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New Guidance materials available to update your NIPs

Nine new Guidance materials were elaborated to assist Parties in updating Stockholm Convention IMplementation Plans, namely in relation to the newly added chemicals (in 2009 and 2011) and they are now available  online.

Guidance materials were prepared in collaboration of the Secretariat with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, and two Stockholm Convention Regional Centres (Czech Republic and India).

Newly developed Guidance and updated guidance will assist Parties in the process of developing, reviewing and updating National Implementation Plans under the Convention, as they were successfully tested in pilot project and were peer reviewed. The conclusion was that prepared guidance materials are practical, user friendly, applicable and technically and scientifically correct.

The guidance available to assist Parties in developing, revising and  updating their NIPs are as follows:

Guidance for NIP development and update

  • Guidance for Developing a National Implementation Plan for the  Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (updated in 2012  to include the POPs listed in 2009 and 2011)
  • Guidance for the review and updating of national implementation plans
  • Guidance on calculation of action plan costs for specific POPs (updated  in 2012)
  • Guidance on Socio-Economic Assessment for National Implementation Plan  Development and Implementation under the Stockholm Convention (2007)  (not revised)

Recently developed drafts

  • Guidance for the inventory of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and  related chemicals listed under the Stockholm Convention on POPs (Draft,  2012) (new)
  • Guidance on best available techniques and best environmental practices  for the use of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and related (Draft,  2012) (new)
  • Guidance for the inventory of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs)  listed under the Stockholm Convention on POPs (Draft, 2012) (new)
  • Guidance on best available techniques and best environmental practices  for the recycling and waste disposal of articles containing  polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) listed under the Stockholm  Convention on POPs (Draft, 2012) (new)
  • Guidance for the control of the import and export of POPs (Draft, 2012)  (new)
  • Labelling of products or articles that contain POPs-initial  considerations (Draft, 2012) (new)

Other available resources

  • Step-by-step companion guide to the review and updating of the  National Implementation Plans – 2011
  • Lessons learned and good practices in the development of national  implementation plans for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic  Pollutants, 2006
  • New POPs – Publications
  • PCBs – Guidance documents on PCBs
  • BAT/BEP – Guidelines on best available techniques and provisional  guidance on best environmental practices
  • Toolkit – Standarized toolkit for Identification and Quantification  of Dioxins and Furan Releases
  • Waste and Stockpiles
    • Training tool
    • POPs Waste
    • E-Waste
    • Technical guidelines adopted under Basel Convention

See the Stockholm Convention website for more information.

17.12.2012


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