The UNDP-GEF POPs Resource Kit - International POPs Elimination ...

Project proposal formats, guidelines, GEF project cycle and other information
pertinent to the preparation of POPs Medium, Full and Targeted Research projects can be
requested from UNDP Country Offices (Section 6a) or downloaded from the Internet at:
www.undp.org/gef
In advance of broader POPs funding anticipated following the GEF replenishment,
UNDP, in partnership with UNIDO, is expediting 'on the ground' POPs remediation activities
through a project presently in preparation under International Waters Operational Programme
10, Contaminants-based. The project is described briefly below; PDF-B funding has been
approved by the GEF.
Demonstration of Viability and Removal of Barriers that Impede Adoption and
Effective Implementation of Available, Non-combustion Technologies for
Destroying Persistent Organic Pollutants - Slovakia, Philippines
PROJECT OBJECTIVES/SUMMARY
The objective of the proposed Global Project is to demonstrate the viability of
available non-combustion technologies for use in the destruction of obsolete Persistent
Organic Pollutants (POPs) stockpiles and the cleanup and remediation of POPs contaminated
soils or sediments. The Full Project will successfully use such technologies to destroy
significant obsolete POPs stockpiles in countries with developing economies and economies
in transition, and it will thereby help remove barriers to the further adoption and effective
implementation of available non-combustion technologies.
The PDF-B will:
• establish preliminary criteria and guidelines to be used in selecting and deploying
technologies that are appropriate to this demonstration activity;
• identify a range of available technologies and technology vendors that appear to have
the capacity to satisfy the established criteria and guidelines;
• establish planning process guidelines to be used in country planning activities;
• secure broad stakeholder and government support for planning process guidelines,
and put in place appropriate planning activities in Asia (Philippines) and in Eastern
Europe (Slovakia) that can begin to apply, these criteria and guidelines in the
development of detailed plans for the implementation of POPs destruction
demonstration activities; and
• complete all relevant preparations for a PDF-C as the next phase of the project..
Finalised Country Planning Activities will be completed under a PDF-C that will enable
preparation of detailed specifications and guidance for the proposed POPs destruction and
cleanup activities. Finalised Country Planning Activities will include:
• specifications to be used to guide the acquisition and deployment of the selected
technologies;
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