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Detail of GEF Project #1449
| GEF Project ID | 1449 |
| UNDP PMIS ID | 2314 |
| Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
| Project Name | Initial Assistance to the Philippines to Meet its Obligations Under the Stockholm Convention on POPs |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Asia and the Pacific |
| Focal Area | POPs |
| Operational Program | 14 |
| Approval Date | 2001-10-22 |
| GEF Agency Approval Date | 2002-02-27 |
| Project Status | IA Approved |
| GEF Agency | UNDP |
| Executing Agency | ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BUREAU |
| Description | The Philippines is one of the early signatories to the “Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). The objective of the project is to create sustainable capacity and ownership in the Philippines to meet their obligations under the Stockholm Convention, including initial preparation of a POPs National Implementation Plan, and broader issues of chemicals safety and management as articulated in Chapter 19 of Agenda 21. The Implementation Plan describes how the Philippines will meet its obligations under the Convention to phase-out POPs sources and remediate POPs contaminated sites in the country. |
| GEF Project Grant | 500,000 USD |
| GEF Grant | 500,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total | 82,000 USD |
| Project Cost | 582,000 USD |
| GEF Agency Fees | 54,000 USD |
| GEF Project (CEO Endo.) | 500,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total (CEO Endo.) | 82,000 USD |
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