ABOUT the INTERNATIONAL POPS ELIMINATION PROJECT:


On May 1, 2004, the International POPs Elimination Network began a global Non Government Organisation (NGO) project called the International POPs Elimination Project (IPEP) in partnership with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP). The Global Environment Facility (GEF) provided core funding for the project.

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IPEP Final Performance Report Conclusion:

September 2006

IPEP has successfully met its three objectives. It encouraged and enabled more than 350 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in 65 developing countries and countries with economies in transition to engage in more than 290 activities within their countries that provided concrete and immediate contributions to country efforts in preparing for Stockholm Convention implementation. These activities greatly enhanced NGO skill and knowledge and prepared many to engage effectively in ongoing Stockholm Convention implementation activities. IPEP also established a system of regional NGO coordination hubs that have already evolved into a sustainable regional coordinating mechanism that is now an integral part of the organizational structure of the International POPs Elimination Network (IPEN).

IPEP's goals where:

  • to encourage and enable NGOs in 40 developing and transitional countries to engage in activities that provide concrete and immediate contributions to country efforts in preparing for the implementation of the Stockholm Convention;
  • to enhance the skills and knowledge of NGOs to help build their capacity as effective stakeholders in the Convention implementation process;
  • and to help establish regional and national NGO coordination and capacity in all regions of the world in support of longer term efforts to achieve chemical safety.



    • IPEP Activities:

    IPEP supports hundreds of NGO project activities in approximately 40 developing countries and countries in transition. The project will support four types of reports and several types of project activities. IPEP will make these materials publicly available on a multi-lingual website.



    IPEP Reports:

    IPEP supports preparation of reports on country situation, hotspots, policy briefs, and regional activities.

  • Country situation reports describe the POPs situation in the country, including some information about known levels of POPs and measures planned or underway to address them. The reports are aimed at NGOs, academics, and others with a public policy interest.
  • Hotspot reports identify specific POPs-related problems in a country with the intent of raising both public and government awareness. They may include reports on one or more POPs contaminated sites within a country, a country specific pattern of activities or practices that release POPs into the environment, or an existing or proposed facility that could be a significant source of POPs releases. They also make initial recommendations on how to address the problem. The reports target public audiences, but will also provide a framework for NGO involvement in government processes.
  • Policy briefs identify a specific POPs-related issue of importance in the country, and propose public policies and other solutions. Some possible topics that may be addressed are: approaches to effective malaria vector control that avoid DDT; strategies for national POPs stockpile cleanups and destruction; non-POPs strategies for crop protection and/or termite control; strategies to end illegal trade in POPs; national application of 'Best Available Techniques' to eliminate sources of by-product POPs; proposals for national approaches for identifying and controlling PCBs in use and in wastes; community monitoring or other strategies to identify POPs exposures; etc.
  • Regional Reports will summarize POPs information in the region based on information contained in the Country Situation Reports, POPs Hotspot Reports, POPs Policy Briefs prepared by NGOs in the region; and may also include other available POPs-related regional information.







    • Version: 2.0 (January 10, 2007)