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Detail of GEF Project #3344
| GEF Project ID | 3344 |
| UNDP PMIS ID | 3802 |
| Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
| Project Name | Initial Assistance to enable the Cook Islands to fulfill its obligations under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPS). (NIP for Cook Islands) |
| Country | Cook Islands |
| Region | Asia and the Pacific |
| Focal Area | POPs |
| Operational Program | 14 |
| Strategic Program | POPS-2 |
| Pipeline Entry Date | 2006-12-18 |
| Approval Date | 2008-03-03 |
| Project Status | CEO Approved |
| GEF Agency | UNDP |
| Executing Agency | National Environment Service |
| Description | The overall objective of the project is to create sustainable capacity within the Cook Islands to enable it to meet its obligations under the Stockholm Convention, including initial preparation of a POPs National Implementation Plan (NIP), and other broader issues of chemicals safety and management as articulated in Chapter 19 of Agenda 21. The National Implementation Plan will outline the action plans that the Cook Islands will be implementing to help it meet its obligations under the Convention to phase-out POPs sources and remediate POPs contaminated sites in the Cook Islands. Within the overall objective of the Stockholm POPs Convention which is to protect human health and the environment from POPs, the project will: i) Allow Cook Islands to meet its reporting and other obligations under the Stockholm Convention on POPs; ii) Prepare the ground work for the implementation of the POPs Convention in Cook Islands through the development of the NIP and its subsequent implementation iii) Strengthen national capacity to manage POPs and strengthen chemicals management generally. |
| GEF Project Grant | 290,750 USD |
| GEF Grant | 290,750 USD |
| Cofinancing Total | 183,000 USD |
| Project Cost | 473,750 USD |
| GEF Agency Fees | 29,075 USD |
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