First Meeting of the Effectiveness Evaluation Committee under the Stockholm Convention

Background: The Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants adopted by its decision SC-6/22 the framework for effectiveness evaluation including the set of process and outcome indicators to evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation of the various Articles of the Convention, and the terms of reference of the effectiveness evaluation committee.At its seventh meeting, the Conference of the Parties, by decision SC-7/24, established the effectiveness evaluation committee and requested the committee to perform its tasks in accordance with the framework for effectiveness evaluation and to report to the Conference of the Parties at its eighth meeting.By the same decision, the Secretariat was requested to collect and compile information to serve for effectiveness evaluation according to the framework, to prepare a preliminary analysis of the available information, and to support the work of the committee, including the development of the effectiveness evaluation report.Working Language: English