Burundi has an enormous need to create and strengthen national programmes for the sound management of chemicals, including Persistent Organic Pollutants.

This National Plan for the Implementation of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in Burundi (PNM/Burundi) is an indispensable tool intended to provide appropriate solutions to major concerns relating to the said Convention. It aims at the establishment of adequate legislation; actions to collect and disseminate information; capacity for risk assessment and interpretation; capacity for application and execution; capacity for the rehabilitation of contaminated sites and the rehabilitation of poisoned persons as well as effective education programs and capacity to respond to emergencies.