Upcoming Meetings     

October 2012
Eighth meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee (POPRC8)
Geneva, Switzerland, 15 - 19 October 2012

Upcoming webinars     

Tentative Meetings     

Regional awareness raising workshop on enhancing cooperation and coordination for the implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions for Arabic-speaking countries
Dates: Second half of 2011(to be confirmed)
Venues: Cairo, Egypt 

Training workshop on strengthening legal and regulatory frameworks to implement the Stockholm Convention
Dates: 2011(to be confirmed)
Venue: To be confirmed 

Joint workshops to support effective participation in the Rotterdam Convention Chemicals Review Committee and the Stockholm Convention POPs Review Committee 
Dates: 2011
Venues: To be confirmed

Regional capacity-building workshop on new POPs and the process for reviewing and updating NIPs in the Pacific
Date: 2011
Venue: To be confirmed

All meetings     

Stockholm Convention/WHO International Programme on Chemical Safety Middle East Workshop

The Stockholm Convention/WHO International Programme on Chemical Safety Middle East Workshop was held from 9 to 12 March 2009 in Amman, Jordan.

The objective of the workshop is to improve chemical risk assessment in the context of the POPs Review Committee and support the health sector's engagement.

The POPRC relies on information provided by Parties and observers. A national capacity for compiling relevant data and providing accurate information is critical in order to identify and nominate new POPs and to review candidate chemicals. This project aims to support and strengthen the capacity of developing countries and those with economies in transition to participate fully in the Committee's work. A key aspect includes engaging the health sector which plays a significant role regarding the human health risk assessment requirements. The joint workshop involves members of the POPRC and health sector and participants will facilitate engagement. The outcome of the workshop will be reported to the COP-4 scheduled to meet from 4 to 8 May 2009 in Geneva.

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