National Implementation Plan Module [Madagascar]

The National Implementation Plan for Madagascar, developed in 2008, includes six specific action plans. The first two concern "sensitization and information" and "capacity building for POPs management" which are transversal as they relate to all categories of POPs. The other four relate to the different categories of POPs (PCBs, Dioxins and Furans, POPs pesticides, DDT).nes, pesticides POP, DDT). This NIP can be summarized as follows : The development and implementation of a national POPs management system that includes, in addition to the inventory of sources, the establishment of a monitoring and alert structure that will reduce the risks of environmental contamination and damage to human health; The reinforcement of monitoring and control structures and infrastructures that are essential for the proper management of POPs, particularly with regard to their impacts on human health and the environment ; The reinforcement of legal and institutional framework that will make it possible to guarantee the execution of the National Plan, as the gaps observed in the national legislation and regulatory texts are a major obstacle to the implementation of a rational management of the POPS ; The implementation of an information and awareness-raising mechanism that emphasizes the training-information aspect and the sensitization of the general public for a change in behavior, not only at the level of potential users but also at the level of decision-makers. Madagascar was supported by GEF technical and financial support for the national implementation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants.