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Table of Contents I. Introduction and Summary ......................................................................................... 108 II. Background and Context ............................................................................................. 108 Persistent Organic Pollutants ...................................................................................... 108 The Role of the GEF ..................................................................................................... 110 III. Global and Regional Chemicals Related Agreements ............................................... 111 Guidelines for Enabling Activities............................................................................... 112 IV. GEF Assistance for Enabling Activities in the Context of the Stockholm Convention................................................................................................................................. 112 Country Eligibility ........................................................................................................ 112 Components of GEF Assistance................................................................................... 112 Preparation of National Implementation Plans ......................................................... 112 V. Capacity Building Support for Enabling Activities................................................... 116 Expedited Procedures for Processing Proposals for GEF Assistance...................... 116 Annex A................................................................................................................................... A119 Annex B....................................................................................................................................B121 Annex C................................................................................................................................... C129 UNDP-GEF POPs Resource Kit-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------107
I. INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY 1. The 5 th session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) for an “International Legally Binding Instrument for Implementing International Action on certain Persistent Organic Pollutants” (POPs) met from December 4-9, 2000, in Johannesburg, South Africa, and concluded negotiations for a POPs Convention. The objective of the Convention is to protect human health and the environment from POPs. It will be adopted and opened for signature at a Conference of Plenipotentiaries scheduled for May 22-23, 2001, in Stockholm. 2. Article 14 of the Convention designates the Global Environment Facility (GEF), on an interim basis and until the Conference of the Parties decides otherwise, as the “principal entity entrusted with the operations of the financial mechanism.” The GEF Council, at its 16 th Session in November 2000, decided that “should the GEF be the financial mechanism for the legal agreement it would be willing to initiate early action with regard to the proposed enabling activities with existing resources.” These initial guidelines represent an early response by the GEF to assist eligible developing countries to implement the Convention. The main focus of the GEF’s assistance at this initial stage is the preparation of National Implementation Plans (NIPs) for the Convention and first reporting obligations. This type of support is referred to in the GEF as “enabling activities.” 3. The guidelines were developed by the GEF Secretariat in consultation with the GEF POPs Task Force comprising the three Implementing Agencies of the GEF -- The World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), and UNEP Chemicals as the interim Secretariat of the Convention. They are initial guidelines that will be revised, as needed, taking into account the decisions of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention. 4. This paper describes: (a) Country eligibility criteria; (b) Eligible activities and sequencing; and (c) Expedited procedures for processing proposals for GEF assistance. 5. A summary of the provisions of the Convention as well as a framework that can be followed by countries to develop NIPs are presented in Annexes A and B. II. BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT Persistent Organic Pollutants 6. For the past 40 years, awareness has been growing about the threats posed to human health and the global environment by the ever-increasing release in the natural environment of synthesized chemicals. Mounting evidence of damage to human health and the environment has focused the attention of the international community on a category of substances referred to as Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). Some of these substances are 108 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------UNDP-GEF POPs Resource Kit
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Purpose of this Document The UNDP-G
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Scientists researching population d
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DDT, Dieldrin, Dioxins and Furans,
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eliminate POPs and the problems the
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MIREX: Mirex has been used against
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No country presently reports intent
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Significant learning and attention
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developing world. Strong linkages t
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Convention in May, 2001. The princi
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Financial Action Plans need to emph
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Weak involvement of NGOs may result
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Functionally, the SGP provides plan
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far away from their sources. These
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AFRICA NAMIBIA Ms. Ester HOVEKA est
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Syria Mr. Marwan Anssary National G
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Yugoslavia Mr. Radomir Buric Ms. Sh
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Consultant: Ms. Lila Gil Lila.gil@u
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REGIONAL BUREAUX TELEPHONE FAX REGI
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BOTSWANA GEF Small Grants Programme
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Arab Office For Youth & Environment
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ppsdom@codetel.net.do Ms. Griselda
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Annexes A. Text of Stockholm Conven
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UNITED NATIONS United Nations CONFE
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