Mauritius signed the Stockholm Convention in May 2001 and ratified it in July 2004. Since acceding to the Stockholm Convention, Mauritius has made progress in the identification, prevention, reduction and elimination of POPs and waste. However, further to the 2003 NIP, the review of the NIP has not been carried out to have baseline data on POPs and develop strategy and action plans for its management. The Government of Mauritius is committed to addressing these situations as part of its development agenda aimed at improving the lives and livelihoods of the population. 

The NIP update process will enable the country to establish inventories of products and articles containing the 18 newly listed POPs and identify industrial processes where these POPs are still employed or unintentionally produced. For these chemicals, new inventory analyses in terms of supply chain, material flow and stakeholder analyses are required to meet the challenges of mitigating/eliminating the hazards associated with the new POPs consumer products. 

Implementation
This project is being implemented under the full National Implementation Modality with the Ministry of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change as the lead Implementing Partner. 

Partners
• Ministry of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change 
• Ministry of Health and Wellness 
• Ministry of Agro-Industry and Food Security 
• Ministry of Commerce and Consumer Protection 
• Mauritius Revenue Authority (Customs Office) 
• Ministry of Energy and Public Utilities (Central Electricity Board) 
• Pesticide Action Network Mauritius (PANeM)