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

This National Implementation Plan (NIP) of Myanmar for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is a cross-sectoral policy document covering the period of 2021-2030. The goals of the NIP are: (1) To describe the actions that Myanmar has undertaken regarding the inventory, management and reduction of the presence of POPs; (2) To propose actions that Myanmar will undertake in order to manage and eliminate POPs, as well as for preventing these chemicals from entering the environment; (3) To inform the Conference of the Parties and Myanmar‘s stakeholders about the national initiatives and projects designed to meet the requirements of the SC.
The outcomes from the implementation of the NIP will include: (1) The protection of public health from the effects of POPs; (2) Meeting the obligations under the SC; (3) A structured POPs management; (4) Capacity building to maintain and monitor the quality of the environment and; (5) The coordination with related national plans. To achieve the goals and outcomes, the (NIP) has identified priority areas: 1. Strengthening the coordination between institutions and stakeholders and development of capacity and knowledge in the relevant committees; 2. Development of legislation and related implementation; 3. Capacity building, research, education, information and awareness raising; 4. Environmentally sound management of POPs stockpiles (PCBs, pesticides; POP-PBDEs, HBCD and PFOS); 5. Improvement of waste management and introduction of waste hierarchy towards (more) circular economy and reduction of unintentionally formed POPs from open burning; 6. BAT/BEP for dioxin/UPOPs reduction and integrated pollutant prevention and control; 7. Monitoring of POPs, effectiveness evaluation and collaboration; 8. Substitution of POPs and selection of green/sustainable alternatives to promote circular economy; 9. Contaminated site assessment and management. For all the the priority areas, the time frames for action plans and activities were developed and compiled in the time table of the NIP.