The project ”Enabling activities to facilitate early action on the implementation of the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants in the Republic of Macedonia” is approved for the period April, 2002 – April, 2004. It is financed by GEF and implemented in the Republic of Macedonia by UNIDO.

Following the meeting of the Steering Committee, the National Project Coordination Unit was established under auspices of the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning of the Republic of Macedonia by the end of April, 2002. It became fully operational from May 1, 2002, as POPs office.
Responsibilities of the NPCU are:

• Establishment and coordination of a national expertise network;
• Project management and integration of outputs from various working groups;
• Public awareness initiatives and
• Identification and mobilization of international assistance and partnership.