This the virtual space for the Global Development, Review and Update of National Implementation Plans (NIPs) under the Stockholm Convention (SC) on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Project.
The proposed project aims at assisting participating countries to comply with their NIP-update and national reporting obligations under the SC while addressing challenges and building on regional expertise and UNEP’s experience.
The overall goal is to reduce the dependency of external expertise and resources to develop NIP and NIP updates through strengthening the political environment and technical capacities of participating countries. Lessons learned and tools/practices developed can be shared and applied to all Parties of the Convention.
The objective is to facilitate the implementation of the Stockholm Convention in participating countries through the development, review and update of their respective NIPs and submission to the SC COP.
The project is designed with five components:
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Build political support and stakeholder involvement for NIP development, endorsement and future implementation;
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Develop tools and methodologies to be used by all Parties to the SC to facilitate the NIP development, review and update process and its implementation;
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Support Parties in the development, review and update of their respective NIPs and complete their national reporting following the methodologies development by the SC Secretariat and approved by the COP;
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Ensure development of knowledge products, sharing of knowledge, development of platforms for information exchange and training / familiarisation, knowledge management and reporting at the global level is reached; and
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Ensure effective monitoring and evaluation.
The members of this community of practice are welcome to share their experiences and expertise on the NIPs update process.
