Regional HUBS:

IPEP PROJECTS:


Expected Outcomes:

As a result of the Project, national NGOs in many countries have prepared POPs-related, country-relevant information and make it available to governments and others. This will contribute to preparation of National Implementation Plans, country ratification efforts, and effective implementation of the Stockholm Convention. The exercise of gathering and preparing these documents will also help to enhance the POPs-related capacity of national NGOs.

The Project will create, in many countries, increased awareness, understanding, and knowledge about POPs within the national NGO community and society as a whole. This will include knowledge about the harms POPs cause to human health and the environment and measures required to reduce and eliminate POPs. It will also increase NGO and public understanding about the Stockholm Convention and other programs and efforts aimed at the reduction and elimination of POPs and other persistent toxic substances.

The Project will create enhanced facilitation and support mechanisms at the global, regional, and national levels for NGO efforts relating to POPs and other PTS. These mechanisms will outlive the two-year Project and will help expand POPs-related capacity and competence of NGOs and civil society in many countries.



Project Activities:

The project will be implemented across the globe in eight regions of the world - Anglophone Africa, Central Europe, Francophone Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean, The Middle East, Russia, South East Asia and South Asia.



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  • PROJECT TITLE


    • ORGANISATION

    PROJECT DESCRIPTION

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    REGIONAL HUBS:



    Local NGOs have been identified and selected as regional Hubs for the implementation of the project activities in their region.

    Some of the activities defined in the project are:

    To prepare country situation reports

    Identify POPs Hot spots and prepare reports

    POPs policy Briefs

    Regional reports

    Conduct Information and Training Workshops.

    The regional hubs are expected to implement this program in countries of their region by identifying national NGOs who have the necessary skills to implement such a program. The details of the project activities and definite timelines and deliverables will be communicated separately.

    Note: NGOs interested in participating in IPEP can affiliate themselves with any particular Hub depending on their geographical location and preferred language.





    ANGLOPHONE AFRICA:

    Silvani Mng'anya

    Agenda for Environment and Responsible Development
    Tanzania (United Rep. of)

    Email: agenda@raha.com

    The region covers all English-speaking countries of Africa:
    Gambia
    Ghana
    Kenya
    Nigeria
    South Africa
    Tanzania
    Uganda




    CENTRAL and EASTERN EUROPE:

    Jindřich Petrlík

    Executive Director of Toxics & Waste Programme
    Arnika Association (Czech Republic)
    Associate of IPEN

    Email: jindrich.petrlik@arnika.org

    This Hub works primarily in English.
    The region covers the countries of central and eastern Europe:
    Albania
    Belarus
    Bulgaria
    Croatia
    Czech Republic
    Estonia
    Hungary
    Romania
    Slovakia
    Turkey




    EASTERN EUROPE, CAUCASUS, CENTRAL ASIAN COUNTRIES:

    Olga Speranskaya

    Eco Accord (Russia)
    Head of Programme on Chemical Safety

    Email: speransk@ntserver.cis.lead.org

    This Hub works primarily in Russian and English.

    The region covers the following countries:
    Armenia
    Azerbaijan
    Belarus
    Georgia
    Kazakhstan
    Kyrgyzstan
    Moldova br>Russia
    Ukraine
    Uzebistan




    FRANCOPHONE AFRICA:

    Henry Diouf

    Charge des Programmes Pesticide Action Network -PAN Africa (Senegal)

    Email: henrydiouf@pan-africa.sn

    This region covers all French-speaking countries of Africa and works primarily in French and English.

    Benin
    Burundi
    Cameroon
    Congo
    Guinea Bissau
    Mali
    Mauritania
    Senegal
    Togo




    LATIN AMERICA:

    Fernando Bejarano Gonzalez

    RAPAM (Mexico)
    Maestria en Ciencias
    Red de Accion en Plaguicidas y sus Alternativas para América Latina
    Member of IPEN

    Email: rapam@prodigy.net.mx

    This Hub works primarily in Spanish and English.
    The region covers the following South American countries:
    Argentina
    Brazil
    Chile
    Colombia
    Costa Rica
    Mexico
    Paraguay
    Peru
    Uruguay
    Venezuela




    MIDDLE EAST:

    Dr Mohamed El Banna, MD

    Day Hospital/WIT (Egypt)
    Chair of the Board
    Day Hospital Institute for Development and Rehabilitation
    Arab HUP for IPEP

    Email: mbanna@starnet.com.eg

    This Hub works primarily in Arabic and English.

    The region covers the following countries:
    Egypt
    Jordan
    Lebanon
    Morocco
    Palestine
    Sudan
    Syria
    Tunisia
    Yemen




    SOUTH ASIA:

    Upasana Choudhry
    Toxics Link (India)

    Email: upasana@toxicslink.org

    This Hub works primarily in English.

    This region includes:
    Bangladesh
    India
    Nepal
    Pakistan
    Sri Lanka




    SOUTHEAST ASIA:

    Romy Quijano, MD
    SEAPEN (Philippines)

    Email: romyquij@yahoo.com

    Manny Calonzo

    Email: manny.gaia@no-burn.org

    This region works primarily in English.
    This region includes:
    Cambodia
    China
    Indonesia
    Malaysia
    Philippines
    Thailand








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