GMP2 GRULAC Midterm Workshop

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

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

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

14- Updates on GMP regional organization group meeting - Katarina Magulova, BRS

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