National Implementation Plan (NIP) for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), 2020.

This updated version of the NIP addresses all chemicals listed in Annexes A, B, and C of the Convention text following amendments adopted at the 7th Conference of Parties to the Stockholm Convention (COP 7) in 2015. It considers the synergies towards the management of the chemicals added in 2017 and 2019, namely DecaBDE, SCCPs, PFOA, and dicofol that were not directly addressed in this NIP as they were not assessed under the scope of the POPs inventories, which informed the NIP development.
The new document consists of two elements (1) a formal policy statement aiming to identify the institutional, policy and legislative activities that will ensure the protection of human health and the environment from negative effects of POPs and chemicals through the development and implementation of a POPs and chemicals management plan that meets the needs of Saint Lucia as the SC evolves.; and (2) the implementation strategy for the NIP which sets out specific (updated or new, where relevant) action plans or strategies to achieve Convention obligations and additional priorities/objectives set by the country.
The Implementation Strategy to protect human health and the environment from the negative effects of POPs and related chemicals by developing a holistic and integrated approach to POPs and chemicals management in Saint Lucia includes (i) improving national coordination considering national priorities at the governmental level, developing adequate legal, institutional, administrative, and technical infrastructure, promoting synergies among related Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) at the international level; (ii) addressing the POPs Phase Out and the use of alternatives within the sustainable consumption and production approach by developing a policy that not only discourages or prohibits the import of products that contain POPs or similar chemicals but also promotes the adoption of the most appropriate alternatives, considering green and sustainable chemistry principles; (iii) integrating POPs/Chemical Management and Policy with Waste and Resource Management considering the waste hierarchy, with particular reference to Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) and End-of- Life Vehicles (ELVs).