Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPS) seeks to protect human health and the environment from a group of chemicals known as Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs). Uganda assented to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutant (POPs) on 20th July 2004 and, like all parties to the convention, Uganda was required to develop National Implementation Plan (NIP) describing how the country would meet its obligations set by the Convention. As such, Uganda developed the first NIP basing on the original 12 POPs and was transmitted to the Stockholm Convention Secretariat in January 2009. As a requirement of the convention and in line with the convention obligations, a review and update of the NIP was conducted, and a report submitted to the secretariat in 2015. The review and update of the NIP is dependent on the chemicals that have been listed or banned during the conference of parties which members should accordingly take on/adopt.

It is against this background that Uganda obtained funding of USD297,000 to participate in the third global project to review and update the national implementation plan for the Stockholm Convention after four new chemicals were added on the list for restricted use and banning. The outcome of the review shall form the 3rd NIP report that shall be submitted to the Stokholm Secretariat and form a basis for the Conference of Parties meetings and discussions and decisions in 2025.