Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

Project of “Determination of priority activities regarding the implementation of Stockholm Agreement related to Persistent Organic Pollutants” has been started on 15 January 2004 for being a partner and meet the liabilities, with the support provided by Global Environmental Fund (GEF)

Under the scope of this project;

Project Implementation Center, Coordinator and Programme were identified
17 stakeholders were identified and national coordination committee was formed
Starting and education workshops were organized on April 2004
6 working group were determined as research, pollution, emission, institutional structure, health and national chemical profile

In the first stage, workshop meeting for briefing and discussing the actions to be taken and inventory education meeting were organized. 6 Working Groups were formed with the participation and in the coordination of authorized institutions and ministries for information and inventory gathering related to Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP’s) Inventory.

Inventory report was based on the six basic reports prepared according to studies and evaluations carried out by the authorized institutions of the country;

     1. Research Working Group Report
     2. Pollution Working Group Report
     3. Emission Working Group Report
     4. Institutional Structure Working Group Report
     5. Health Working Group Report
     6. National Chemical Profile Working Group Report

In the scope of the project, “National Chemical Profile Preparation” study was conducted by TTGV