NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ON REALIZATION OF STOCKHOLM CONVENTION ON PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN.

Commitments of the Republic of Tajikistan on NIP implementation: (a) establishment of National Center on implementation of Stockholm Convention for inter-agency coordination of activities of all involved and interested parties; (b) transferring authorities to the group of POPs experts on assessment of projects and environmental measures in accordance with corresponding legislation of RT; (c) conducting scientific researches, monitoring and establishment of collaboration in sphere of POPs, their alternatives and potential POPs considering the limits of existing financial and technical resources; (d) elaboration and inclusion of information exchange methods for all involved and interested parties on national and international levels; (e) rendering support in the sphere of establishment of collaboration between public community and partners on all levels of chemicals’ management and observation of chemical safety; (f) supporting and regular provision of public community with information on POPs, their effects, and measures conducted by state and private bodies on minimization and elimination of POPs; and (g) dissemination of information about undertaken measures on Convention realization, reflected in NIP, and about efficiency of these measures.
NIP is the first national document on implementation of Stockholm Convention, and it is the officially approved approach to realization of commitments of the country. Plan includes the activities, based on Stockholm Convention provisions and legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan. In NIP are presented the strategic purposes of the Tajik Government and priorities on POPs problems solution on the national level. Tajikistan, accordingly to its commitments on implementation of provisions and requirements of Stockholm Convention, is intended to decrease the negative POPs effects both on human health and environment till minimum, in accordance with time period fixed in Convention, and by availability of appropriate financial and technical means it may be done earlier.
The country’s priorities shall be set forth as follows: (a) establishment of National Center on Implementation of Stockholm Convention on POPs (NCSC). Transferring to the National Center the coordinating and informational powers and functions in sphere of assessment projects and environmental measures in accordance with legislation of the Republic of Tajikistan on chemical substances management, and also in the sphere of changing existing practice on decision making and acceptance of economic measures. (b) Building of appropriate technological capacity for removal of PCB wastes, POPs-related pesticides, POPs contaminated wastes, and also contaminated soils and sediments. (c) Identification and assessment of POPs effects on human health and environment, based on criteria, standards and norms/limits, which are recognized on international level. (d) Conducting research on alternative chemical substances. (e) Performing works on review, reporting, evaluation and updating of NIP. and (f) Determination of commitments of national partners. Overall goal is the reduction of risk for public health and environment from POPs-containing pesticides.
NIP will add the existing national activities in corresponding spheres by means of collaboration with interested ministries and agencies during the conduct of detailed inventory of POPs, collection and storing of POPs pesticides, electro-technical PCB-containing equipment and their safe elimination. POPs risks determination and assessment for human health and environment will be conducted.