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ANNUAL REPORT CP/RAC 2009 III. REPORT ON ACTIVITIES 2009 | 37The contacts made at the seminar have been maintained.2.5. Preparation of a strategic document onthe mobilisation of financial resources,including private, national andinternational resources, for compliancewith the Stockholm Conventionamong the signatories of the Barcelona Convention”,which showed disparity among the differentcountries of the Mediterranean Region. Thisstudy, based on the information supplied by eachof the countries, will be updated when new informationbecomes available.The conclusions of the seminar were centred onthe request for more active implantation by thecountries and on the importance of the non-deliberategeneration of COPs. The difficulty in findingfunding for the putting into practice of theConvention was highlighted, and there was a recommendationfor simultaneous implantation of thethree conventions - for reasons of greater efficiency.Also highlighted, given its maximum importance,was the recommendation to put into practice theWorld Vigilance Plan. Finally, the importance ofcooperation with other programmes dealing withchemical substances, such as SAICM or REACH,was underlined.In 2009, the RAC/CP contacted SIRSA to draw upa document with the objective of it being useful toother countries, facilitating information on financialresources for the implementation of the StockholmConvention, because the information previous tothe “Study on the implantation and synergiesbetween the Stockholm, Basel and RotterdamConventions and the. Strategic Approach forInternational Chemicals Management (SAICM)among the signatories of the Barcelona Convention”was too generic although it was useful for givingexamples and ideas.This study, titled “Mobilisation of financial resourcesfor the implementation of the Stockholm Conventionin the Mediterranean countries” has as itsmain objective to provide a general view of thefinancial and economic instruments that are availableor whose utilisation could be feasible for theimplantation of the Stockholm Convention throughAlso, on the 6 th April 2009, the RAC/CP organisedan informal meeting in its premises. The representativesof the Mediterranean countries who attendedthe seminar were present at this meeting andit was an opportunity for them to meet the staff ofRAC/CP and see its installations. The objectiveof the meeting was to allow the countries toexpress their expectations for the future and theirpriorities in reference to the Rational Managementof Chemical Substances in their countries.