POPs Enabling Activity Project

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POPs Enabling Activity Project
Reza Alami Kia National Project Manager of POPs
Enabling Activity Department of Environment,
I.R.Iran
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Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic
Pollutants(POPs)
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Aim No. 1 Eliminate dangerous POPs, starting
with the 12 worst
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Aim No. 2 Support the transition to safer
alternatives
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Aim No. 3 Target additional POPs for action
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Aim No. 4 Clean-up old stockpiles and equipment
containing POPs
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Aim No. 5Work together for a POPs-free future
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Enabling Activity

• Enabling Activities can help to 'bring home' to
  countries, and to broader constituencies, the
  implications of their commitments under the
  Convention.
• Enabling Activity projects have a tendency to
  place undue emphasis on the obligations of the
  countries at the expense of responding to country
  needs and priorities.

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Enabling Activity

• Enabling Activities can enhance the participation
  of Convention parties in international fora,
  particularly the CoP, and can strengthen their
  presence and contribution in the decision-making
  process.

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Goals

• Preparing National Implementation Plan (NIP)
  integrating views from government and other
  stakeholders for meeting country obligations
  under the Stockholm Convention
• To eliminate and reduce POPs
• To establish or improve the structures for
  regulating chemicals use/production/Import/export
  /disposal
• Information exchange Public information,
• awareness and education Research, development
  and monitoring
• Technical Assistance and on Financial resources
  and mechanisms.

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OBJECTIVES

• Identify the main locations where POPs are
  emitted and used
• Assess knowledge, attitudes and practices of
  industry and the general public, with regard to
  POPs handling, storage and application
• Identify main uses and quantities of POPs which
  have not been prohibited and develop alternative
  use (e.g. waste transformer oils)

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OBJECTIVES

• Intensify efforts in the implementation of the
  Stockholm Convention on POPs and to create
  awareness amongst decision makers, managers,
  industry, end-users and the general public on
  POPs so as to facilitate the identification of
  alternative chemicals and pollution prevention
  activities

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Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

• Negative health and environmental effects
• Bio-accumulation
• Potential for long-range transport
• Long-lasting toxic substances

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POPs Categories

• Pesticides
• Aldrin, Chlordane, DDT, Dieldrin,, Endrin,
  Heptachlor, Mirex,Toxaphene, Hexachlorobenze
• Industrial Chemicals
• Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), Hexachlorobenze
  (HCB) .
• Unintentional By-products
• Dioxins and Furans, HCB, PCBs

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Project ID

• Project Number IRA/02/G31
• National Executing Agency
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)
• National Implementing Agency
• Department of Environment (DOE)
• International Executing Agency UNDP
• Source of Fund GEF
• Project Duration 2 Years (1 Jan 04- 30 Dec 05)

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Project History

• The POPs project officially started at 15/06/2003
  by signing the agreement between Ministry of
  Foreign Affairs and UNDP.
• 13/06/03 Based on previous agreement between
  MFA and DOE, the Executing responsibilities
  officially transferred to DOE.

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Project History

• 19/06/03 The Stockholm Convention text
  translated to Farsi and sent to Government of
  Iran for adoption.
• 21/7/03 The first Steering Committee meeting
  formed. In this meeting the NPM was introduced by
  DOE.
• 15/10/03 The introduced NPM has to resigned.

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Project History

• 16/12/03 The new NPM was selected among three
  applicants.
• 25/1/04 A meeting was held among MFA, DOE and
  UNDP to discuss new workplan of the project
  regarding to delay in project.
• 15/2/04 The first meeting of PSC was held to
  introduce new NPM and to present his workplan.

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Project History

• 18/02/04 The first meetings with subtask
  leaders were held at POPs office.

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Project Structure
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Steering Committee

• Chairperson Department of Environment
  Dr. Yosef Hojjat, Deputy head of Department
• Members
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture
• Ministry of Industries and Mines
• Ministry of Oil
• Ministry of Energy
• Ministry of Health, Treatment and Medical
  Education
• Ministry of Commerce
• Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance
  (Customs)
• Plant Protection Organization
• 2 Representatives from Non-governmental
  Organization
• 2 Representatives from Academia
• National Project Director as Member Secretary for
  the PSC (non-voting member)

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Task Teams

• PCBs Inventory TT
• Pesticides Inventory TT
• Unintentional Inventory TT
• POPs Monitoring TT

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Task Teams Structure

• Subtask Leader
• International Consultant
• National Consultant
• Other members, stakeholders

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POPs EA Project
Main Objectives 1-POPs Inventory 2-POPs
Monitoring 3-Capacity Building and Awareness
Rising 4-Priority Setting 5-NIP Development
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Project Work Plan

• Activities
• Project Start-up
• TORs Development
• Task Teams Creating
• Inception Workshop Holding
• Inventory Training Workshops(3)
• POPs Inventory

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Project Work Plan

• Activities
• POPs Monitoring
• Data Collection
• Priority Setting
• Priority Setting Inventory Workshop
• Action Plan Preparation (Task Teams)
• NIP Drafting and Endorsement

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Other groups

• 1-Law and Regulation Task
• -literature review on existing regulation,
  recognition gaps and priorities
• 2-Awarness Raising
• -Assessment on existing capacities to prepare a
  comprehensive Training Package.

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Information Technology (IT)

• 1-Project Web Page has been built.
• www.pops.irandoe.org
• Email pops_at_irandoe.org
• 2-Project Control (Including risk, budget, time,
  logistic, Management)

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PCBs TT

• Workshop Organizing
• Presentations
• Documents
• Inventory Action Plan Development
• PCBs Inventory

Back To Meetings
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PCBs Inventory Workshop

• One day (1st of Dec. 2004)
• 120 Participants from
• DOE experts, all provinces, water and soil
  pollution and laboratories bureaus (35 people)
• Ministry of Energy, power plants (25 P.)
• Ministry of Industry and Mine (20 P.)
• Ministry of Health (15 P.)
• Ministry of Oil (5 P.)
• M.Sc. And Ph.D. students (15P.)

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PCBs Inventory Workshop

• Presentations
• POPs EA Project overview, Inventory outcomes
  goals by National Project Manager
• Existing situation and current actions on PCBs
  by Mr. Manafi, PCBs subtask leader
• Basic considerations on PCBs Inventory
  by Mr. Martin Murin,
  International project coordinator and PCBs
  Inventory Consultant
• POPs Monitoring, sampling and analyzing
  by Mr.Badkoubi, National monitoring
  TT consultant
• PCBs Inventory, Goals Objectives
  by Dr.Ganjodoust, National PCBs
  TT consultant

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Documents

• PCBs inventory questionnaires
• Identification and quantification of transformers
  capacitors containing PCBs
• POPs monitoring guideline

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Inventory Workplan

• Inventory Workshop (1st Dec. 2004)
• Sending questionnaires (15th Dec. 2004)
• Data field collection (by the June 2005)
• Reporting (July 2005)
• Priority setting (August 2005)
• Action plan and NIP development (Sep. 2005)

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Pesticides TT

• Workshop Review
• Presentations
• Documents
• Inventory Action Plan Development

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POPs Pesticides Inventory Workshops

• National Inventory Workshop
• 120 participants
• 3 days (2days theory, 1 day practical)
• Local Inventory Workshops
• 15 workshop
• 1 day
• 20 people (total 300 people), MOJA experts

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Unintentional TT

• Workshop Organizing
• Presentations
• Documents
• Inventory Action Plan Development
• POPs Pesticides Inventory

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Unintentional POPs Inventory Workshop

• 2 days ( 15-16th Dec. 2004)
• 120 participants
• DOE experts, all provinces, water and soil
  pollution and laboratories bureaus (35 people)
• Ministry of Energy, power plants (25 P.)
• Ministry of Industry and Mine (20 P.)
• Ministry of Health (15 P.)
• Ministry of Oil (5 P.)
• M.Sc. And Ph.D. students (15P.)

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Unintentionals

• Collected data review in 4 categories
• 1-Chemical industries
• 2-Ferous and nonferrous metal production
• 3-Production of Mineral Products
• 4-Power generation
• Inventory Actionplan development
• There is no Incineration Plan in Iran and all old
  Health care waste incinerations has already been
  phased out

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Monitoring TT

• Monitoring Actionplan Development
• Lab. Assessment for POPs sampling and analysis
• Sampling qualification and quantification
• Making Cooperation between all Inventory TTs

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Monitoring

• Existing situation assessment, data collection
• Monitoring and Inventory DATA analyze to
  addressing existing Gaps and Requirements
• Creating basic data to develop National Action
  Plans and harmonizing with international
  activities on Chemical Safety
• Preparation for urgent situation
• Environment and human health protection
• Public awareness rising on risks and pollution
  prevention

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Scope of Monitoring
Soil Sediment
Plants
Children
Source of Pollution
Water
Food Basket
Human
Women
Air
Animals
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Screening of Samples
Making decision
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Monitoring Strategy

• Monitoring workplan development by Task Team
• Sampling, Analyze and QA/QC Protocol Development
• Sampling, handling and storing according to
  approved harmonized procedure
• Data analyze, QA and QC
• Addressing Gaps and Requirements and setting
  priorities for future tasks (NIP)

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Sampling protocol

• Cost evaluation
• Identification of Labs, their capacity and
  abilities
• Identification of Sampling Matrices and number of
  samples
• Identification an acceptable unique procedure for
  sampling, screening and handling
• Sampling, handling and storing schedule and
• Trained staff organizing

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Sampling Methods for POPs Projectby DOE
Laboratories Bureau
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Existing capabilities on POPs

• POPs Labs, there are three recognized labs in
  Iran which are able to do PCBs and POPs
  Pesticides analysis according to international
  approved procedures
• DOE Laboratories Bureau
• Pest and Plant research center, MOJA
• Oil Research center, MOO
• Iran is going to establish a Hazardous Waste
  Treatment Center
• Information exchange on experiences and knowledge

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Entry into force

• The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic
  Pollutants entered into force on 17 May 2004 in
  accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 26 of the
  Convention.
• BAT/BEP Expert Group - Third Session 11-16
  October 2004 in Tokyo, Japan
• First Meeting of the Conference of the
  Parties(COP1) of the Stockholm Convention Punta
  del Este, Uruguay, 2-6 May 2005

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Thanks POPs Enabling Activity project
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www.pops.irandoe.orgEmail pops_at_irandoe.org
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