Guidance Manuals

Technical Assistance Programme

Guidance on alternatives to decabromodiphenyl Ether (decaBDE) (2021)

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Technical Assistance Programme

Guidance on alternatives to hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) (2021)

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Technical Assistance Programme

Guidance on alternatives to pentachlorophenol (PCP) (2021)

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Technical Assistance Programme

Guidance on alternatives to shortchain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs) (2021)

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Technical Assistance Programme

Pocket guide for effective participation in the POPs Review Committee under the Stockholm Convention (2021)

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Climate Change and POPs

General guidance on POPs inventory development (2020)

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Pocket Guide on Exemptions

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Manual for customs officers

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Developing National Legal Frameworks to Implement the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants - A Guide

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Step-by-Step guide Companion guide to the review and updating of the national Implementation plans

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Technical Assistance Programme

Guidance for Developing a National Implementation Plan for the Stockholm Convention

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Guidance on the Global Monitoring Plan for Persistent Organic Pollutants; Preliminary version, February 2007; Amended in May 2007

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Climate Change and POPs

Guidelines on best available techniques and provisional guidance on best environmental practices relevant to Article 5 and Annex C

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Stockholm Convention - Click to download the PDF version

Lessons learned and good practices in the development of national implementation plans for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

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Climate Change and POPs

Practices in the Sound Management of Chemicals

Brief explanation of the regional centers selection process

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