RT null T1 Africa Region Mid-term Workshop: UNEP/GEF project “Continuing Regional Support for the POPs Global Monitoring Plan under the Stockholm Convention (GMP2)” in the Africa, Region A1 United Nations Environment Programme, K1 persistent organic pollutant K1 Africa YR 2018 FD 2018 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/26130 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/26130 NO This document summarizes a mid-term UNEP/GEF workshop for the Africa region on the POPs Global Monitoring Plan (GMP2) under the Stockholm Convention, held 23–25 July 2018 in Lusaka, Zambia. It reviews progress since GMP1, outlines capacity building for air, water, and human milk monitoring, and lists participating countries. Status: air and water sampling on track; about 40% of human milk surveys completed. It details standardized SOPs, training schedules, and multi-round interlaboratory assessments, and describes the POPs Laboratory Databank and data warehouse. The goal is comparable, quality-assured POPs data to support national, regional and global effectiveness evaluation and reporting over time. DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 22, 2026