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Updating and Validating the Inventory

of the Legacy POPs

Inventory Workshop 4-5 March 2013, Antalya, Turkey

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National Implementation Plans (NIPs)

National situation

National strategy

Action plans

Technical assistance needs:International funding

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The GEF as FUNDING MECHANISM

Chem-4: POPs Enabling Activities Outcome 4.1 NIPs prepared or updated or national

implications of new POPs assessed.

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Responding to change• Article 7 of the Convention: “Review and

update, as appropriate, its NIP on a periodic basis and in a manner to be specified by a decision of the COP.”

Decision SC-1/12

Identification of internal and external triggers

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• Changes in obligations arising from amendments to the Convention

• COP decisions that may affect how a Party implements the Convention (e.g. adoption of guidance)

• Changes in availability of financial and technical assistance

• Changes in access to infrastructure

External factors Internal factors • Reporting under Article 15

• Change in national priorities

• Significant change in national circumstances

• Inventories of POPs, after improvement or updating, indicating a change in the scope of the problem addressed

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Elaborated process for reviewing and updating NIPs

Annex to decision SC-2/7

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NIPs and NIP Updates: UNIDO-assisted

Completed and Submitted NIPs • Africa: Algeria, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia,

Gabon, Ghana, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo

• Asia and Pacific: China P.R., Mongolia, Nepal, Turkey, India• Europe: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Poland,

Romania, Turkey• Americas: Bolivia, Guatemala, Venezuela

Ongoing NIP and Enabling Activities support:• Africa: Angola, Botswana, Eritrea, Niger,• Asia and Pacific: Myanmar• Europe: Bosnia

Ongoing NIP Update and Enabling Activities support:• Asia and Pacific: Philippines, Indonesia, Mongolia• Europe: Macedonia, Bosnia, Serbia, Turkey, Armenia• Africa: Sudan, Algeria, Burkina Faso• Americas: Costa Rica*Lao PDR and Swaziland

Completed and Submitted NIPs

52%

16%

24%8%

Africa

Asia andPacific

Europe

Americas

52 countrie

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In reviewing and updating the inventory...

1. Preparation for the inventory update.

2. Content of a technical inventory.

3. What to consider before starting?

4. Inventory workplan.

5. What to consider during the exercise?

6. Lessons learned from earlier inventories.

7. Inventory validation.

1. Preparation for the inventory update.

• Review the latest NIP and secure finances

• Identify those areas where the earlier inventory data has changed

• Establish task teams for updating the inventories

• Provide training for the inventory exercise,

• Develop detailed workplan, contracts and/or ToRs.

2. Content of a technical inventory.

• Methodology• Results• Assessment or conclusions• Introduction

3. What to consider before starting?

• People with the right expertise are selected.

• Include experts from the stakeholders like electrical utilities and NGOs.

• ToRs shall include detailed information on the tasks, the format and content requirements for the reports.

• Task team leaders/assistants are recruited

• Appropriate time for the data collection (weather, vacation, etc).

4. Inventory workplan.

5. What to consider during the exercise?

• Regular meetings should be organized for the task teams to share data, information and experiences.

• Support field visits of the task teams (official request or notification letters, contact details from the previous inventory exercise, etc).

• The PCU should be the hub for information sharing.

5. Lessons learned from earlier inventories.

• Support field visits of the task teams (official request or notification letters, contact details from the previous inventory exercise, etc).

• The PCU should be the hub for information sharing.

• PCB-related information should contain at least the following:

• Country-wide extrapolation.

5. Lessons learned from earlier inventories.

• Use analytical methods for PCB detection (Dexsil L2000DX, GC).

• Use the Dioxin toolkit appropriately

• Avoid repetitions of legal measures and their evaluations.

• Balance the length of the inventories to the importance of the topic.

• Provide brief assessment on the inventory findings. These assessments can and should turn into objectives and actions.

• Concentrate on POPs, avoid discussing irrelevant information.

6. Inventory validation.

• The draft inventory reports shall be discussed and approved by the steering committee (pre-validation).

• All comments/queries should be answered/resolved by the task teams before the reports are finalized.

• The project coordination unit shall officially send the final inventory reports to the stakeholders (validation).

• Based on the stakeholders' comments the inventories shall be finalized.

Inventory data on POPs are representative.

Conclusions are appropriate. The identified barriers and needs are

valid. The inventory provides true picture

with regards to POPs in the country. The inventory is endorsed.

6. Inventory validation.

NO PLAN CAN BE GOOD

WITHOUT

ACCURATE DATA

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