This national implementation plan (NIP) has been prepared to allow Malawi effectively manage Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and other persistent toxic substances (PTSs) consistent with the requirements of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), which Malawi signed in 2002. Under the Convention, Malawi has been able to implement a project called “Enabling activities to facilitate early action on the implementation of the Stockholm Convention on POPs”.