Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention Barbados, March 2009 Overview and Status of Implementation

2 Aim of the Convention Protecting human health and the environment from adverse effects of persistent organic pollutants

This presentation  General status of implementation  Status of key obligations National implementation plans (Art. 7) National reports (Art. 15) Regional centres (Art. 12) Listing chemicals (Art. 8)  Conclusions 3

4 Status of the Convention  Convention adopted on 22 May 2001  152 Governments signed it  Convention entered into force on 17 May 2004  162 Parties to date (6 March 2009)  3 COPs have already been convened  COP-1 held in May 2005 in Punta del Este Uruguay  COP-2 held in Geneva in May 2006  COP-3 held in Dakar, Senegal  COP-4 is scheduled to be convened in Geneva in 4-8 May 2009

5 Worldwide distribution of Parties

Status of ratification in the Caribbean region ParticipantSignature Ratification, Acceptance (A), Approval (AA), Accession (a) Antigua and Barbuda23/05/200110/9/2003 Bahamas20/03/20023/10/2005 Barbados 07/06/2004 (a) Cuba23/05/200121/12/2007 Dominica 08/08/2003 (a) Dominican Republic23/05/20014/5/2007 Grenada--- Haiti--- Jamaica23/05/20011/6/2007 Saint Kitts and Nevis 21/05/2004 (a) Saint Lucia 04/10/2002 (a) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines15/09/2005 (a) Surinam22/05/2002 Trinidad and Tobago 13/12/2002 (a) 6

AN OVERVIEW OF THE CARIBBEAN REGION Status of implementation of the Convention 7

NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION PLANS Article 7 8

National implementation plans  Article 7 of the Convention  Article 7 of the Convention requires each Party to develop and implement an implementation plan and to transmit it to the COP two years after the entry into force of the Convention for it.  COP 3: Encouraged Parties whose deadline to transmit their NIP is overdue to do so period Invites Parties to provide an indication of their main priorities in implementing NIP for the period guidance on social and economic assessment Encourages Parties to use the guidance on social and economic assessment in the implementation of NIP 9

10 Difference between NIPs required and submitted

11 Status - national implementation plans  93 NIPs submitted as of 5 March 2009 Africa Asia / Pacific Central / Eastern Europe Latin America / Caribbean Western Europe / others Total Parties NIP %60%47%58%40%95%57%

Regional status of NIPs transmission Party Date NIP DueDate NIP transmitted Antigua and Barbuda 17-May-0626-Nov-08 Bahamas 1-Jan-08 Barbados 5-Sep-0610-Dec-07 Cuba 20-Mar-10 Dominica 17-May-06 Dominican Republic 2-Aug-09 Jamaica 30-Aug-09 Saint Kitts and Nevis 19-Aug-06 Saint Lucia 17-May-0610-Jul-07 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14 – Dec- 07 Surinam 20 – Aug. 07 Trinidad and Tobago 17-May-06 12

13 Status of NIP development – Caribbean (1)

REPORTING Article 15 14

Reporting  All Parties to report under article 15 on: implementation measures taken; quantities of POPs listed in Annex A and B produced, imported, exported (importation States)  COP adopted a format First reporting due 31 Dec and every 4 years thereafter COP 3 extended deadline to 31 July 2007 On line reporting is available in the Convention web page Low response rate so far 15

Status of official contact points, national focal points and submission of reports (Art. 15) Party OCP nominated NFP nominated Submitted a report pursuant to Art.15 Antigua and Barbuda YES February 2009 Bahamas YES Barbados YES * Cuba Dominica YES Dominican Republic Jamaica YES Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia YES St. Vincent and the Granadines Surinam YES Trinidad and Tobago YES 16

NEEDS ASSESSMENT Article 13 on the Financial mechanism 17

Needs assessment  ToRs: assessment of funding needs for Parties to implement the Convention over the period  Invited Parties to provide the relevant information to the Secretariat at the latest by 30 October 2008  Team of consultant was hired to develop report  Report on needs assessment is available as COP document 18

Needs assessment  COP will consider the report  Input to financial mechanisms  Report will inform the replenishment process of the GEF due to commence Nov

20 Identification of Technical assistance needs  Secretariat undertook exercise to identify technical assistance needs of Parties  Based on information: contained in NIPs transmitted Other information provided by Parties  Took into account priorities in implementing NIPs for period

Identified areas of technical assistance needs under NIP Africa Asia and the Pacific Latin America and the Caribbean  Institutional strengthening  Training  Legal strengthening  Final disposal  Monitoring and Research  New physical infrastructure  Information dissemination  Site remediation  Monitoring and research  New Physical infrastructures  Institutional strengthening  Legal strengthening  Final disposal  Information dissemination  Site remediation  Training  Monitoring and research  Final disposal  Information dissemination  Legal strengthening  Institutional strengthening

Summary of full resources estimated for 68 Parties in 4 regions (in million USD) Region Regional totals Africa , Asia and the Pacific 2, , , Central and Eastern Europe Latin America and the Caribbean Period totals 3, , , ,159.37

23 Implementation via technical assistance - Stockholm centres  Guidance on technical assistance (SC-1/15)  Through developed country Parties  Regional and subregional centres

PROCESS FOR THE SELECTION OF REGIONAL CENTRES Articl e 12 on Technical Assistance 24

25 Regional centres  Convention calls for establishement of regional and subregional centres (Art. 12)  COP 1 in its decision SC-1/15 adopted Guidance on technical assistance  COP 2 in it decision SC-2/9 on technical assistance adopted: Terms of reference for regional and subregional centres for capacity-building and transfer of technology Criteria for evaluating the performance of regional and subregional centres  COP 3 in its decision SC-3/12 adopted the process for the selection of regional and subregional centresprocess for the selection

Region selects and nominates institutions willing to serve as a regional or subregional centreselects Regional representatives in the bureau submit to the Secretariat the nominations An institution nominated by a region will formally be recognized as a “nominated Stockholm Convention centre”“nominated Stockholm Convention centre a Nominated Stockholm Convention Centre is required to submit to the Secretariat a report which explains the status and components set forth in decision SC-2/9 Secretariat verifiesSecretariat verifies, in consultation with the bureau that the nominated Stockholm Convention centre meets the criteria contained in decisions SC-1/15 and SC-2/9 SC-1/15SC-2/9 The Secretariat will prepare a report on the activities of the nominate Stockholm Convention centres for consideration by COP 4 COP 4 will consider the endorsement of the nominated Stockholm Convention centres as Stockholm Convention regional or subregional centres. The COP will evaluate the performance of the centres according to the criteria set out in annex II to decision SC-2/9 in annex II to decision SC-2/9 The COP may then reconsider the status of centres as regional and subregional centres under the Stockholm Convention.

Institutions from within the region which are willing to serve as regional and/or subregional centres to provide technical assistance and promote the transfer of technology to developing countries and countries with economies in transition Basel Convention regional centres Other existing institutions within the chemicals and wastes cluster

28 Nominations should take into account  Ability of institutions to fulfil the technical assistance and technology transfer needs and priorities identified in the annex to decision SC-1/15  Compliance with terms of reference for the centres set forth in annex I of decision SC-2/9  The promotion of efficiency and effective use of resources  The need for enhanced cooperation and coordination among existing centres in the area of chemicals management

RegionNominated institutions AFRICA National centre for cleaner production (Algeria) Basel Convention Regional Centre for French African Countries (Dakar-Senegal ) ASIA Basel Convention Coordinating Centre for Asia Pacific (Beijing- China) Basel Convention regional centre Teheran (Islamic Republic of Iran) Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (Kuwait) CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE RECETOX (Brno – Czech Republic) ANO Centre for International Projects (Moscow – Russian Federation) LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN CETESB (Brazil ) CENICA (Ciudad de Mexico – Mexico) Centro de Investigación e información de medicamentos y tóxicos (Panamá) Basel Convention coordinating centre (Montevideo – Uruguay) WESTERN EUROPE AND OTHERS Regional Activity Centre for Cleaner production – MAP (Barcelona –Spain)

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LISTING OF CHEMICALS IN ANNEXES A, B AND C Article 8 31

OTHER ISSUES OF RELEVANCE 32

Listing of chemicals in annexes A, B and C  POPRC has examined and recommended proposals for listing 9 new chemicals in the Convention  COP 4 will consider the recommendations to list the chemicals in its annexes A, B and C 33

Chemicals proposed for Listing  Annex A: C-PentaBDE Chlordecone Hexabromobiphenyl Lindane (Exemption: scabies and lice treatment) Alpha and Beta-HCH C-OctaBDE  Annex A or B: PFOS, its salts and PFOSF (exemptions: several photo- applications, hydraulic fluids in aviation, medical devises, etc.) or acceptable purpose  Annex A and C: Pentachlorobenzene (PeCB)

Implications of listing chemicals in Annex A, B, and/or C  Annex A – Elimination: Elimination of production and use of all intentionally produced POPs  Annex B - Restriction: Restrict production and use in accordance with the provisions of that Annex  Annex C - Unintentional Production: “…Continuing minimization and, where feasible, ultimate elimination of the total releases of chemicals.”

Conclusions  Overdue NIPs should be transmitted  Parties that have not nominated an OCP should do as soon as possible  Parties should test the electrononic system for reporting  Parties should identify their needs and take advantage of the services being provided by the Nominated Stokholm Convention Centres in the region  Parties are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the proposals for listing new chemicals 36

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