Branch leads for ensuring that work associated with 2011 COPs decisions is completed (as of 13 March 2012)

Administrative Services Branch

Decisions:

  • SC-5/2, RC-5/1 & BC-10/28 Fin. Rules amendments,
  • SC-5/28, RC-5/14 & BC-10/27 Budget,
  • SC-5/15 Info Exchange,
  • RC-5/9 information exchange,
  • BC-10/26 BC Waste solutions circle.

Joint activities:

  • S10 Clearing-house mechanism,
  • S11 Joint Information Technology,
  • S12 Joint communication outreach,
  • S13 Joint outreach & public information,
  • S14 Publications,
  • Joint audits (2011 synergies decisions paras 26 and 27).

Conventions Operations Branch

Decisions:

  • SC-5/11 POPRC operation,
  • RC-5/6 CRC member confirmation,
  • RC-5/7 CRC member nominations,
  • BC-10/2 Strategic framework,
  • BC-10/3 Country Led Initiative,
  • BC-10/25 OEWG workplan,
  • 2011 synergies decisions-overall coordination (Synergies decisions leads assigned for each joint activity), 
  • SC-5/1 Amendment of RoPs,
  • SC-5/3 List endosulfan,
  • SC-5/8 Exemptions,
  • SC-5/10 Export procedure,
  • SC-5/29 official communications,
  • RC-5/3 Alachlor listing,
  • RC-5/4 Aldicarb listing,
  • RC-5/5 Endosulfan listing,
  • BC-10/1 Amendment to RoPs,
  • BC-10/13 national legislation/enforcement, illegal traffic,
  • BC-10/18 Illegal traffic instruction manual,
  • SC-5/19 Compliance mechanism,
  • RC-5/8 Compliance mechanism,
  • BC-10/11 ICC,
  • BC-10/12 ICC membership,
  • RC-5/13 Cooperation with WTO,
  • BC-10/10 Cooperation with WCO,
  • BC-10/15 International cooperation,
  • BC-10/16 Cooperation with IMO,
  • BC-10/17 Ship dismantling,
  • SC-5/23 Additional FM guidance,
  • SC-5/24 MOU with GEF,
  • SC-5/25 FM review,
  • SC-5/26 Facilitating FM work,
  • RC-5/11 financing options,
  • BC-10/24 resource mobilization, etc.  

Joint activities:

  • S17 Review arrangements,
  • Joint management functions (2011 synergies decisions, section II),
  • S16 Resource mobilization.

Scientific Support Branch

Decisions:

  • SC-5/4 Endosulfan work program,
  • SC-5/5  BDE&PFOS,
  • SC-5/6 DDT,
  • SC-5-7/ PCB,
  • SC-5/9 POPs Waste,
  • SC-5/12 BAT/BEP,
  • SC 5/13 UPOPs toolkit,
  • SC-5/17 Effectiveness evaluation,
  • SC-5/18 GMP,
  • RC-5/2 Increase FRA Notifications (For decision RC-5/2,  SSB would be responsible for paragraphs 2 and 5, while TAB would be responsible for paragraph 4 of the decision),
  • SC-5/16 reporting,
  • BC-10/14 reporting,
  • BC-10/5 TGs e-waste,
  • BC-10/6 TGs used tyres,
  • BC-10/7 TGs mercury,
  • BC-10/8 cement kilns,
  • BC-10/9 TGs POPs.

Joint activities

  • S6 coordination among scientific bodies,
  • S7 POPs waste guidelines update,
  • S15 reporting.

Technical Assistance Branch

Decisions:

  • SC-5/20 TA Guidance,
  • RC-5/10 TA workplan,
  • BC-10/22 Emergency trust fund
  • SC-5/14 NIPs,
  • SC-5/22 Needs assessment (COB and TAB to work on a program for transition from COB to TAB of SSC needs assessment work as it relates to the decision by early 2013.  The product developed by COB staff will be subject to joint review of COB and TAB management.),
  • RC-5/2 increase FRA notifications,
  • BC-10/23 BC capacity building,
  • BC-10/19 BC Partnership Programme,
  • BC-10/20 PACE,
  • BC-10/21 Mobile phone partnership,
  • SC-5/21 regional centers,
  • BC-10/4 regional centers.

Joint activities:

  • S1 tools for implementing conventions,
  • S2 capacity building at the regional level,
  • S3 support for capacity building at the national level,
  • S4 MEA partnerships,
  • S5 work with regional liaison officers,
  • S8 cooperation among regional centers and UNEP&FAO regional offices,
  • S9 South-South cooperation.