Welcome new members to the NIP Update group!

Please feel free to say hello, introduce yourself, and ask questions if any. Our GGKP team remains at your disposal all the time!

Dear colleagues,

As it was mentioned in our first webinar, GGKP shall record not only the webinars but also take notes on the questions raised in Q&A sessions and chats. A summary of those questions which were addressed in the session will be posted in our group, as well as the questions from the chat which were not answered in the session shall be always recorded and answered in our NIP update group on Green Forum. Please don`t miss it, and we encourage you to join and ask any questions, whenever you find necessary, as the group is administered and managed by our project team on a regular basis.

Q. How is an updated NIP different from the previous NIP? Does it differ in terms of format or structure, or steps to approach review and update?

Our speaker from UNEP, Chemicals and Health Branch, Components 1 and 2, Programme Management Officer Ms. Mihaela Claudia Paun answers:

“When updating your National Implementation plan, we adhere to the same structure of NIP and the same five steps countries followed to develop their previous NIP.
In general, it is recommended to pay attention to the followings:

1. Update information and data included in the previous NIP and their related action plans (if the case).
2. Compile new information and data and develop action plans for newly listed POPs decided to be addressed during the update process.
When it comes to POPs data collection it is also important to refer to and use the latest version of guidance documents, including when it comes to updating previous NIP data.”

On March 21st, 2023, the CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI) endorsed as Stockholm Convention Regional Centre (SCRC) on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) is hosting a webinar on environmentally sound management of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) containing transformer oils in India.
The webinar will spotlight project experience of the Central Power Research Institute (CPRI) in adopting the sodium reduction technology for the PCB-dichlorination from transformer oils. Within the framework of this project 443 MT of transformer oil was successfully dechlorinated.

Please feel free to register following the link below:

Hello everyone,
Nice to be joining the community of practice group for the Global Development, Review and Update of National Implementation Plans (NIPs).

My name is Jovita Tamosaityte and I work on the development of the Knowledge Hub for the project. I'm really looking forward to engaging with everyone on the Green Forum!

How much do we now about PFAS? Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic?

Known as "forever chemicals", they are persistent to the extent that they won`t break down for ten thousands of years. PFAS and its substances are being detected in air, water, soils, and in rain at levels that could be unsafe in some of the countries. These chemicals are used in range of consumer products such as non-stick cookware, food packaging, clothing, electronics and particularly in firefighting foams.

Considering widespread use of these chemicals worldwide, probably every of person is being exposed and has some dose of PFAS in his blood, which depending on the extent of exposure and concentration may seriously affect human health. Apart from global efforts amid PFAS in the environment, our knowledge about contaminated sites is crucial to health protection!

An outstanding project was presented on 14th International Forum on HCH and Pesticides last week! From 2003 to 2023, Le Monde and 17 partners from Forever Pollution Project developed first map of PFAS pollution in Europe. They investigated PFAS contaminated sites, production facilities, sites where PFAS was used or potentially contaminated areas and conducted the sampling of soil and water.

More than 17,000 contaminated sites across Europe where the PFAS level exceeds 10 ng/l, including over 2,100 sites where it exceed 100 ng/L, making it extremely hazardous for human health.

Please refer to Forever Pollution Project website to see the map and for more information on methodology and data collection.

Greetings to everyone!

Posting first in the Group.

My name is Anastasiya and I serve as a Senior Project Assistant to GGKP. I support "Global Development, Review and Update of National Implementation Plans (NIPs) under the Stockholm Convention (SC) on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)" Project funded by GEF.

This community invites you to engage in holistic discussions about POPs, share news, events, exchange experience and expertise to review and update National Implementation Plans (NIPs) as well as National Reporting for capacity building and compliance with the obligations of Stockholm Convention.

Please feel free to join, invite your colleagues, introduce yourself, ask questions and engage in discussions.

Rid the world from POPs and help beat the pollution!