Regional Centre

Stockholm Convention Regional Centre for Capacity Building and the Transfer of Technology in the Czech Republic is a body supporting sound chemicals management in the Central and Eastern European region and worldwide.

Stockholm Convention Regional Centre

Following its official designation in Decision SC-4/23 of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in May 2009, the Czech Republic hosts the Regional Centre for Capacity Building and Technology Transfer of the Stockholm Convention. The Regional Centre provides long-term support to 23 countries in Central and Eastern Europe and serves as a strategic scientific partner for more than 30 countries in Africa and Asia. It is a project partner of UNEP, UNIDO and UNDP in capacity building projects in developing countries, and organizes conferences, seminars and summer schools. The Regional Centre receives support for its activities from a cooperation agreement with the Ministry of the Environment for the provision of the Regional Centre's functions, as well as from its scientific and capacity-building projects that the Regional Centre prepares for partner countries and institutions.

Objectives of the Centre

Support the implementation of the obligations under the Stockholm Convention (Decisions SC 2/9, SC-3/19) and to provide assistance and cooperation in capacity building and technology transfer in monitoring, sampling and analytical methods and procedures, environmental modelling, data analysis, ecotoxicology and risk assessment

Assistance in solving specific problems - identification of environmental contamination, implementation of pilot studies, design and construction of laboratory infrastructure and monitoring networks, practical solutions to environmental problems, decontamination, remediation, risk assessment and acquisition and use of available data

Promotion of the ratification and implementation of global instruments in the field of chemicals and waste management and link available information in the field of environmental sciences (environmental chemistry, ecotoxicology, effects of chemicals on living organisms, environmental and health risk analysis and impacts of chemical pollution on biodiversity and ecosystems).

Contribution to the development of specialised centres that are able to provide technical support (capacity building and technology transfer) in their field beyond their own region.

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Latest news

10 Jun

Inventory validation meeting in the North Macedonia

Ekomozaik, RECETOX and Ministry of Environmental Protection and Physical Planning of the North Macedonia organized a full day meeting in Holiday Inn hotel in Skopje on 10 June 2025. The meeting was part of the implementation of the GEF project 10785 (Global Review and Update of the National Implementation Plans under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants).

5 Jun

Meetings in Astana

Within the GEF supported project 10924 on Review and Update of the National Implementation Plan (NIP) for the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Albania, Armenia and Kazakhstan a several meetings with KZ authorities took place in early June 2025.

30 May

Inventory validation meeting in Georgia

Half-way milestone in the project implementation was achieved on 27 May 2025 with a successfully completed Inventory validation meeting held in the Rooms Hotel in Tbilisi, Georgia. The meeting was supported by the GEF project 10785 and organized in collaboration with the Regional Environmental Centre for the Caucasus, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia and the Stockholm Convention Regional Centre hosted at RECETOX.

11 Feb

Moldova Refines Inventory and Submits Plan for Complete Elimination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls Equipment

Moldova has become the first of eight pilot countries to complete the project of refining the inventory of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB). Support for implementation was provided by the Stockholm Convention Regional Centre (SCRC) from RECETOX. The closing meeting was attended by more than 30 participants.

30 Jan

The PARC: A New Era in Risk Assessment conference introduced representatives of government and scientific institutions to the main aspects of the partnership

On Tuesday, January 28, the PARC: A New Era in Risk Assessment conference was held in Prague, aiming to present the international Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals (PARC) to more than fifty representatives of government institutions and research infrastructures within the context of the innovative framework of European partnerships under the Horizon Europe program.

20 Jan

Long-time director of the RECETOX Centre and Professor Emeritus Ivan Holoubek has passed away

With deep sorrow, we announce that on January 19, 2025, after a long and severe illness, one of the most prominent figures of Masaryk University, Professor Ivan Holoubek, passed away at the age of nearly 74

13 Sep 2024

Another international training focused on POPs took place in the RECETOX center

Between September 11th and 13th, an international training focused on the monitoring, management, and more effective use of data on persistent organic pollutants (POPs) took place at the RECETOX center. More than fifty experts from government, non-profit, and academic sectors participated, representing a total of nine countries.