India - Project: Institutional capacity building for sustainable management of chemical and wastes with special focus on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) - Second Independent Assessment of the Closed Projects under the Special Programme Report (December 2024)

The India SP project demonstrated progress across four relevant key Core Indicator Criteria, achieving its planned objectives to varying degrees. It contributed to establishing an inventory on POPs and an action plan aligned with the National Implementation Plan under the Stockholm Convention. The project also established a Directorate for Information and Knowledge Sharing within CSIR-NEERI, which has played a central role in coordinating stakeholders and facilitating knowledge exchange. However, challenges remained in operationalizing certain components, such as the interactive toolkit intended to support decision-making. The project’s results have largely been maintained, with funding secured to continue key initiatives under the GEF-financed NIP renewal project.