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Detail of GEF Project #1785
| GEF Project ID | 1785 |
| Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
| Project Name | POPs Enabling Activities for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) National Implementation Plan for South Africa |
| Country | South Africa |
| Region | Africa |
| Focal Area | POPs |
| Operational Program | 14 |
| Approval Date | 2002-09-03 |
| GEF Agency Approval Date | 2002-11-21 |
| Project Completion Date | 2005-12-31 |
| Project Status | Project Closure |
| GEF Agency | UNEP |
| Executing Agency | Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism / national Stockholm Convention Focal Point |
| Description | Within the overall objective of the Stockholm Convention on POPs, which is to protect human health and the environment from POPs, the project’s objectives are to: i) Allow South Africa to meet its reporting obligations under the Stockholm Convention on POPs; ii) Prepare the ground for implementation of the POPs Convention in South Africa; and iii) Strengthen national capacity to manage POPs and chemicals management capacity generally. |
| Implementation Status | Project Completed |
| GEF Project Grant | 499,000 USD |
| GEF Grant | 499,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total | 100,000 USD |
| Project Cost | 599,000 USD |
| GEF Agency Fees | 54,000 USD |
| GEF Project (CEO Endo.) | 499,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total (CEO Endo.) | 100,000 USD |
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