The proposed GEF project aims to connect biodiversity conservation and sustainable ecosystem management with conservation of world heritage in the Butrint aquatic and wetland complex and to mobilize donor’s support for long term financing of the Park complex. The resulting MSP would seek to conserve a World Heritage site composed of a number of ecosystems but coastal wetlands are the main ecological system.

Within the overall objective of the Stockholm Convention, which is to protect human health and the environment from POPs, the project will: i. Allow the Republic of Paraguay to prepare the ground for the implementation of the Convention in Paraguay, ii. Assist Paraguay to fulfill the obligations for national reporting and other provisions under the Convention; iii. Strengthen the national capacity of Paraguay to manage POPs and chemicals generally in an environmentally sound manner.

Capacity development issues related to the implementation of the three conventions in Zambia, and to environmental management in general, were summarised recently during meetings with stakeholders conducted during the planning this National Capacity Self-Assessment (NCSA) project. Zambia will now build on this analysis in carrying out a full scale NCSA in a transparent and participatory manner. The NCSA will involve a thorough assessment and analysis of Zambia’s capacity constraints and needs in relation its commitments under the Rio Conventions and related international instruments.

The objectives of this enabling activity are to: 1.Identify and prioritise capacity building requirements in country specific priorities to enhance compliance to the CBD. Priorities to be addressed are listed in Annex I. 2.Through the assessment process generate awareness, develop consensus and foster high level support to facilitate implementation of the identified capacity building measures.

Within the overall objective of the Stockholm Convention, which is to protect human health and the environment from POPs and chemicals, the project will: i. Prepare the ground for implementation of the Convention in Saint Lucia; ii. Assist Saint Lucia in meeting its reporting and other obligations under the Convention; and iii. Strengthen Saint Lucia’s national capacity to manage POPs, and chemicals generally.

The objective of the project is to strengthen the capacity and build ownership in DPRK to meet its obligations under the Stockholm Convention, including preparation of a POPs National Implementation Plan. The National Implementation Plan describes how DPRK will meet its obligations under the Convention to phase-out POPs sources and manage POPs contaminated sites.