ALFREDO CUEVA, Ph.D. Industrial Development Officer Stockholm Convention Unit, UNIDO

1. UNIDO: Working for POPs-free Industries14 November 2012, Inception Workshop Turkey EA on NIP Update ALFREDO CUEVA, Ph.D. Industrial Development Officer Stockholm Convention Unit, UNIDO

2. Sound Management of Chemicals • Agenda 21 (1992) 19. Environmentally sound management of toxic chemicals, including prevention of illegal international traffic in toxic and dangerous products 19.4. (d) Establishment of risk reduction programmes: Stockholm Convention; Montreal Protocol • Johannesburg Plan of Implementation (2002) 23. “Sound management of chemicals…, by 2020, that chemicals are used and produced in ways that lead to the minimization of significant adverse effects on human health and the environment…”

3. Atmospheric pollutants Industrial Discharges Food Chain Particulates accumulation Sediment Sediment

4. Stockholm Convention on POPs • The Convention was adopted and opened for signature during the Stockholm Conference of May 22-23, 2001. • The Convention is legally binding, global in scope and multimedia in coverage. The GEF is the Funding Instrument. • Dirty Dozen: Pesticides (Agriculture and Health), PCBs (Industry and Energy), Dioxins/Furans (By products). 9 new Chemicals (Nasty Nines) and endosulfan recently added. HBCD (hexabromocyclododecane) to be considered at COP-6 in 2013

5. SC at 10: 10 new POPs added 2001 Adoption of the Convention mandates global action over 12 POPs 2009 COP4 amends the Convention to list 9 new POPs 2011 COP5 amends the Convention to list endosulfan

6. UNIDO: specialized UN agency • Established in November 1966 • Became a specialized UN agency in 1985 • Core Functions • Technical Cooperation Agency • Global Forum Facilitator

7. UNIDO Thematic Priorities Trade Capacity Building Energy and Environment Poverty Reduction

8. UNIDO on Environmental Management • Eliminating the dangers caused to human health and the environment by POPs and persistent toxic substances (PTS) contributes to a sustainable growth in productivity and, within the proper framework conditions, leads to a sustained and more equitable economic development. • Promoting the cleaner and more efficient use of resources and energy by industry, i.e. the Green Industry • Facilitating productive activities (particularly in rural areas) through the provision of modern energy supplies based on renewable energy and development of environmental management standards.

9. UNIDO POPs Programme contaminated site • Assistance on NIP Formulation • Environmentally Sound Management of PCBs • BAT/BEP • Contaminated Sites Management • New POPs • NIP Updates • E-waste PCB transformers BAT/BEP on boilers Guidance on new POPs inventory

10. National Implementation Plan (NIP) and Enabling activities The preparation of a NIP is foreseen in the framework of the obligations for the parties to the Stockholm Convention (Article 7) to define a country’s commitment how to implement the Convention requirements. What is a NIP? It is the legal and institutional framework with the action and strategy plans that need to be implemented to phase out, eliminate or reduce persistent organic pollutants (POPs) listed under the Stockholm Convention (Annex A, B and C).

11. NIPs and NIP Updates: UNIDO-assisted Completed and Submitted NIPs • Africa: Algeria, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo • Asia and Pacific: China P.R., Mongolia, Nepal, Turkey, India • Europe: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Turkey • Americas: Bolivia, Guatemala, Venezuela Ongoing NIP and Enabling Activities support: • Africa: Angola, Botswana, Eritrea, Niger, • Asia and Pacific: Myanmar • Europe: Bosnia Ongoing NIP Update and Enabling Activities support: • Asia and Pacific: Philippines, Indonesia, Mongolia, Lao PDR • Europe: Macedonia, Bosnia, Serbia, Turkey, Armenia • Africa: Sudan, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Swaziland, Ethiopia, Togo, Tanzania, Seychelles • Americas: Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela 46 countries 11 11

12. NIP Update Guidance Documents UNIDO has developed for the SC Secretariat a set of guidance to assist Parties in updating their NIP to address the new POPs. (please refer to this link http://chm.pops.int/Implementation/NIPs/Guidance/tabid/2882/Default.aspx) The set of guidance documents aims at: • supporting Parties in developing strategies to restrict and eliminate the new POPs, • providing guidance on establishing inventories, monitoring the presence of products and articles containing new POPs, • selecting best available techniques and best environmental practices for situations when production, use and recycling of industrial POPs are allowed by the Convention.

13. Post- NIPs Activities UNIDO Portfolio by Contaminant/Activity

14. UNIDO POPs Programme: Focus • Transfer of Technologies for the destruction of POPs stockpiles and wastes (Med-waste and PCBs). • Promotion of Alternatives to POPs Pesticides Formulations. • Global Forums for POPs Reduction and Elimination.

15. UNIDO POPs Programme: Strategies • FOCUS ON COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES plus SYNERGIES AND COOPERATION. • PARTNERSHIPS WITH SPECIALIZED INSTITUTIONS, Civil Society Orgs (CSOs) AND PRIVATE SECTOR. • MATCHING GEF AND OTHER DONORS FUNDS AND COFINANCING. Working for POPs-free Industries

16. For more Information Visit UNIDO’s POPs Portal www.unido.org/POPs www.unido.org/POPs www.thegef.org www.pops.int Thank you!