Regional Capacity-Building Workshop on New POPs, the Process for Reviewing and Updating NIPs

The workshop aims at raising awareness on the recently adopted amendments to the Convention, listing nine new POPs in Annexes A, B and C of the Convention, which will enter into force on 26 August 2010; and on the implications at the national level of the new obligations arising herewith. Furthermore, the workshop offers an opportunity for participants to become familiar with the enhanced version of the online electronic reporting system in preparation for the second round of Party reporting. The workshop is organized by the Secretariat in cooperation with RECETOX, a Stockholm Convention regional centre in