Report of the Online Workshop for Validation of the Results of the Analysis of National Gaps to Evaluate the Data and Information Contained in the Implementation Plans and the National Reports Relating to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants already Submitted by Madagascar

Based on the results of this gap analysis in the information contained in the two implementation plans and the national reports and after discussion among the participants, it was proposed to revise and collect the following data: a) For new POP pesticides: complete data collection is required. Indeed, no information on these products has been collected so far in Madagascar, neither their import quantities nor their use b) For PBDEs; Complete the data relating to TV sets, Computers and the three categories of vehicles (cars, trucks, buses) from 2014. Indeed, the information collected was import statistics provided by INSTAT which covers only 1995-2013 years. Collect data for other sectors likely to use PBDEs such as textiles, aircraft, plastic additives, housings, irons, fans, immersion heaters, etc.