Building the Capacity of the People's Republic of China to Implement the Stockholm Convention on POPs and Develop a National Implementation Plan

The objective of the proposed project is to protect human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants. The project is designed to meet China's commitment as a prospective party to the Stockholm Convention to take the first steps towards implementation of the Convention through the development of a National Implementation Plan (NIP). The project represents an initial capacity building effort and builds on on-going activities in China. A range of activities are grouped into a number of work packages that have been planned following the text of the Convention, the GEF initial guidelines on enabling activities, and the WB/UNEP guidance document for the development of NIPs.