The meeting brought together the members of the global coordination group and invited experts to review and provide input to the draft global monitoring report, including the evaluation and assessment of changes in persistent organic pollutant concentrations over time from a global perspective, and develop conclusions and recommendations towards the effectiveness evaluation, as requested by the Conference of the Parties in its decision SC-7/25.
The draft report has been developed by an expert group in accordance with the approach agreed upon at the previous meeting of the global coordination group. The global monitoring report will be made available to the effectiveness evaluation committee by 31 January 2016, as mandated through decision SC-7/25.
Target audience
Members of the global coordination group for the global monitoring plan and invited experts having contributed to the development of the draft global monitoring report.