The International POPs Elimination Project Objectives: Objectives: Encourage and enable NGOs in 40 developing and transitional countries.

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The International POPs The International POPs Elimination ProjectElimination Project

• Objectives: Objectives: • Encourage and enable NGOs in 40 Encourage and enable NGOs in 40

developing and transitional countries to developing and transitional countries to engage in activities that provide engage in activities that provide contributions to the implementation of the contributions to the implementation of the Stockholm Convention; Stockholm Convention;

• Enhance the skills and knowledge of NGOsEnhance the skills and knowledge of NGOs• Help establish regional and national NGO Help establish regional and national NGO

coordination and capacitycoordination and capacity

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IPEP outcomes in the EECCAIPEP outcomes in the EECCA

• Projects were Projects were implemented in Armenia, implemented in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan. Uzbekistan.

• 70 NGOs were directly 70 NGOs were directly involved in IPEP involved in IPEP implementation as project implementation as project leadersleaders

• More than 300 NGOs More than 300 NGOs were involvedwere involved

• IPEP started in 2004IPEP started in 2004

• 70 projects of direct 70 projects of direct relevance to POPs, relevance to POPs, were implemented in were implemented in the EECCA region.the EECCA region.

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IPEP in the EECCAIPEP in the EECCA

• NGO expert team of NGO expert team of 15 people was 15 people was formed. formed.

• Information news Information news service with 500 service with 500 subscribers was subscribers was established. established.

• ““POPs: Our Future Is POPs: Our Future Is Under Threat”Under Threat”

• ““Pesticides: Threat is Pesticides: Threat is Real” Real”

• Methodological Methodological Guidance for non-Guidance for non-governmental governmental organizations on primary organizations on primary inventory of obsolete inventory of obsolete pesticide stockpilespesticide stockpiles

• analytical reportsanalytical reports..

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IPEP projectsIPEP projects

• Projects were focused on the following main issues:Projects were focused on the following main issues:

• Identification of POPs "hot spots" (15 hot spots Identification of POPs "hot spots" (15 hot spots identified);identified);

• Analysis of health impacts of POPs in specific Analysis of health impacts of POPs in specific regions and development of proposals for regions and development of proposals for mitigation of adverse health impacts of POPs (5 mitigation of adverse health impacts of POPs (5 projects on community monitoring, 12 projects on projects on community monitoring, 12 projects on POPs contamination of food products);POPs contamination of food products);

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IPEP projectsIPEP projects

Public participation in identification of unauthorised storage and use of banned and obsolete pesticides (67 846 kg of obsolete pesticides were identified additionally, 68 storage facilities were analysed);

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Obsolete pesticides in Obsolete pesticides in AzerbaijianAzerbaijian

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IPEP projectsIPEP projectsPublic participation in PCB inventory (inventory

was carried out in 16 facilities located in 7 cities);

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IPEP projectsIPEP projects

• Development of proposals for rehabilitation Development of proposals for rehabilitation of territories, contaminated by POPs, of territories, contaminated by POPs, analysis of existing national strategies in the analysis of existing national strategies in the sphere;sphere;

• Participation of NGOs in development and Participation of NGOs in development and implementation of National Implementation implementation of National Implementation Plans under the Stockholm Convention Plans under the Stockholm Convention (NGOs in 6 EECCA countries were included (NGOs in 6 EECCA countries were included into Intergovernmental Commissions on NIP into Intergovernmental Commissions on NIP development);development);

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IPEP projectsIPEP projects

Information campaigns to raise public Information campaigns to raise public awareness on POPs related issues (65 awareness on POPs related issues (65 campaigns, three public service campaigns, three public service announcements, two documentaries, 10 announcements, two documentaries, 10 country situation reports, 25 brochures, country situation reports, 25 brochures, numerous information materials, numerous information materials, posters and booklets).posters and booklets).

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AWHHE: waste management AWHHE: waste management campaigncampaign

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POPs campaign in MoldovaPOPs campaign in Moldova

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Further resourcesFurther resources

• Olga SperanskayaOlga Speranskaya• Head of Eco-Accord Program on Head of Eco-Accord Program on

Chemical Safety / IPEP Hub for the Chemical Safety / IPEP Hub for the EECCA regionEECCA region

• http://www.ipen.orghttp://www.ipen.org• http://www.http://www.ecoaccordecoaccord.org.org

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