Technical Assistance on PCBs environmentally sound management and elimination

Enhancing capacities and accelerating action on PCBs elimination towards the 2025 and 2028 goals of the Stockholm Convention


Projects

 

The BRS Secretariat implements projects which aim to protect human health and the environment from the adverse effects of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) by strengthening national and regional capacities for the environmentally sound management of PCBs at the global scale to support Parties to meet the 2025 and 2028 goals on the elimination of PCBs of the Stockholm Convention.

These activities are developed in collaboration with Basel and Stockholm Regional Centres, the GEF implementing Agencies, UNEP´s chemicals and health branch, UNITAR, and other key partners.

Consult PCBs projects here.


Guidance documents and tools

Guidance documents have been developed under the Stockholm ad Basel conventions on all aspects related to the environmentally sound management of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), including identification and inventorying of PCBs, regulatory frameworks, handling, transport, storage and disposal, development of national strategies and phaseout plans as well as advice on potential funding mechanisms for PCBs elimination.

Consult guidance documents here.

  

 

Training platform

UNITAR has developed an e-learning platform on polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) aiming to provide useful training materials related to different aspects of the management of PCBs.

Consult the training platform here.

Capacity building activities

The BRS Secretariat organizes and participates in training and awareness raising activities on the environmentally sound management of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) to strengthen national and regional capacities to accelerate action towards meeting the 2025 and 2028 goals on the elimination of PCBs of the Stockholm Convention.

Africa

Asia

Central and Eastern Europe

Latin America and the Caribbean

Global

Webinar - PCBs in Open Applications - Webinar #4 – UNITAR
26 March 2025, 2:00PM – 3:30PM CET
Objective: To explore key aspects of PCBs and other contaminants found in open applications, including their presence and management in construction materials and demolition waste

Webinar - Legislation and Company Policies – Webinar #3 – UNITAR
18 December 2024, 2:00PM – 4:00PM CET
Objective: to introduce critical aspects of the PCB regulatory framework, as well as national experiences and practical considerations that companies could integrate within their environmental policies

Webinar – Development of PCB inventories – Webinar #2 - UNITAR
31 October 2024, 2:00PM to 3:30PM CET
Objective: To introduce key technical and organizational aspects, as well as national experiences, in developing PCB Inventories, including considerations on Sampling, Screening, and Analysis

Webinar - PCB Elimination Experiences – Webinar #1 - UNITAR
Date: 28 August 2024, Time: 3:00PM – 4:30PM CEST
Objective: to introduce key ongoing projects and activities, challenges and opportunities related to the Elimination stage and other relevant stages of the management of PCB, such as Sampling, Screening, and Analysis

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