Assistance to Kazakhstan in Fulfilling its Commitments Under the Stockholm Convention of Persistent Organic Pollutants

The objective of the project is to create sustainable capacity in and ownership by the Government of Kazakhstan to meet its obligations under the Stockholm Convention, including initial preparation of POPs Implementation Plan, as wella s broader issues of chemical safety and management as articulated in Chapter 19 of Agenda 21. The implementation plan will describe how the govewrnment will meet its obligations under the convention to phase out POPs sources and remediate POPs contaminated sites in Kazakhstan.