On 21 November 2024 (14:00-15:30 CET), the Green Growth Knowledge Partnership (GGKP)GGKP will host a webinar on "Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) for POPs Inventory Data".
The webinar will provide an overview of the major elements of a QA/QC system for POPs inventories (responsibilities, QA/QC plan, quality control, quality assurance, plausibility assessment, and documentation) as well as QA/QC elements for POP monitoring. It will also introduce participants to the material and substance flow analysis (MFA/SFA) as a tool for QA/QC for plastic and related POPs assessment for improved planning of the management of POP-impacted plastic fractions of major waste/resource sectors.
Objectives
- Introduce the “Short Guidance on Implementing Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) for POPs Inventories Data Validation”
- Give an overview of the major elements of a QA/QC system concerning POP inventories (Responsibilities, QA/QC plan, quality control, quality assurance, plausibility assessment and documentation
- Introduce the plausibility assessment of industrial POP inventory data with practical examples
- Provide insights of QA/QC of own measured POPs data including the need for representative sampling of POPs in impacted plastics
- Introduce material and substance flow analysis (MFA/SFA) as an important tool for QA/QC for plastic and related POPs assessment for improved planning of the management of POP-impacted plastics
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
- Members of the National Statistical Office and similar institutions
- Practitioners working on POPs inventory and management
- Members of NIP National Coordinating Mechanism/Committees and Project Coordination Units/Thematic Task Groups
- Representatives of Regional Centers and relevant stakeholders
Agenda
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CET 14:00 |
Welcome and opening remarks |
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Moderator: Ms. Anastasiya Buchok, Component 4, GGKP |
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Speakers: Dr. Roland Weber; POPs Environmental Consulting; Professor Johann Fellner; Vienna University of Technology, Austria |
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14:05 |
Guidance on Implementing Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) for POPs Inventories Data Validation -overview on major elements of a QA/QC system (Responsibilities, QA/QC plan, quality control, quality assurance, plausibility assessment & documentation) |
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14:50 |
QA/QC in POP monitoring (sampling and analysis) to support inventories and implementation of the convention |
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15:00 |
Material and substance flow analysis as a tool for QA/QC for inventory of plastic and POPs in plastic |
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15:20 |
Q&A session |
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15:30 |
Closing remarks |