11-13/07/2018
Medellin
Day 1 Monday 11/06/2018
Progress of the POPs Global Monitoring Plan:
1- Opening remark
Colombia, BCRC-SCRC-Uruguay, UN Environment
2- Status Overview: POPs GMP in the GRULAC Region
Alejandra Torre, SCRC-BCCC-Uruguay
3- PROGRESS OF THE POPS GLOBAL MONITORING PLAN IN THE GRULAC REGION:
3.1- Abiotic air sampling in the GRULAC Region
Esteban Abad, CSIC
3.2- Abiotic water sampling in the GRULAC Region
Heidelore Fiedler, MTM
3.3- National samples in the GRULAC Region
Esteban Abad, CSIC
3.4- 6th round human milk survey in the GRULAC Region
Rainer Malisch, CVUA
3.5- Trainings in the GRULAC Region
Esteban Abad, CSIC
3.6- GAPS network of Abiotic air sampling in the GRULAC Region and beyond
Tom Harner, Environment Canada
3.7- LAPAM network of Abiotic air sampling in the GRULAC Region
Gilberto Fillmann, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande
3.8- ARCAL Project “Improving the Management of POPs Contamination to Reduce the Impact on People and the Environment”
Adriana Rosso, INTI
3.9- Group discussion
All participants
4- PROGRESS OF THE POPS MONITORING PLAN ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL:
4.1- National progress in human breast milk survey in Jamaica
Tara Dasgupta and Reena Mckenzie, University of the West Indies
4.2- National progress in abiotic monitoring in Brazil
Maria Yumiko Tominaga, CETESB
4.3- Group discussion on national activities
All participants
4.4- Plenary discussion on lessons learnt
5- Wrap up the first day of the meeting
Jacqueline Alvarez, UN Environment
Day 2 Tuesday 12/06/2018
Future needs, opportunities and challenges:
6- Overview of the 4th biennial global inter-laboratory assessment and initial comparison with previous assessments
Heidelore Fiedler, MTM
Ike van der Veen, VU
7- MONITORING OF POPS BEYOND GMP2:
7.1- Update on the GMP Data warehouse
Katerina Sebkova, RECETOX
7.2- Proposal on analysis of other POPs in human milk beyond GMP2
Rainer Malisch, CVUA
7.3- Discussion on analysis of other POPs in other matrices beyond GMP2
Alejandra Torre, SCRC-BCCC-Uruguay
Esteban Abad, CSIC
7.4- Group discussion
All participants
8- New materials
Esteban Abad, CSIC
8.1- SOP, video and training: procedure for air monitoring using active air samplers (HVS)
Alejandra Torre, SCRC-BCCC-Uruguay
8.2-Video: brief introduction to the guidelines for organization, sampling and analysis of the UNEP-coordinated survey of human milk for Persistent Organic Pollutants
10- Discussion on national reports
Alejandra Torre, SCRC-BCCC-Uruguay
Jacqueline Alvarez, UN Environment
11- Questions and answers
All participants
12- Wrap up of the meeting
Jacqueline Alvarez, UN Environment
13- Meeting with the midterm project evaluator
Rina Guadagnini
Day 3 13/06/2018
Next steps:
14- Updates on GMP regional organization group meeting
Katarina Magulova, BRS
16- Recap: Monitoring of POPs beyond GMP2
All participants
17- Discussion on the future-plan for the sustainable monitoring of POPs beyond the 2nd Phase Global Monitoring Plan on national and regional scale
Jacqueline Alvarez, UN Environment
Katerina Sebkova, RECETOX
18- Sustainability report
Jacqueline Alvarez, UN Environment
Alejandra Torre, SCRC-BCCC-Uruguay
19- Questions and answers
All participants
20- Wrap up of the workshop
Jacqueline Alvarez, UN Environment
