Enabling Activities to Facilitate Early Action on the Implementation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Ghana

The overall objective of this enabling activities proposal is to strengthen national capacity and capability to deliver a comprehensive assessment of the threats posed by Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) to human health and the environment. In the immediate and the long term the project seeks to:·Identify the main locations where POPs are emitted and used;·Assess the knowledge, the attitudes, and the practices of the industry in general with regard to POPs handling, storage and application;·Identify main uses and quantities of POPs which have not been prohibited and develop alternatives (e.g. waste transformer oils);·Intensify efforts in the implementation of the Stockholm Convention on POPs and create awareness amongst decision makers, managers, the industry, end-users and the general public on POPs so as to facilitate the identification of alternative chemicals (substitutes). By achieving these objectives Ghana will meet the obligations of the Stockholm Convention, which seeks to protect human health and the environment from Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).