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Detail of GEF Project #1622
| GEF Project ID | 1622 |
| Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
| Project Name | Enabling Activities to Facilitate Early Action on the Implementation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in the Republic of Bolivia |
| Country | Bolivia |
| Region | Latin America and Caribbean |
| Focal Area | POPs |
| Operational Program | 14 |
| Approval Date | 2002-02-22 |
| GEF Agency Approval Date | 2002-07-05 |
| Project Completion Date | 2006-12-31 |
| Project Status | Project Closure |
| GEF Agency | UNIDO |
| Executing Agency | VENRFD - Ministry of Sustainable Development |
| Description | The objective of this enabling activities proposal is to develop and formulate a National Implementation Plan (NIP) and thereby strengthen national capacity and enhance knowledge and understanding amongst decision makers, managers, the industry, and the public at large on POPs. By achieving this objective the Republic of Bolivia will be prepared and enabled to meet the obligations of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. Specifically, the project will:i.Allow the Republic of Bolivia to meet its reporting obligations under the Stockholm Convention;ii.Prepare the ground for the implementation of the Stockholm Convention;iii.Strengthen national capacity to manage POPs and strengthen chemicals management capacity in general;iv.Maximize government commitment and facilitate ratification of the Stockholm Convention. |
| Implementation Status | Project Completed |
| GEF Project Grant | 479,430 USD |
| GEF Grant | 479,430 USD |
| Project Cost | 479,430 USD |
| GEF Agency Fees | 54,000 USD |
| GEF Project (CEO Endo.) | 479,430 USD |
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