Enabling Activities to Facilitate Early Action on the Implementation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

The objective of this Enabling Activities proposal is to strengthen national capacity and to enhance knowledge and understanding amongst decision makers, managers, the industry, and the public at large on POPs to develop and formulate a National Implementation Plan. By achieving this objective, Ethiopia will meet the obligations of the Stockholm Convention and be enabled to manage the elimination of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). Specifically, the project will: (i)Allow Ethiopia to meet its reporting obligations under the Stockholm Convention; (ii)Prepare the ground for the implementation of the Stockholm Convention in Ethiopia; (iii)Strengthen national capacity to manage POPs and strengthen chemicals management capacity in general; (iv)Maximize government commitment and facilitate the ratification of the Stockholm Convention.