Article 20, paragraph 2 (b), of the Stockholm Convention provides that the Secretariat shall facilitate assistance to the parties, particularly developing-country parties and parties with economies in transition, on request, in the implementation of the Convention.
The overall goal of the technical assistance is to strengthen the capacities of Parties, particularly developing country Parties and Parties with economies in transition, to implement the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions. The technical assistance plan for the implementation of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions is available here. The Programme of Work and budget for the Stockholm Convention is available here.