1. Background

In order to fulfill Stockholm Convention on Persist Organic Pollutants, realize relevant requirements on reducing and eliminating DDT usage in the production of anti-fouling paint(AFP) in National Implementation Plan for Stockholm Convention on Persist Organic Pollutants, Ministry of Environment Protection (MEP) and United Nations Development Program (UNDP) cooperatively developed a Global Environmental Facility (GEF) funded “Alternatives to DDT Usage in the Production of Antifouling Paint Project” (hereinafter to be referred as “Project”).

Since the project started in October 2007, tremendous efforts have been made in the alternatives screening and promotion. By now, 14 environment friendly alternatives have been successfully selected, and accumulatively 1042 tons environment friendly alternatives have been produced, circulated and used, and realized the periodical goal.

In order to realize the project objective thoroughly, to fulfill relevant requirements of Prohibition Proclamation on Production, Circulation, Usage, Importation and Exportation of DDT, Chlordane, Mirex and Hexachlorobenzene, a series of national and industrial standards have been revised or established under the promotion of the project: Anticorrosive and Antifouling Paints System for Ship Hull (GB/T 6822-2007) explicitly prohibited the use of DDT, Test Method and Determination for DDT Content of Marine Antifouling Paints (GBT 25011-2010) standardized relevant methods, Technical Requirement for Environmental Labeling Products Ship Anti-fouling Paints (HJ 2515-2012) was established, and alternatives must not cause new environment pollution.

In order to establish a long term monitoring and management mechanism, and to prohibit the production and usage of DDT and other harmful substances completely, the project designed a series of activities on institutional capacity building, one of which is to build the capacity of fishing boat administration department by improving its DDT detection capability, carrying out trainings on eliminating requirements of DDT and TBT, and developing activities for anti-fouling paints certification system. Based on the above, Foreign Economic Cooperation Office (FECO) of Ministry of Environment Protection (MEP) is planning to choose one consulting firm by competitive bidding, carry out DDT detection and analysis capacity building for Fishing Ships Administration Department.

2. Objectives

The objective of recruited service is to improve the detection capability of DDT used in antifouling paints for fishing boats, eliminate usage of DDT, TBT and other prohibited substances in anti-fouling products, prevent DDT, TBT and other prohibited substances from entering market, and protect environment and human health.

3. Activities

a) Improve detection capability of DDT in anti-fouling paints

Figure out the capability difference of designated laboratories i.g. Luoyang Ship Material Research Institute, Marine Chemicals Research Institute, and CNOOC Changzhou Research Institute of Paint and Chemicals with requirements in Test Method and Determination for DDT Content of Marine Antifouling Paints (GBT 25011-2010) , bring up and implement the capacity building plan on instruments, people and administration system, improve the detection and analysis capability of DDT in anti-fouling paints, and provide technical support to eliminate DDT usage in the production of anti-fouling paints.

b) Provide Trainings on the Elimination Requirement of DDT and TBT within the industry

Provide trainings respectively to ship surveyors, management people in dockyard, and anti-fouling paint production plants on requirements of relevant techniques and policies, guide them to eliminate DDT and TBT usage in the production of anti-fouling paints as required in the international Convention and national regulations.

c) Carry out Certification and Management of Anti-fouling Paints

Before Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-fouling Systems on Ships came into effect to China, DDT,TBT and other high risk substances are not required to be analyzed in the ship anti-fouling paints analysis. DDT and TBT have been extensively applied in the production of anti-fouling paints as biocides, and certification from product inspecting departments are released for these DDT/TBT containing anti-fouling paints.

This project will re-check the certification of anti-fouling paints which have been issued on the basis of institutional capacity building, request production plants to submit reports on the DDT and TBT content of their anti-fouling paints within given grace period, and carry out random inspection on the paints. Certification of paints below standard will be suspended, and updated requirements will be used during future anti-fouling paints inspection.

d) Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation

Prepare project quarterly progress report and project completion report

Cooperate with Foreign Economic Cooperation Office and UNDP on project monitoring and inspection,

Cooperate with a third party appointed by UNDP on terminal evaluation

4.Timeline