January 16

th, 2014

ENGLISH

MEDITERRANEAN ACTION PLAN PLAN D’ACTION POUR LA MEDITERRANEE

The Strategic Partnership for the Mediterranean Sea Large Marine Ecosystem (MedPartnership) www.themedpartnership.org

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) management training program

Organized by the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Water Administration of

Albania with support from the CPRAC and MEDPOL in the framework of the UNEP MAP Strategic Partnership for the Mediterranean Sea Large Marine Ecosystem

(MedPartnership)

Tirana (Albania), January 21st - 24th, 2014

Agenda

(2 days of theoretical training and 2 days of practical training)

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PCBs management training program, Tirana (Albania)

Agenda

1st Day: Tuesday, January 21st

PCBs management (theoretical training) (11:00-18:30)

Training location: Hotel Doro City, "Muhamet Gjollesha" Street, Md.38 H.1., Njesia Bashkiake nr 7, PO 1023, Tirana. Tel: +355 42 232 206. www.hoteldorocity.com

10:30-11:00 Registration of participants

11:00-11:30

Opening of the workshop Opening by Dr. Pellumb Abeshi, General Director of Environmental Policies, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Water Administration of Albania.

Welcome speech by Mr. Redi Baduni, National Focal Point of MAP and MEDPOL and Stockholm Convention from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Water Administration of Albania.

Welcome speech by Ms. Tatiana Hema, Programme Officer representing UNEP MAP MEDPOL and UNEP MAP CPRAC.

11:30-11:45 Introduction of lecturers & participants (Manolo Clar, Project Manager, CPRAC)

11:45-12:00 Coffee Break

12:00 -12:45

Albania as a signatory Party to the Stockholm Convention and Party to the Barcelona Convention and its land-based sources and activities Protocol on POPs (with emphasis on PCBs):

Obligations and status of national implementation;

State of Play of legal and institutional framework for POPs management in Albania.

(Mr. Redi Baduni, National Focal Point of MAP and MEDPOL, and Stockholm Convention from the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Water Administration of Albania).

12:45-14:00

Global context, history, applications, conventions (Urs K. Wagner, ETI)

PCB sound management chapter A – Part 1: Identification, risk assessment, priority setting (Urs K. Wagner, ETI)

14:00-15:00 Lunch break

15:00-16:30

PCB sound management chapter A – Part 1: Identification, risk assessment, priority setting (Urs K. Wagner, ETI) (cont.)

PCB sound management chapter A – Part 2: Inventory, classification, GHS (Panos Ioakimidis, Ecoterra)

16:30-16:45 Coffee Break

16:45-17:45

General sampling, screening and analysis methods & proceedings (Urs K. Wagner, ETI)

Questions and discussion

17:45-18:30

Project specific sampling, screening and analysis methods (Panos Ioakimidis, Ecoterra)

Questions and discussion

18:30 End of session

Simultaneous interpretation into English and local language will be available for the training.

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2nd Day: Wednesday, January 22nd

PCBs management (theoretical training) (9:00-18:00)

Training location: Hotel Doro City, Tirana.

9.00-10.00

PCB sound management A – Maintenance, life cycle management, phase out and Storage, (Panos Ioakimidis, Ecoterra)

10:00-11:15 PCB sound management B - Handling, packing, Loading, Transport (Urs K. Wagner, ETI)

11.15-11.30 Coffee break

11:30-12:30 PCB sound management C - Import/export disposal (Panos Ioakimidis, Ecoterra)

12.30-13.30 Case Studies Part A: POPs from the cradle to the grave (Urs K. Wagner, ETI)

13.30-14.45 Lunch break

14.45-15.45 Case Studies Part B: POPs from the cradle to the grave (Urs K. Wagner, ETI)

15.45-16:15 “Written PCB Test” to be taken by participants (Panos Ioakimidis, Ecoterra, Urs K. Wagner, ETI)

16.15-16.30 Coffee break

16:30-17.00

Discussion on ways and means to improve PCB management in Albania (facilitation provided by UNEP MAP)

17:00-17.30 Discussion on PCB test responses (Urs K. Wagner)

17:30-18:00

Distribution of “PCB Training Certificates” (CPRAC, Ecoterra, ETI) Closure of the theoretical PCBs workshop

Simultaneous interpretation into English and local language will be available for the training.

3rd Day: Thursday, January 23rd

PCBs management (practical training and site visit) (9:00-15:30).

Training location: “CEZ Transformer Repair Station Unit”, behind Hotel Doro City.

9:00-13.00

Opening by UNEP MAP representative

Safety briefing by Site Manager

Inventory safety and proceedings

Inventory taking on site (data and questionnaires)

(Panos Ioakimidis, Ecoterra and Christian Marchesi, ETI)

13:00-14:00 Lunch Break

14:00-15:30

Sampling on site Administration on site

(Panos Ioakimidis, Ecoterra and Christian Marchesi, ETI)

15:30 End of session

Simultaneous interpretation into English and local language will be available for the training.

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4th Day: Friday, January 24th

PCBs management (practical training, L2000 DX analyzer) (9:00-15:00)

Training location: Hotel Doro City, Tirana.

9:00-13.00

Theoretical L2000 DX training:

Review of screening methods Screening by L2000 Recording of data Administration and disposal of consumables

Practical L2000 DX training:

L2000 parts and maintenance Proceedings Use of L2000 DX by participants (Group work, screening of samples taken on Day 3)

(Christian Marchesi, ETI and Panos Ioakimidis, Ecoterra)

13:00-14:00 Lunch break

14:00-15:00

Practical L2000 DX training:

Use of L2000 DX by participants (Group work, screening of samples taken on Day 3) (cont.)

“Written Sampling and Screening Test” to be taken by participants

Questions and discussion

Distribution of “L2000 DX User’s Certificates”

(Christian Marchesi, ETI and Panos Ioakimidis, Ecoterra)

15:00 End of practical training

Simultaneous interpretation into English and local language will be available for the training.