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Detail of GEF Project #2323
| GEF Project ID | 2323 |
| UNDP PMIS ID | 2608 |
| Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
| Project Name | Initial Assistance to Enable Honduras to Fulfill Its Obligations Under the Stockholm Convention |
| Country | Honduras |
| Region | Latin America and Caribbean |
| Focal Area | POPs |
| Operational Program | 14 |
| Approval Date | 2004-03-22 |
| GEF Agency Approval Date | 2006-03-09 |
| Project Status | IA Approved |
| GEF Agency | UNDP |
| Executing Agency | Natural Resources and Environment Ministry |
| Description | The objective of the project is to identify means to support Honduras’ own sustained capacity to fulfill its obligations in the context of the Stockholm Convention, including the preparation of a National Implementation Plan focused on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), that will more widely cover aspects important to the safe and environmentally sound management of chemicals and wastes, as called for in Chapters 19 and 20 of Agenda 21. The National Implementation Plan will describe how Honduras will fulfill its obligations under the Convention to eliminate POP sources (unintentional byproducts, as well as stocks of pesticides and PCBs) and carry out environmentally sound management of contaminated sites that pose high risks for health and the environment, with a regional perspective. |
| GEF Project Grant | 450,000 USD |
| GEF Grant | 450,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total | 205,000 USD |
| Project Cost | 655,000 USD |
| GEF Agency Fees | 54,000 USD |
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