PCB Elimination Network

Activities of the PEN

• PEN Meetings and workshops
• Guidance materials developed by the PEN
• PEN Magazine
• PEN News letters
• PEN Awards 

The activities of the PEN include the following:

• Provide support for the implementation of the PEN work plan;
• Create incentives for and promote environmentally sound management (ESM) of PCB;
• Facilitate information exchange between the members of the PEN;
• Coordinate and support ongoing national and regional efforts to achieve ESM of PCB;
• Provide a link between members and promote local networking;
• Encourage research and development on suitable alternatives to PCB;
• Promote the sharing of information on technologies for the environmentally sound disposal of PCB;
• Promote the use of the Basel Convention technical guidelines on the ESM of PCB;
• Create incentives for countries to undertake and update inventories on PCB oils and equipment containing PCB and share information on inventories;
• Raise awareness on successful activities on environmentally sound management of PCB;
• Record and disseminate widely information on the activities of the PEN, i.e., through the Clearinghouse Mechanism (CHM) of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions, Chemicals Branch, and others;
• Establish awards for contribution to the ESM of PCB using donations from members.

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UNEP/POPS/COP.6/INF/5	Report by the United Nations Environment Programme on activities undertaken in relation to the Polychlorinated Biphenyls Elimination Network
UNEP/POPS/COP.7/INF/10	Report by the United Nations Environment Programme on activities undertaken in relation to the Polychlorinated Biphenyls Elimination Network