PROJECT IDENTIFICATION FORM (PIF)
PROJECT TYPE: FULL-SIZED PROJECT
THE GEF TRUST FUND
Submission Date: April 10, 2009
PART I: PROJECT IDENTIFICATION
GEFSEC PROJECT ID:
GEF AGENCY PROJECT ID: P116013
COUNTRY(IES): Tajikistan
PROJECT TITLE: POPs Pesticide Elimination, Mitigation and Site
Management Project
INDICATIVE CALENDAR
Milestones
Expected Dates
Work Program (for FSP)
CEO Endorsement/Approval
GEF Agency Approval
Implementation Start
Mid-term Review (if planned)
Project Closing Date
GEF AGENCY(IES): World Bank
OTHER EXECUTING PARTNER(S): Executive Administration of the
President of the Republic of Tajikistan, Committee for
Environmental Protection
GEF FOCAL AREA (S): Persistent Organic Pollutants
GEF-4 STRATEGIC PROGRAM(S): POPs-SP1 (30%), POPs-SP2 (70%)
NAME OF PARENT PROGRAM/UMBRELLA PROJECT:
06/30/2009
8/30/2010
9/30/2010
11/30/2010
11/30/2012
11/30/2014
A. PROJECT FRAMEWORK (Expand table as necessary)
Project Objective: The objective of the proposed project is to reduce the environmental and public health hazards associated with stockpiles of POPs
pesticides by eliminating stockpiles, safeguarding sites, building legislation and enforcement capacity, and reducing farmer reliance on POPs pesticides.
Project
Components
1. Reducing
risks from POPs
pesticide
stockpiles and
wastes.
2. Reducing
farmer reliance
on POPs
pesticides
Indicate
whether
investment,
TA, or
STA**
Investment
TA/STA
Expected Outcomes
Expected Outputs
Reduced risk to
environment and
public health from
POPs pesticide
stockpiles and wastes.
(i) Repackaging, collection,
transportation, interim storage
and final disposal/destruction
of approximately 800 tons of
POPs pesticides and wastes;
(ii) Safeguarding of priority
storage sites;
(iii) Containment or
remediation of the Vaksh
pesticide burial site.
Farmers adopt safe
and affordable
integrated pest
management (IPM)
strategies in order to
manage pests without
application of POPs
and other highly
hazardous pesticides
(i) Enhanced capacity for
IPM promotion through
training, study tours and
equipment provision to IPM
advisors and their trainers
and development of
booklets, leaflets and other
materials for farmers;
(ii) Increased farmer
knowledge of IPM and POPs
pesticides hazards through
seminars and farmer field
schools in the Khatlon
region.
Indicative GEF
Financing*
($)
%
Indicative Cofinancing*
($)
%
3,442,000
75
1,120,000
24
4,562,000
185,000
3
6,235,000
97
6,420,000
Total ($)
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3. Strengthening
POPs related
legislation and
enforcement
TA/STA
Republic of
Tajikistan legislation
and enforcement
responsive to POPs
management
challenges
(i) Incorporating the
provisions of the Stockholm
Convention and international
agreements and code of
conduct on pesticides and
hazardous chemicals into
Tajik legislation by drafting
a law on POPs and
guidelines on the
management, storage and
destruction of obsolete and
banned pesticides, and
revising existing laws and
regulations, including the
Law on Production Waste;
(ii) Training regulators and
enforcement officials on the
provisions of the Stockholm
Convention and international
agreements and code of
conduct on pesticides and
hazardous chemicals, and
supply of essential
equipment; and
(iii) Raising public
awareness of POPs hazards
and related mitigation
measures.
275,000
47
310,000
53
585,000
4. Project
management
and regional
information
dissemination
TA
Outputs delivered in
an efficient and
effective manner.
Systematic
dissemination and
sharing of
experiences
enhancing
sustainability of
POPs pesticide
reduction efforts in
the region.
(i) Administration of project
activities, procurement,
financial management,
monitoring, evaluation, and
reporting;
(ii) Organization of and
participation in annual
regional knowledge sharing
workshops on relevant
technical topics such as IPM
and cost-effective
containment and remediation
technologies.
119,200
25
354,000
75
473,200
4,021,200
33
8,019,000
67
12,040,200
Total project
costs
* List the $ by project components. The percentage is the share of GEF and Co-financing respectively to the total amount for the component.
** TA = Technical Assistance; STA = Scientific & technical analysis.
B. INDICATIVE CO-FINANCING FOR THE PROJECT BY SOURCE and
BY NAME (in parenthesis) if available, ($)
Sources of Co-financing
Project Government Contribution
OSCE
Bilateral Aid Agency(ies):
Government of Canada
TBD
IFC Sida IPM Project
IDA (Cotton Sector Recovery, and Emergency
Food Security and Seed Import Projects)
Local community
Total co-financing
Type of Co-financing
Project
In kind
Cash
Cash and in kind
340,000
220,000
100,000
Grant
Grant
In kind
400,000
250,000
Credit
6,689,000
In kind
20,000
8,019,000
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C. INDICATIVE FINANCING PLAN SUMMARY FOR THE PROJECT ($)
Previous Project
Preparation Amount
GEF financing
Co-financing
Total
0
0
0
Project
4,021,200
8,019,000
12,040,200
Total
4,021,200
8,019,000
12,040,200
Agency Fee
402,120
402,120
D. GEF RESOURCES REQUESTED BY FOCAL AREA(S), AGENCY (IES) SHARE AND COUNTRY(IES)*
Not applicable.
PART II: PROJECT JUSTIFICATION
A. STATE THE ISSUE, HOW THE PROJECT SEEKS TO ADDRESS IT, AND THE EXPECTED GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL
BENEFITS TO BE DELIVERED:
In Tajikistan, improperly stored obsolete pesticides pose serious hazards to public health, drinking water, and
the local and global environments. Most of these pesticides are persistent organic pollutants (POPs) (National
Implementation Plan, p.39). POPs persist in the environment, bioaccumulate in human and animal fatty tissues,
biomagnify in food chains, transport across great distances, and pose adverse risks to human health.
POPs pesticides were used intensively during the Soviet period to boost cotton production, especially in the
southern Khatlon and the northern Sugd regions. After becoming obsolete or banned, large quantities were
buried in dumpsites or stored in warehouses in the 1980s. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union these sites
were not attended. Furthermore, availability of pest management products to farmers became scarce. As a
result, most of these sites have been breached and stripped of reusable building materials. Some pesticides have
been excavated for use or sale. Grazing animals and playing children often access these sites. The total amount
of such obsolete pesticides is estimated at 10,660 tons while the amount of soil and pesticide mixtures is
estimated at 4,500tons (NIP, Annex A5.)
POPs pesticides continue to be smuggled into Tajikistan. Farmers use them with little awareness of related risks
or the availability of superior pest management technologies. Quality control and labeling of imported
pesticides remain weak, as does access to professional advice on judicious use.
Khatlon is considered a priority region for POPs pesticide management interventions in a constrained resource
environment. It has been the region with the most intensive cotton-cultivation and according to the National
Implementation Plan on POPs, may contain more than 7,600 tons of obsolete pesticides, including 7,500 tons in
the Vahsh burial site. The Khatlon region, and the burial site in particular, drains into the Tikrovaya Balka
Nature Reserve which offers refuge to a diverse number of important plant and animal species. A preidentification mission visiting Khatlon in October 2008 observed that growers of cotton and other crops lacked
knowledge about proper pest management. Furthermore, the mission was informed that smuggled pesticides
were commonly used.
The proposed project seeks to address the above issues through a combination of remedial interventions,
institutional capacity building activities and targeted awareness raising activities. Specifically the project would
support:
1. Reducing risks from POPs pesticide stockpiles in priority areas (USD 4.56 million, including USD 3.44
million GEF and USD 1.12 million cash or in-kind from the Tajik Government). This component’s
activities would include:


Repackaging, collection, transportation, interim storage and final disposal/destruction of
approximately 800 tons of POPs pesticides and wastes;
Safeguarding priority storage sites; and
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Containment or remediation of the Vaksh pesticide burial site.
2. Reducing farmer reliance on POPs pesticides (USD 6.42 million, including 0.19 million GEF and USD
6.24 million cash and in-kind from the Cotton Sector Recovery Project (CSRP), the Emergency Food
Security and Seed Imports Project (EFSSEIP) and the Tajik Government). Expected outputs include:


Enhanced capacity for IPM promotion through training, study tours and equipment provision to IPM
advisors and their trainers and development of booklets, leaflets and other materials for farmers;
Increased farmer knowledge of IPM and POPs pesticides hazards through seminars and farmer field
schools in the Khatlon region.
3. Strengthening POPs-related legislation and enforcement (USD 0.59 million, including USD 0.28 million
GEF and USD 0.31 million cash and in-kind from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
(OSCE) and the Tajik Government). Expected outputs include:



Incorporating the provisions of the Stockholm Convention and international agreements and code of
conduct on pesticides and hazardous chemicals into Tajik legislation by drafting a law on POPs and
guidelines on the management, storage and destruction of obsolete and banned pesticides, and
revising existing laws and regulations, including the Law on Production Waste;
Training regulators and enforcement officials on the provisions of the Stockholm Convention and
international agreements and code of conduct on pesticides and hazardous chemicals, and supply of
essential equipment; and
Raising public awareness of POPs hazards and related mitigation measures.
4. Project management and regional information dissemination (USD 0.47 million, including USD 0.12
million GEF and USD 0.35 million cash and in-kind from the CSRP and the Tajik Government) supporting:


Administration of project activities, procurement, financial management, monitoring, evaluation,
and reporting; and
Organization of and participation in annual regional knowledge sharing workshops on relevant
technical topics such as IPM and cost-effective containment and remediation technologies.
The expected global environmental benefits to be delivered by the project include the reduction of the
environmental and public health risks posed by (i) POPs pesticides stockpiles and wastes and (ii) continued use
of POPs pesticides in agriculture.
B. DESCRIBE THE CONSISTENCY OF THE PROJECT WITH NATIONAL PRIORITIES/PLANS:
The Republic of Tajikistan is committed to addressing the POPs problem. The Tajik Parliament has ratified the
Stockholm Convention on POPs. In 2005, the National Environmental Action Plan identified POPs as a key
environmental issue threatening public health and the environment. In 2007, a National Implementation Plan on
POPs (“POPs NIP”) was adopted by the Government. In a July 1, 2008 letter, the Chairman of the Committee
for Environmental Protection (“Environment Committee”) and GEF Operational Focal Point requested World
Bank assistance in preparing an implementation project partially funded with GEF grant funds.
The proposed project would support the POPs NIP that identifies as high priorities: “re-packaging and
elimination of obsolete and forbidden pesticides,” and the removal of “potential threat for public health and
environment by rehabilitative measures in Kanibadamski and Vahshski burial places of pesticides.”
The proposed project will be included in the Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for 2010-2013 that is currently
under preparation. It will support “Pillar 1 – Sustaining Economic Growth” as integrated pest management will
contribute to increased agricultural yields and farmer incomes. The project will also support Pillar “2 Preserving Human Capital and Social Protection” as the elimination of poorly stored obsolete pesticides will
reduce the risk of related water pollution.
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POPs concerns are not mentioned in the current CPS, which covers Bank support through June 2009. When
that strategy was prepared, the POPs NIP had not been finalized and little dialogue had been carried out on
possible Bank support for POPs management. Nevertheless, the project will support the current CPS’s
objective of “preserving and enhancing health” by reducing risks of water contamination.
C. DESCRIBE THE CONSISTENCY OF THE PROJECT WITH GEF STRATEGIES AND STRATEGIC PROGRAMS:
The proposed project directly responds to the strategic goals of the GEF-4 strategy in this focal area, namely
reduction and elimination of the production, use and release of POPs to protect human health and the
environment, and, more generally, to strengthening capacity for the sound management of chemicals. As such,
it is consistent with GEF-4 Focal Area Strategic Program #1, supporting the strengthening of capacities for NIP
implementation, as well as Strategic Program #2, which targets interventions required for NIP implementation.
D. JUSTIFY THE TYPE OF FINANCING SUPPORT PROVIDED WITH THE GEF RESOURCES
The financing support provided will be in the form of a grant. This is justified by the lack of government
budgetary resources to address the hazards of POPs at a scale that the project would make possible. However,
the Government will provide in kind and cash co-financing for the project.
E. OUTLINE THE COORDINATION WITH OTHER RELATED INITIATIVES:
The proposed project would be integrated into the ongoing Bank-supported USD 15 million Cotton Sector
Recovery Project (CSRP) and the Emergency Food Security and Seed Imports Project (EFSSIP) for which an
additional financing of USD 7 million is currently being processed. This is an opportune time for integrating the
proposed project into these projects since both are presently designing activities that provide guidance on
improved/safer agricultural practices and pest management in the Khatlon region. CSRP’s activities include
community outreach programs in seven project districts and farm farmer field school programs in four districts.
Both projects employ the “farmer field schools” approach to guide farmers in a hands-on manner throughout the
crop cultivation cycle, including on pest management. CSRP also supports knowledge delivery through daylong seminars and easily accessible booklets on crop management. EFSSIP supports training of input providers.
The proposed project will help strengthen the pest management aspects of these activities and incorporate
knowledge delivery on the hazards of POPs and other smuggled and counterfeit pesticides.
The project would also build on integrated pest management (IPM) activities supported by the IFC – Sida
Southern Tajikistan Agribusiness Supply Chains Development Project, which will close at the end of FY2009;
the EU-funded Support to the Establishment of a National Agricultural Advisory Service (SENAS) Project; and
the ICARDA Central Asia IPM Project. During project preparation, potential links will be explored with the
IDA -funded Ferghana Valley Watershed Management Project.
For public awareness activities, the project would be supported by the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)’s NGO and youth network for public awareness raising on environmental issues
and the Aarhus Convention Information Center.
The Bank has also obtained USD 650,000 from the Canadian Trust Fund for Chemicals Management for a
related POPs pesticide study (“Canadian TF study”) in the Kyrgyz Republic, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan. In
Tajikistan, these funds will support initial training, inventory, and site characterization and prioritization in
Khatlon.
The proposed project complements but does not duplicate other partners’ POPs management activities, notably
a UNEP-GEF regional project “Demonstrating and Scaling Up Sustainable Alternatives to DDT for the Control
of Vector-borne Diseases in Southern Caucasus and Central Asia” implemented in Georgia, Tajikistan and
Kyrgyzstan.
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F. DISCUSS THE VALUE-ADDED OF GEF INVOLVEMENT IN THE PROJECT DEMONSTRATED THROUGH INCREMENTAL
REASONING :
In the business as usual scenario, Tajikistan would focus its limited resources, including those that are available
from international financial institutions, on the development of its main economic sectors. Efforts to address the
country’s significant legacy of obsolete pesticides, like many other environmental challenges, would be at best
sporadic and limited. While the country has ratified the Stockholm Convention on POPs, produced a NIP and
has passed some legislation addressing PCB issues and guidelines on handling obsolete pesticides, no
investment in disposing of stockpiles and safeguarding sites has taken place. Tajikistan has the lowest GDP of
any country in Europe and Central Asia and is one of the lowest income countries in the world. It is frequently
impacted by food and energy shortages, and has been hit hard by the current global economic downturn. Under
such circumstances, it is very unlikely that the Government of Tajikistan would be able to invest resources in
POPs stockpile elimination.
The global environmental benefits of the proposed project would be the reduction of the environmental and
public health risks posed by (i) POPs pesticide stockpiles and wastes and (ii) the phase-out of POPs and
obsolete pesticide use in agriculture.
GEF financing will be incremental to the investments in the business as usual scenario and help achieve these
benefits. The objective of the proposed project is to reduce environmental and public health related risks
emanating from POPs pesticide stockpiles in priority regions and from the continued application of smuggled
POPs pesticides in agriculture. This would be achieved through the inventory, repackaging, interim storage and
final destruction of approximately 800 tons of POPs containing obsolete pesticides and wastes in priority sites,
safeguarding of burial sites and contaminated airfields in priority regions, institutional and regulatory
strengthening and awareness raising activities.
IDA co-financing is a central element to the project’s strategy and long-term sustainability, by addressing the
general aspect of prevention. Integration of POPs management issues into the ongoing Cotton Sector Recovery
Project and the Emergency Food Security and Seed Imports Project will allow for cost-effective prevention of
the future accumulation of obsolete pesticides and reduce farmer reliance on POPs and other toxic pesticides.
G. INDICATE RISKS, INCLUDING CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS, THAT MIGHT PREVENT THE PROJECT OBJECTIVE(S) FROM
BEING ACHIEVED, AND IF POSSIBLE INCLUDING RISK MEASURES THAT WILL BE TAKEN:
Potential delays in identifying suitable interim storage sites for repackaged pesticides are a substantial risk due
to community resistance. The risk will be mitigated to moderate levels by initiating site identification under the
Canadian TF study and by engaging in public awareness campaigns during project preparation. GEF PDF-B
funds would be used to develop procurement documents for repackaging and final disposal activities. Thus,
pesticide repackaging could begin promptly at the outset of project implementation, provided that an interim
storage facility has been identified.
The risk related to lack of knowledge of pesticide sites is low since a preliminary inventory was carried out
during the POPs NIP process and a more in-depth inventory will be carried out in 2009 in Khatlon under the
Canadian TF study.
Some institutional capacity exists in Tajikistan on POPs issues that can be used during project preparation and
implementation. Having prepared the POPs NIP, the Environment Committee’s POPs Center has substantial
information on POPs locations and hazards. Its Director has also visited the Bank-supported Moldova POPs
Project and is familiar with POPs inventory, repackaging and disposal processes.
Under the Canadian TF study, capacity in POPs pesticide management will be strengthened through training
and undertaking a hands-on inventory, as well as regional technical workshops. As necessary, capacity will be
further strengthened during project preparation through study tours to countries in the region where pilot
projects in POPs pesticide repackaging and disposal have been carried out.
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H. DESCRIBE, IF POSSIBLE, THE EXPECTED COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROJECT:
At present, data for a quantitative assessment of the cost effectiveness of the project are extremely limited.
Factors influencing the costs of elimination of POPs pesticides include the cost of incineration in Western
Europe and the cost of transportation and handling. For the former, USD 2,500/ ton may be assumed.
Transportation would have to be by rail, since airfreight would be prohibitively costly and road transportation
would pose a large number of safety issues in addition to being costly, albeit less costly than air freight. Given
the distance between Central Asia and Western Europe and the large number of countries that would have to be
traversed, a ballpark figure of USD 1,000 / ton is assumed.
Advice to farmers on pest management will be highly cost-effective as it will be delivered as part of the farm
field schools package that will be provided to farmers under ongoing World Bank projects and will build on
existing EU and IFC/Sida initiatives in IPM capacity building in Tajikistan.
I. JUSTIFY THE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE OF GEF AGENCY:
As stated in “Comparative Advantages of the GEF Agencies” GEF Council, June 12-15, 2007, “the World Bank
has strong experience in investment lending focusing on institution building, infrastructure development and
policy reform, across all the focal areas of the GEF. The World Bank’s comparative advantage for the GEF is as
a leading international financial institution at the global scale in a number of sectors.” In addition, the Bank
currently has several POPs management projects under implementation in a number of regions, including those
focusing mainly on POPs pesticides in Moldova, China and Africa. The Bank has the unique advantage of
transferring experience between countries and regions to the benefit of its clients.
The Bank also has a comparative advantage in investment operations and the ability to raise required
cofinancing. Specifically integrating the proposed project in the ongoing Bank-funded USD 15 million Cotton
Sector Recovery Project and the USD 12 million Emergency Food Security and Seed Imports Project, will help
reduce farmer application of POPs pesticides and prevent a renewed accumulation of obsolete pesticides due to
a lack of adequate pest management practices.
The Bank also has a comparative advantage in mobilizing funds for co-financing from other sources, including
multinational and bilateral financiers. During project preparation, the Bank Team will follow up with potential
financiers identified during the pre-identification mission in October 2008.
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PART III: APPROVAL/ENDORSEMENT BY GEF OPERATIONAL FOCAL POINT(S) AND GEF
AGENCY(IES)
A. RECORD OF ENDORSEMENT OF GEF OPERATIONAL FOCAL POINT (S) ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT(S):
(Please attach the country endorsement letter(s) or regional endorsement letter(s) with this template).
Kh. Zikirov, Chairman, Env. Committee
under Government of Tajikistan
Date: 4/9/2009
(Enter Name, Position, Ministry)
Date: (Month, day, year)
B. GEF AGENCY(IES) CERTIFICATION
This request has been prepared in accordance with GEF policies and procedures and meets the GEF
criteria for project identification and preparation.
Agency
Coordinator,
Agency name
Steve Gorman
GEF
Executive
Coordinator
The World
Bank
Signature
Date
(Month, day,
year)
April 10,
2009
Project
Contact
Person
Angela
Armstrong,
GEF Regional
Coordinator
Tijen Arin
Telephone
(202) 4580975
202) 4735535
Email Address
aarmstrong@worldbank.org
tarin@worldbank.org
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Actions Identified in The National Implementation Plan of the Republic of Tajikistan (RT)
Table 3.3.1.1. Action Plan on legislative, institutional and regulatory strengthening
Measures
Responsible executors
Implementation
period
Cost
(1,000
USD)
Indicators of implementation
Potential financiers
Improvement of legislative structure
Elaboration and acceptance of Law about POPs
Government of RT, MA&EP
2009-2010
RT Majlisi Oli enactment of Law
20
Int’l donors, RT budget
Changing of legislation of RT in accordance with requirements of Stockholm
Convention (SC). Creation of normative-methodical base for POPs-chemicals
management, preventing duplication of activities and contradictions with SC
provisions; establishment of system on chemical safety. Consultations with partners.
MA&EP, NCSC, ME&I,
Ministry of Justice (MJ)
2009-2011
Package of normative legal normative and
methodical documents, approved by special
authorized bodies. Protocols of partners'
agreements
100
Int’l donors, RT budget
Insertion to legislation the issues, connected with POPs elimination; specification of
advantages of combustion-free technologies; elaboration of standards on POPs
destruction, basing on principles of effective POPs elimination.
MA&EP, NCSC, ME&I, MJ
2009-2011
Insertion of Convention provisions on POPs
elimination to the national legislation.
Package of documents, approved by special
authorized bodies.
50
Int’l donors, RT budget
Insertion to the legislation the issues concerning accumulation of hazardous wastes,
including POPs-containing ones, in damps, burial places, storage facilities (new "hot
spots")
MA&EP, NCSC, ME&I,
Municipal Service «Hojagii
manzili komunali», MJ
2009-2011
Insertion of SC provisions on POPscontaining wastes to RT legislation.
Approval by special authorized bodies.
50
Int’l donors, RT budget
Establishment of National Center on Stockholm Convention on POPs
implementation (NC SC) within MA&EP with capacity, which can be used by
Government for long-term period for solution of issues in sphere of POPs and other
chemicals management.
Government of RT, MA&EP,
MJ
Statement of Government of RT about
establishment NC SC on POPs
implementation and approval of NC SC
provisions
100
GEF, int’l donors, RT budget
Arrangement of coordination in sphere of implementation of international
commitments of Tajikistan on Stockholm and Rotterdam Conventions; and
improvement of management in sphere of NIP realization.
MA&EP, MFA, NCSC
2008-2009
Working Plan of NC SC, approved by Head
of main authority. Establishment of
coordination committees
150
Int’l donors, RT budget
2008-2012
Assessment of needs, elaboration of
manuals, programs and plans
150
Int’l donor s, GEF, RT budget
Instructions, technical documents; Register
of POPs-containing wastes; Register of
PVB-containing equipment.
Normative-legislative acts, approved by
specially authorized bodies
150
Int’l donor s, GEF, RT budget
40
Int’l donors, RT budget
List, approved by authorized body
(Committee on chemical safety)
15
RT budget
Norms, approved by MH of RT
50
GEF, int’l donors, RT budget
Improvement of institutional structures
Rendering support to the SC implementation: training of personnel and infrastructure MA&EP, NCSC, MF and
building (new equipment: computers and etc.), including conducting seminars and
ME&I
updating of national POPs inventory data by means of official regulation.
2008
Development of regulatory mechanisms
Elaboration of recommendations on improvement of national policy on POPs and
other chemicals management.
MA&EP, NCSC, ME&I, MJ
2008-2009
Introduction of legislative provisions on POPs in activity of administrative bodies.
MA&EP, NCSC, ME&I, MH,
MJ
2009-2010
Systematic updating of list on forbidden for use POPs.
MA&EP, NCSC, MH
Elaboration and introduction of norms on POPs containment in air, soil, water,
foodstuffs and wastes (gaseous, fluid and solid).
MA&EP, NCSC, MH, ME&I
Constantly
2009-2012
Total:
875
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Table 3.3.2.1. Action Plan on reduction and stopping of emissions from intentional use
Measure
Responsible executors
Implementation
period
Changing of Tajik legislation in accordance with SC requirements.
MA&EP, NCSC, MJ
Reduction / stopping of POPs emissions from their intentional use
MA&EP, NCSC, ME&I
Establishment of system on control of environmental components contamination
with POPs in the regions with higher ecological risks
MA&EP, NCSC, MH
2010
Prohibition of import and prevention of illegal import of chemicals, listed in
Annexes A and B
MA&EP, NCSC,
Customs Service
2008
Elaboration and approval of rules on handling with obsolete and forbidden
pesticides
MA&EP, NC SC,
MH
Destruction of POPs (pesticides and PCBs wastes).
MA&EP, NCSC, ME&I,
MH, specialized
enterprises
2009
2011-2013
Indicators of implementation
Potential financiers
Introduction of Convention's provisions to the Tajik national
legislation
Int’l donors, RT budget
Recorded quantitative data about reduction of POPs emission Int’l donors, RT budget
from their intentional use
System of control on state and departmental levels, approved
by specially authorized body
Int’l donors, RT budget
Statement of Government of the Republic of Tajikistan
RT budget
2008-2009
Instructions, approved by special authorized body
Int’l donors, RT budget
2010-2028
Documentation on destruction
GEF, int’l donors, RT
contribution (budget and local
investments)
Table 3.3.3.1. Action Plan of liquidation of storage and wastes of POPS pesticides
Measures
Responsible executors
Indicators of implementation
Potential
sources
of
financing
Period of
implementation
Cost
(1,000
USD)
2008
30
GEF, int’l donors, RT
budget
2009-2010
150
GEF, int’l donors, RT
budget
Training for Working Group members in Sugd and Hatlon regions and RRS (40 specialists on
plant protection) on detailed inventory methods using the newest standard FAO Forms
MA&EP, NC SC
Training program. Giving out of
certificates on training completion
Detailed inventory of inventory, including POPs-related ones: inspection of burial places for
obsolete and forbidden pesticides, pesticides storage facilities and agricultural air-fields
MA&EP, NC SC
Working Groups reports
Identification of pesticides samples, taken during inventory of pesticides storage facilities
MA&EP, NC SC, Academy of Data of analytical analyses
Sciences
2009-2010
150
GEF, int’l donors, RT
budget
Identification of pesticides samples, buried in pesticides burial places
MA&EP, NC SC, Academy of Data of analytical analyses
Sciences
2009-2010
150
GEF, int’l donors, RT
budget
Processing of information on sources of POPs pesticides emission, including solution of issues
on wastes and monitoring conducting
MA&EP, NC SC
Report, approved by NCSC
2009-2010
10
GEF, int’l donors, RT
budget
Updating of database on pesticides
MA&EP, NCSC,
Complete register on obsolete and
forbidden pesticides, including POPs
(printed and electronic versions)
2009-2010
10
RT budget
Building of new storage facilities or use existing pesticides storage facilities (after bringing them to
accord with special standards) for temporary storing of pesticides, which should be destructed
MA&EP, NCSC
Acts on storage facilities reception
2009-2010
250
Int’l donors, RT
contribution (budget
and local investments)
11
PIF Template, August 30, 2007
Organization of training for representatives of 3 regions (40 persons) in sphere of
repackaging and transportation of pesticides by means of safe environmental methods;
conducting of consultations with partners and local authorities
MA&EP, NCSC
Written reports on training
conducting (3 Training-seminars),
minutes of consultations
2008-2009
125
GEF, int’l donors, RT
budget
Repackaging of obsolete and forbidden pesticides, including POPs, and assuring of safe
conditions for their storage till beginning of process on their destruction
MA&EP, NCSC
Acts on acceptance of work on
pesticides repackaging
2009-2012
300
GEF, int’l donors, RT
budget
Assurance of safety during repackaging and transportation of obsolete and forbidden pesticides and their mixtures, including POPs-containing ones
MA&EP, NCSC
Instruction, approved by special
authorized bodies
Constantly 150
during working
process
GEF, int’l donors, RT
budget
Preparation of Technical-Economical Assessment for elaboration of optimal variants on
destruction of obsolete and forbidden pesticides, including POPs, and POPs-contaminate
environmental components (on the base of BAT / BEP). Establishment of Working Group
MA&EP, NCSC, ME&I
Conclusions of Working Group,
agreed with interested Parties
2008-2010
20
GEF, int’l donors, RT
budget
Elaboration of program on destruction of forbidden and obsolete pesticides, including
POPs-related ones, with taking into consideration time, place and method of destruction
MA&EP, NC SC
Programme, approved by
special authorized bodies
2009-2010
40
GEF, int’l donors, RT
budget
Transportation of repackaged pesticides to the place of destruction on the territory of Tajikistan or abroad
MA&EP, NC SC
Acts on reception of pesticides
wastes, prepared by organization
of destruction
2011-2017
depends on
place of
destruction
Destruction of forbidden and obsolete pesticides, including POPs, and their mixtures
MA&EP, NC SC
Acts on destructions
2011-2017
500
GEF, int’l donors, RT
budget
Realization of complex measures on. Destruction of pesticides mixtures with soils and other
substances, located in places for preparation of pesticides solutions
MA&EP, NC SC
Acts on destructions
2011-2017
5,000
GEF, int’l donors, RT
budget
Building / purchasing of enterprise on destruction of forbidden and obsolete pesticides,
including POPs-related ones
MA&EP, NC SC, ME&I
Act of State Committee on
reception of enterprise
2010-2015
Conducting of complex ecological researches in pesticides burial places*, for elaboration of
suggestions on their further functioning or liquidation. Establishment of Working Group.
MA&EP, NC SC, MH, Head
Geological Department of RT
Government
MA&EP, NC SC, MH
Report of Working, approved by
special authorized body
2009-2010
150
GEF, int’l donors, RT
budget
Acts on works completion
2010-2014
Depends on
inventory
results
GEF, int’l donors, RT
budget
Cleaning, rehabilitation, elimination of storage facilities and soils, contaminated with
pesticides, including territories of burial places
GEF, Int’l donors, RT
contribution (budget and
local investments)
GEF, Int’l donors, RT
contribution (budget and
local investments)
Total:
7,035**
Table 3.3.4.1. Action Plan on Identification, labeling, transportation, storage and destruction of PCBs and PCB-containing equipment
Responsible executors
Indicators of implementation
Changing of legislation of RT in accordance with requirements of Stockholm Convention
MA&EP, NC SC
Introduction of SC provisions to the
national legislation of RT
2009-2010
10
RT Government, GEF,
int’l donors
Elaboration of normative requirements, regulating turnover, exploitation, storage and
elimination of PCB-containing electro-technical equipment and wastes
MA&EP, NC SC
Approval of normative-legal acts
by RT Government
2008-2009
10
RT Government, GEF,
int’l donors
Elaboration of system on monitoring and control; register of PCB-containing electrotechnical equipment
MA&EP, NC SC
System on management, monitoring
and control, approved by specially
authorized body
2009-2010
50
GEF, int’l donors, RT
budget,
Prohibition of import / export of PCB-containing materials and equipment
MA&EP, NC SC
Statement of RT Government
2008
-
RT Government
Measures
Implementation
Cost
Potential financial
period
(1,000 USD) sources
12
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Conducting of detailed inventory of PCB-containing electro-technical equipment in
accordance with sectoral principle
MA&EP, NC SC, ME&I
Reports of Working Groups
2008-2010
50
Int’l donors, GEF,
republican budget
Revelation and labeling of equipment, containing > 50 ppm of PCBs
MA&EP, NC SC, ME&I
2008-2012
100
Revelation of PCBs contaminated territories
2009-2010
50
Int’l donors, RT
budget, GEF
GEF, int’l donors, RT
budget, local authorities
Examination of SMW dumps and industrial wastes dumps for availability of PCBcontaining equipment
MA&EP, NC SC, ME&I,
Municipal Service, "Hojagii
manzili communali"
MA&EP, NC SC, ME&I
"Hojagii manzili communal i"
Register of electro-technical
equipment, with > 55 ppm of PCBs
List of territories with specification
of contamination level
List of industrial dumps and number
of PCB-containing electro-technical
equipment on their territories. List
of territories (m2)
2009
50
Int’l donors, GEF, RT
budget, local
authorities
Identification of samples of transformer oil and soils on contaminated territories
MA&EP, NC SC
Documentary approved data of
analytical researches
2009-2010
Int’l donors, GEF, RT
budget
Updating of database
MA&EP, NC SC
Complete register of PCBcontaining electro-technical
equipment and materials (in printed
and electronic version).
2008-2010
Depends on
detailed
inventory
15
Elaboration of forms and procedure of obligatory reporting on PCBs)
MA&EP, NC SC, SSC
Statistic reporting form No. 1 PCBs, approved by SSC
2008-2009
10
RT budget
Labeling of PCB-containing electro-technical equipment.
Owners of equipment
Reports of enterprises
2008-2010
80
Enterprises owning
the equipment, RT
budget
Elaboration of schedule on stage-by-stage decommissioning of PCB-containing
electro-technical equipment
MA&EP, NC SC, ME&I,
owners of equipment
Schedules of decommissioning,
agreed with NC SC and approved
by heads of enterprises
2008-2010
-
Enterprises owning
the equipment
Organization of temporary storage facilities for decommissioned PCB-containing
electro-technical equipment and wastes till beginning of their elimination process
MA&EP, NC SC, ME&I
Approval of selected / fitted storage
facilities by representatives of MH
and MA&EP
2008-2010
50
Enterprises owning
the equipment, int’l
donors
Examination of storage facilities in enterprises and timely transportation of PCBs
and PCB-containing electro-technical equipment and wastes for their elimination
MA&EP, NC SC, ME&I
Testing certificates
2008-2013
-
Enterprises owning
the equipment
Collection and transportation of PCB-containing electro-technical equipment and wastes MA&EP, NC SC, ME&I
to the places of temporary storing
Acts of reception of PCBcontaining electro-technical
equipment and wastes for storing
2009-2013
10
Int’l donors,
Enterprises owning
the equipment, GEF
Preparation of Technical-economical assessment (TEA) on elaboration of optimal MA&EP, NC SC, ME&I
methods on utilization of PCB-containing equipment and elimination of PCBs
wastes (on the base of BAT / /BEP principles). Establishment of Working Group.
Consultations with partners.
Building / purchasing of enterprises on utilization of PCB-containing electro-technical
MA&EP, NC SC, ME&I
equipment and elimination of PCB-containing wastes, and also PCB-contaminated
environmental objects / components (basing on BAT / BEP principles). Purchasing of
devices on PCBs extraction from equipment with its subsequent washing and utilization.
Conclusions of Working Group.
TEA, agreed with interested
parties
2009-2010
20
Int’l donors, GEF, RT
budget
Act of State Committee on
reception of enterprise
2010-2013
Depends on
place /
enterprise of
destruction
Int’l donors, GEF, RT
contribution (budget and
local investments)
Identification of new potential PCBs sources (taking samples and conducting analysis
in specialized laboratory, assessment of results and elaboration of recommendations).
Updated list of sources
2009-2010
150
MA&EP, NC SC, ME&I
RT budget
Int’l donors, GEF, RT
budget
13
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Int’l donors, enterprises,
RT budget
Elaboration of plan on utilization of PCB-containing electro-technical equipment and
elimination of PCB-containing wastes
MA&EP, NC SC, ME&I
Plan, approved by specially
authorized body and direction of
enterprises
2009
30
Replacement of PCB-containing electro-technical equipment with alternative one in
accordance with development of enterprise
MA&EP, NC SC, ME&I
2009-2011
PCBs transportation to the place of destruction on the territory of RT or abroad
MA&EP, NC SC, ME&I
Utilization of PCB-containing equipment and elimination of PCB-containing wastes
MA&EP, NC SC, ME&I
Plan, approved by specially
authorized body and direction of
enterprises. The acts on
replacement.
Acts on PCBs reception
by organization on
destruction
Acts on destruction
2011-2013
Depends on
place of
destruction
200
Assessment of possible effects on peoples, biota and environment. Establishment of
Working Group.
MA&EP, NC SC, MH
Assessment report of Working
Group
2009-2012
150
To be determined Int’l donors, enterprises,
after detailed RT budget
inventory
2011-2012
Int’l donors, enterprises,
RT budget
Int’l donors, GEF, RT
budget
Int’l donors, GEF, RT
budget
Total:
1,035
Table 3.3.8.1 Action Plan on determination of stocks, used substances and wastes for assessment and management of emissions from stocks and wastes, containing
pesticides, DDT, PCBs and unintentionally produced POPs
Cost Potential financial
(1,000 sources
USD)
Responsible executors
Indicators of implementation
Period of
implementation
MA&EP, NC SC
Database in printed and electronic
version
2009-2013
15
Int’l donors, RT
budget
Elaboration of program on examination of places, including risk assessment. Elaboration of MA&EP, NC SC, MH
recommendations on rehabilitative measures.
Programmer, approved by special
authorized body
2009-2011
150
Int’l donors, RT
budget
Mapping of territories on levels of POPs contamination, including sources of POPs
contamination (storage facilities, burial places and etc.).
MA&EP, NC SC, ME&I
Maps of land contamination
2009-2012
175
Elaboration of methodical manuals: on elimination of POPs stocks and wastes; on
rehabilitation of contaminated land plots and monitoring of their condition.
MA&EP, NC SC, MH
Manuals, approved by special
authorized body
2010-2013
30
GEF, Int’l donors, RT
contribution (budget
and local
investments)
Int’l donors, RT
budget
Elaboration of program on solution of problem, connected with contaminated territories,
with taking into consideration the availability of appropriate financing
MA&EP, NC SC, MH, MF
Program, approved by special
authorized body. Determination of
financial sources
2011-2014
30
Int’l donors, RT
budget
Prohibition of keeping materials containing any POPs in dumps
MA&EP, NC SC, ME&I, MH, MJ
Normative legislative documents,
approved by special authorized body
2009
15
RT budget, Int’l
donors
Support of conducting investigations and elaboration of new technologies, basing on principles of complete liquidation of POPs wastes. Determination of optimal method on
removal (recycling - combustion - storing) of wastes. Creation of Working Groups
MA&EP, NC SC, Academy of
Sciences, ME&I
Reports of Working Groups,
approved by special authorized body
2009-2011
90
Int’l donors, RT
contribution (budget
and local investments)
Measures
Completion of work on creation of database on "hot spots", obsolete stocks, wastes and
contaminated territories
14
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Table 3.3.9.1 Action Plan on stocks management and undertaking measures on handling and destruction of used materials
Measures
Identification of storage facilities, intended for temporary keeping of stocks
Responsible executors
MA&EP, NC SC, ME&I, MH
Updating of existing normative-methodical base and information for assuring of safe stocks MA&EP, NC SC
management
Elaboration of manual on safe handling (transportation and safe storing) and destruction
of stocks
MA&EP, NC SC
Elaboration of schemes and centers on collection of used substances
MA&EP, NC SC, MH
Indicators of implementation
Implementation
period
Cost,
(!,000
USD )
List of storage facilities
2008
15
List of normative-legislative
documents, regulating stocks
handling, approved by special
authorized body
Manual, approved by special
authorized body
2009
75
2010
15
Int’l donors, RT
budget
Approved scheme of collection
used substances; Establishment of
center on collection of used
substances
2010
15
Int’l donors, RT
budget, MH
Total:
Potential financial
sources
Int’l donors, RT
budget
Int’l donors, RT
budget
120,0
Table 3.3.11.1 Action Plan on identification of contaminated territories and their rehabilitation by ecologically safe methods
Measures
Elaboration of normative-methodical documents on revelation of contaminated territories
and their management
Responsible executors
Indicators of implementation
MA&EP, NC SC, MJ
List of normative-methodical documents,
approved by special authorized body
Implementation Cost
period
(1,000
USD)
2008-2010
Potential financial
sources
100
Int’l donors, RT
budget
Elaboration of Republican Program on inventory of contaminated territories with high risk MA&EP, NC SC, MH, MJ
for public health and environment. Determination of financial sources
Program, approved by RT Government of.
The financial source determined.
2009-2010
20
Int’l donors, RT
budget
Conducting of detailed inventory of contaminated territories. Revelation of territories
contaminated with POPs (pesticides and PCBs).
MA&EP, NC SC, ME&I
List of contaminated territories. Level of
contamination, presence of POPs in soils and
sediments.
2011-2013
200
Int’l donors, GEF,
republican budget
Analysis of ecological risks and assessment of necessity in cleaning of contaminated
territories / destruction of contaminated soils
MA&EP, NC SC, ME&I
List of contaminated territories, which should
be cleaned urgently
2012-2014
40
Int’l donors, GEF,
RT budget
Selection of methods on rehabilitation of contaminated soils. Creation of Working Groups.
MA&EP, NC SC, ME&I
Recommendations of Working Group
2010-2011
15
RT budget
Training of high qualified personnel, for rehabilitation of contaminated territories
MA&EP, NC SC
Establishment of training center. Elaboration
of training program and conducting of
training.
2012-2013
Rehabilitation of contaminated territories accordingly to existing standards
MA&EP, NC SC
Acts on acceptance of works on rehabilitation
of contaminated territories
2013-2020
Depends on destruction
and rehabilitation plans
on rehabilitation
100
Int’l donors, GEF,
RT budget
Int’l donors, GEF,
RT contribution
(budget and local
investments)
15
PIF Template, August 30, 2007
Selection of methods on destruction of contaminated soils. Creation of Working Groups.
MA&EP, NC SC, ME&I, MH
Recommendations of Working Group
Destruction of contaminated soils
MA&EP, NC SC, ME&I,
MH
Acts of acceptance of implemented works
Prevention of new contamination of territories
MA&EP, NC SC, ME&I,
MH
System of control on sanitary norms
observation in sphere of POP-containing
wastes treatment, approved by special
authorized body
15
2009-2010
RT budget
Depends
on
destruction
plans
elaborated
Constantly from Depends
the moment of on control
system
control
elaborated
introduction
2013-2020
Total:
Int’l donors, GEF,
contribution of
republic (budget and
local investments)
Int’l donors, RT
contribution (budget
and local
investments)
490*
Table 3.3.12.1. Facilitation of process on information exchange and involvement of interested parties
Implementation
Cost
Potential
period
(1,000 USD)
financial
sourcesRT budget
2008-2009
55
Int’l donors,
Responsible executors
Measures
MA&EP, NC SC, NGOs
Establishment of National Agency on information exchange within NC SC
Training of personnel for obtaining new knowledge and skills
MA&EP, NC SC
2008-2010
15
Int’l donors, RT budget
Strengthening of national capacity in sphere of collection and use of information from various sectors
MA&EP, NC SC, NGOs
2008-2010
20
Int’l donors, RT budget
Determination of partners' commitments
MA&EP, NC SC
2008
-
-
Support of health care issues consideration
MA&EP, NC SC, MH, NGOs
2008-2010
10
Int’l donors, RT budget
Total:
100
Table 3.3.13.1. Action Plan on public awareness raising, dissemination of information and education
Responsible executors
Measures
Implementation
period
Indicators of implementation
Cost
(1,000
USD)
15
Potential financial
sources
Int’l donors, GEF, RT
budget
Int’l donors, GEF, RT
budget
MA&EP, NC SC, Academy of
Sciences, NGOs, IO
MA&EP, NC SC, Academy of
Sciences, NGOs, IO
2008-2009
Support of process on public awareness raising in sphere of POPs effects on human health
and environment
MA&EP, NC SC, MH,
Academy of Sciences, NGOs,
IO
Constantly
Special information for mass media
(printed, electronic), seminars, training
and etc.
50
Int’l donors, RT budget
Identification of appropriate laboratories for conducting of monitoring on all kinds of
activities, connected with POPs. Creation of Working Group.
MA&EP Academy of Sciences,
MH
2009-2010
Conclusions of Working Group
20
Int’l donors, RT budget
Modernization of laboratories for conducting of analyses of chemical substances, listed in
Annexes A, B and C
MA&EP NC SC Academy of
Sciences, ME&I
2010-2013
Receiving of certificate on laboratory
accreditation from Agency on
Standardization, Metrology,
Certification and Trade Inspection
1,000
Int’l donors, GEF, RT
contribution (budget
and local investments)
Elaboration of program on public awareness raising
Implementation of program on public awareness raising
2009-2010
Program, approved by special
authorized body
Plan on public awareness raising
5
16
PIF Template, August 30, 2007
Determination of POPs concentration levels in environmental components and biosubstrates
MA&EP NC SCMH
Establishment of appropriate data management
MA&EP NC SC
Constantly
Program on researches conducting.
Schedule of samples taking. Officially
recorded data.
500
Int’l donors, GEF, RT
budget
Every three year
Manual on data management (results
and reporting). National registers
250
Int’l donors, GEF, RT
budget
Total: 2,370
Table 3.3.17.1. Research and monitoring
Measures
Responsible executors
Implementation
period
Indicators of implementation
Cost
(1,000
USD)
500
Potential financial
sources
Int’l donors, GEF,
RT budget
Development of institutional and research capabilities in sphere of POPs management
MA&EP
2008-2009
Establishment of NC SC within MA&EP
Creation of mechanism, assuring quality of monitoring on all POPs categories
MA&EP NC SC
2009-2010
National POPs monitoring system, approved
by special authorized body
100
Int’l donors, RT
budget
Identification of appropriate laboratories for conducting of monitoring on all kinds of
activities, connected with POPs. Creation of Working Group.
MA&EP Academy of
Sciences, MH
2009-2010
Conclusions of Working Group
20
Int’l donors, RT
budget
Modernization of laboratories for conducting of analyses of chemical substances, listed in
Annexes A, B and C
MA&EP NC SC Academy
of Sciences, ME&I
2010-2013
Certificate on laboratory accreditation from
Agency on Standardization, Metrology,
Certification and Trade Inspection
Determination of POPs concentration levels in environmental components and biosubstrates
MA&EP NC SCMH
Constantly
Program on researches conducting.
Schedule of samples taking. Officially
recorded data.
500
Int’l donors, GEF,
RT budget
Establishment of appropriate data management
MA&EP NC SC
Manual on data management (results and
reporting). National registers
250
Int’l donors, GEF,
RT budget
Every three years
1,000
Int’l donors, GEF,
RT contribution
(budget and local
investments)
Total: 2,370
17
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