UNEP assist countries to review and update their National Implementation Plan (NIP) in order to comply with reporting obligations (Article 15) and updating of National Implementation Plans (Article 7) under the Stockholm Convention.
UNEP provides technical expertise and tools to facilitate information and data collection, compilation, validation and analysis, as well as the information exchange and transmission. As a result, enhanced communication and sharing information enable Parties to compare data and identify lessons learned and good practices.
The Integrated Electronic Toolkit currently being developed by UNEP helps Parties fulfilling their Stockholm Convention obligations in a systematic and harmonized manner.
A full-size Global Environment Facility project entitled Global Development, Review and Update of National Implementation Plans (NIPs) under the Stockholm Convention (SC) on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) was launched in November 2021 by the Chemicals and Health Branch of UNEP to reduce the dependency of external expertise and resources to develop and update National Implementation Plan (NIP) through strengthening the political environment and technical capacities of participating countries. It is meant to provide necessary guidance, instruments and tools for building a sustainable NIP review and update process and mechanism at national level, including sustainable national reporting mechanism.
The project includes a global component focusing on information exchange and capacity building on data collection, data management, data analysis (including validation), data application, and NIP implementation in partnership with the Stockholm Convention Secretariat, thereby ensuring an efficient use of resources.
Furthermore, the project proposes the inclusion of an extensive knowledge sharing platform at both regional and global levels (building on the existing clearinghouse mechanism on the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions website). The aim of the knowledge platform is to ensure linkages among countries and between regions are made, issues and challenges of common concern are identified, and associated solutions are developed based on validated and objective data.
Past GEF Projects outcomes
During the two previous GEF projects Global project on the updating of National Implementation Plans for POPs and Global project on the updating of National Implementation Plans for POPs – add on to umbrella FSP project UNEP assisted 34 Parties* from all UN regions. These projects initiated and/or enhanced the relationship between Parties to the Stockholm Convention and their respective Regional Centers for technical support, building up or strengthening a long-standing relationship.
- A regional and global assessment on the initial NIP development process to identify gaps and needs in regions and countries
- Compiling the available POPs quantitative data existent within the NIP and national reports: From NIPs to implementation: Lessons learned report
- Development of an information exchange system (discussion forums, expert sessions, etc)
- Organizing thematic webinars on POPs inventories
- Organizing 3 training workshops in collaboration with BRS (Indonesia, Panama, Fiji)
- Enhancement of the Stockholm Convention clearinghouse (in close collaboration with the BRS Secretariat) and facilitation of national reporting
- Mapping of the available POPs quantitative data from NIPs and national reports
- Incorporation of POPs data gathered into the SC clearinghouse (on going)
- Input and feed of information into the GEF project on Articles 7 and 15 including on the Integrated Electronic Toolkit development
- Development of experts databases by region, language, and field of expertise:
- Development and dissemination of lessons learned:
- Face-to-face meeting 8th Conference of the Parties of the Stockholm Convention (COP 8)
- Development of a questionnaire (Word and online versions, in English and Spanish)
- From NIPs to Implementation: Lessons learned report
- Global workshop 23-24 Oct 2018, Montevideo, Uruguay
- Regional Training Workshop 28-30 Jan 2020, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
- Interactive visualization of the available POPs quantitative data existent within the NIP and National Reports
* Parties involved within the past GEF projects: Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Gambia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malawi, Afghanistan, Georgia, Kyrgyz Republic, Lebanon, Malaysia, Albania, Croatia, Montenegro, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Tonga and Yemen.
National Implementation Plan / Improving the transmission of information / Updating of NIPs
