According to the newsletter, the Secretariat is piloting POPs Social, a social networking platform of the Stockholm clearing-house mechanism.
POPs Social enables users to register within social networks on themes mandated by the Parties.
April 2011: The Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention has released the April edition of its Technical Assistance newsletter. The newsletter includes articles on: appointment of the Joint Head for the Stockholm, Rotterdam and Basel Conventions; launching of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Social; recommendation to list endosulfan in Annex A of the Stockholm Convention; and a calendar of upcoming events.
According to the newsletter, the Secretariat is piloting POPs Social, a social networking platform of the Stockholm clearing-house mechanism. POPs Social enables users to register within social networks on themes mandated by the Parties. There are both formal and informal groups. [Publication: Stockholm Convention Technical Assistance Newsletter]