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Introduction The Global Environment Facility (GEF) provides incremental funding to support the additional costs of protecting global environmental goods: biodiversity, climate stability, transboundary water resources and the ozone layer. Through its Implementing Agencies--the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)---the GEF has catalyzed actions over the last ten years to protect these global amenities at the local, national, regional and international levels. As one of the GEF Implementing Agencies, UNDP has leveraged its comparative advantage in the areas of capacity building and technical assistance to develop a comprehensive GEF portfolio in each of the four GEF focal areas: biodiversity, climate change, international waters, ozone layer depletion. UNDP’s GEF portfolio presently totals over $960 million and is operational in over 130 countries. UNDP has played a leading role in providing assistance to recipient countries in the conduct of their Biodiversity and Climate Change “Enabling Activities”, aimed at helping countries fulfill their obligations under the respective Conventions; to date, UNDP has assisted 94 (82%) and 83 (64%) of the countries receiving GEF assistance in their Climate Change and Biodiversity Enabling Activities, respectively. In recent years, the negative health and environmental effects of certain synthetic chemicals, characterized by their persistence, bio-accumulation and potential for long-range transport, has been firmly established. In December, 2000 in Johannesburg, the international community completed negotiations on a global Convention to phase out emissions and dispose of stocks of Persistent Organic Pollutants, or POPs. The International Legally Binding Instrument for Implementing International Action on certain Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) will be opened for signature in Stockholm, Sweden on May 22, 2001. The international community has selected the GEF to serve as interim financial mechanism for the Stockholm Convention and has asked the GEF to create a new POPs focal area. The broad, multi-sectoral linkages between sustainable human development and POPs are well established (see section 3). Through its country office network, strong linkages with government and civil society, and extensive experience in several of the principal assistance areas of the POPs Convention (capacity building, institutional strengthening, technical assistance), UNDP can be a valuable partner to assist countries in their implementation of the Stockholm Convention. As the leading GEF Implementing Agency in supporting Climate Change and Biodiversity Enabling Activities, UNDP also has extensive relevant experience applicable and transferable to the POPs Enabling Activity process. UNDP-GEF POPs Resource Kit----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3
Purpose of this Document The UNDP-GEF POPs Resource Kit has been prepared as a readily accessible source of information and useful contacts for POPs, the Stockholm Convention, the GEF and UNDP. The kit is designed for use by governments, UNDP Country Offices, NGOs and other constituencies interested in working with UNDP on POPs issues. The Kit includes background papers on POPs, the Convention, and the linkages between POPs and sustainable human development. It contains information and materials to assist countries in preparing their POPs Enabling Activities, to support NGOs participating in the UNDP-GEF Small Grants Programme (SGP) to identify Small Grants projects which address POPs issues, and to help governments and partner organizations to identify and prepare Medium and Full-Sized GEF projects focusing on POPs phase-out and remediation. The Kit also contains a list of useful POPs web links. Governments interested in working with UNDP on their POPs Enabling Activities and Full/Medium Projects should contact UNDP Country Office Focal Points or Regional Coordinators (Section 5 a, b). NGOs interested in POPs Small Grants should contact their SGP National Coordinator (Section 5c). Additional copies of the Kit are available; please contact: Andrew Hudson Principal Technical Advisor, International Waters UNDP-GEF FF-1076 1 United Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 USA Tel. 1 212 906 6228 Fax 1 212 906 6998 Email: andrew.hudson@undp.org The kit can also be downloaded from the UNDP-GEF web site: www.undp.org/gef 4 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------UNDP-GEF POPs Resource Kit
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Annexes A. Text of Stockholm Conven
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UNITED NATIONS United Nations CONFE
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UNEP/POPS/CONF/2 Recognizing the im
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UNEP/POPS/CONF/2 (c) That a chemica
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UNEP/POPS/CONF/2 (c) Promote the de
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UNEP/POPS/CONF/2 (e) Endeavour to d
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UNEP/POPS/CONF/2 9. The Committee s
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UNEP/POPS/CONF/2 (c) Take into acco
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UNEP/POPS/CONF/2 of the developing
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UNEP/POPS/CONF/2 request of any par
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UNEP/POPS/CONF/2 3. The Parties sha
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UNEP/POPS/CONF/2 4. In its instrume
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Notes: UNEP/POPS/CONF/2 (i) Except
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Annex B RESTRICTION Part I Chemical
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UNEP/POPS/CONF/2 (c) Progress in st
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UNEP/POPS/CONF/2 (f) Specific chemi
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UNEP/POPS/CONF/2 (b) General releas
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(e) Adverse effects: UNEP/POPS/CONF
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Annex F INFORMATION ON SOCIO-ECONOM
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GEF Council November 1-3, 2000 Agen
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INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY 1. The Cou
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were rapidly met, and a portfolio o
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ELEMENTS OF AN OPERATIONAL PROGRAM
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18. Enabling activities may include
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TARGETED RESEARCH 21. Within the co
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implementation during the interim p
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GEF Council May 9-11, 2001 Agenda I
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Table of Contents I. Introduction a
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pesticides, while others are indust
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into the Environment” (GEF/C.16/6
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country, under GEF’s expedited ap
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(vii) assessment of social and econ
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(a) country driveness: A proposal m
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ANNEX A SUMMARY OF THE PROVISIONS O
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Key Activities/ Issues ANNEX B RECO
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Key Activities/ Issues Step 2 Estab
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Key Activities/ Issues Step 3 Prior
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Comments Step 4 • Wherever possib
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Annex C GEF ENABLING ACTIVITIES OUT
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BUDGET Component25 Number of Units
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Project Summary Annex D United Nati
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PROJECT DESCRIPTION (MAX. 5 PAGES)
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D. Prepare Initial POPs Inventories
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8. Investment costs identified and
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Sub-total B. CAPACITY BUILDING IN S
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CONVENTIONS IISD Coverage of POPs I
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