On 19 May 2026 (14:00-15:30 CEST), the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP), as part of the GEF-funded and UNEP-led Global NIP Update Project (GEF ID 10785), will host a workshop on Outreach and Awareness-raising on POPs for the General Public and Private Sector.
The workshop will present outreach packages for the private sector and general public to support stakeholder engagement in NIP development and implementation. It will provide practical guidance and simulations on adapting these tools for inventory data collection, stakeholder cooperation and risk communication, while also offering a platform to share country experiences in POPs outreach and awareness-raising.
The workshop will be conducted in English, with simultaneous interpretation into French, Russian and Spanish.
Objectives
- Enable participants to understand the purpose, scope and structure of the two outreach and awareness-raising packages (private sector and the general public), and how these materials support NIP obligations, especially stakeholder cooperation, inventory development and public awareness raising.
- Equip national focal points, NIP teams and practitioners with clear, step-by-step guidance on how to adapt the messages, examples, visuals and delivery channels to national circumstances (languages, priority POPs, institutional roles and risk contexts), including how to select the right tools for different stakeholder groups.
Target audience
- Stockholm Convention Official Contact Points and National Focal Points, particularly from project countries
- National officials and experts involved in the process of reviewing and updating the NIPs
- Practitioners working on POPs inventory and POPs management
- Members of NIP National Coordinating Mechanism/Committees and Project Coordination Units/Thematic Task Groups
- Representatives of Regional Centres and other relevant stakeholders
Agenda
| TIME (CEST) | Description | Speaker |
| 14:00 | Welcome and opening remarks | Moderator: Elena Chernysheva (GGKP) |
| 14:05 | POPs outreach and awareness-raising packages for the private sector and the general public | Melina Džajić–Valjevac (GGKP, ENOVA) |
| 14:45 | How to adapt and use the POPs outreach packages in practice | Soomin Bae (GGKP) |
| 15:00 | Country experiences | Representatives of project countries |
| 15:20 | Q&A session | All |
| 15:30 | Closing remarks |
Contacts
Fabienne Pierre
GGKP Coordinator, Global NIP Update Project Manager (GEF 10785), UNEP
email: fabienne.pierre [at] un.org (fabienne[dot]pierre[at]un[dot]org)
Soomin Bae
Global NIP Update Project Support Consultant (GEF 10785), GGKP, UNEP
email: soomin.bae [at] ggkp.org (soomin[dot]bae[at]un[dot]org)