Integrated POPs Management

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The development objective of the Integrated Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Management Project is to assist the Philippines in minimizing the risk of human and environmental exposure to POPs by strengthening the regulatory and monitoring framework and improving capacity for and providing demonstrations of, safe management of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), reduction of releases of unintentionally produced POPs, and reduction of exposure to POPs in contaminated sites. There are five components to the project. The first component of the project is strengthening regulatory framework and capacity building for POPs monitoring. The objective of this component is to strengthen the regulatory and monitoring capacity for phasing out the use of and reducing exposure to and releases of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). The second component of the project is reduction of releases of unintentionally produced persistent organic pollutants. The objective of this component is to better understand and demonstrate the reduction of the releases of dioxin and furan emissions. The third component of the project is Management of PCBs. This component will assist the country to minimize the risk of human and environmental exposure to PCBs by strengthening oversight and by improving the on-site management practices by PCB owners in all sectors that use them. The fourth component of the project is identification and remediation of POPs contaminated sites. The objective of this component is to strengthen the enabling capacity of the country to reduce risks posed by POPs contamination of the environment by identifying POPs contaminated sites; establishing a strategic framework, technical guidelines, and professional capacity to help address them; and building public knowledge and awareness. The fifth component of the project is project management. This component will finance costs of the Project Management Office (PMO) in Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) for its day-to-day project management activities.