PCB Management Project

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The development objective of the Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Management Project for Nigeria is to strengthen national capacity for management of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and in particular PCBs as required under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. There are four components to the project. The first component is capacity-building for POPs and PCB management: this component aims to strengthen the Government's capacity to manage, monitor, and control POPs but also, ultimately, phase out the use of PCBs. Activities under this component will include a comprehensive review of current hazardous waste management regulations, and the development and incorporation of a new regulatory framework that will specifically address POPs in general, and PCBs in particular. The second component is environmentally sound management of on-line and off-line electrical equipment: This component will involve a series of investment activities that will provide the Government with the enabling capacity to handle PCBs, other POP chemicals and hazardous chemicals in the future. The third component is baseline national inventory of PCBs and PCB-containing equipment and development of a national PCB management plan: this component will be built on the recently conducted partial PCB inventory that covered 10 out of the 36 states and the federal capital territory. The fourth component is project management and monitoring and evaluation: this component will finance costs related to the establishment of the Project Management Unit (PMU) and incremental operational costs of the PMU. This component will also ensure the proper coordination and timely delivery of project outputs.