexes A, B or C of the Stockholm Convention triggers the need for most parties to review and update the national implementation plans (NIPs) in accordance with decision SC-1/12. Parties have expressed the need for assistance in the process, in particular in addressing newly listed POPs that are widely used for industrial purposes and are contained in products and articles. A set of guidance documents has been developed to assist parties in establishing inventories, identifying and monitoring the products and articles containing these POPs, and selecting best available techniques and best environmental practices for the management of new POPs and identifying and promoting alternatives among others. This workshop will focus on sectoral approach in developing POPs inventories.

 

Organizers: The workshop is organized by the Secretariat of the Stockholm Conventions in cooperation with International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) which hosts the Stockholm Convention Regional Centre in Kenya (SCRC Kenya), Nairobi, Kenya. The Government of Sweden through KEMI and European Union have kindly provided funding for the workshop.

 

Working languages: English with interpretation into French

 

Meeting objectives: The objectives of the workshop are:

 

Fostering participants’ understanding of the scope of the obligations to update and review their NIPs under article 7 of the Convention in light of POPs listed since 2009 until 2023;

Increasing participants’ capacity to make an effective use of the guidance documents and other training tools when updating their NIPs;

Strengthening the capacity of parties to develop effective strategies and action plans towards the elimination of newly listed POPs and enable them to meet their obligation to transmit updated NIPs to the COP.

 

National officials, experts in the African region, involved in the process of reviewing and updating the national implementation plans (NIPs).

Representatives of Regional Centres, GEF Implementing Agencies and the civil society organizations.