The International Persistent Organic Pollutants Elimination Networks (IPEN) commits to increase awareness of the hazards of lead paint, especially to health, and the extent of the problem in Easter Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) countries. IPEN also commits to empower governments to enact effective and protective legal limits for the use of lead in paint. In countries with lead paint laws in place, IPEN will help to promote enforcement of such law by conducting the paint testing in order to monitor the effectiveness of the legislation.
The commitments will results in paint studies and national reports in at least six EECCA countries, the establishment of national working groups and the dissemination of national reports to key policy-makers and others in at least six countries, development of National Action Plans by the working groups in at least six countries, and the implementation of the Action Plans in reasonable time-frame.
The commitment falls under focus areas 4 and 5 of the Batumi Initiative to shift consumer behaviour towards sustainable consumption patterns and develop clean physical capital for sustainable production patterns.
Implementing partners will include ECO-Accord, UN Environment, and Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint (GAELP).
The commitment is relevant to SDG targets 3.9, 11.1, 12.4, and SDGs 4 and 8.