IPEN Participating Organization Center for Public Health and Environmental Development (CEPHED) from Nepal has received the 2011 PEN (PCBs Elimination Network) award in the category of cross-cutting issues. Ram Charitra Sah, Executive Director for CEPHED, accepted the award at a ceremony at the Stockholm Convention’s 5th Conference of the Parties, held in Geneva from 24 – 29 April, 2011.
The purpose of the awards is to honor outstanding achievements in the environmentally- sound management of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). CEPHED has been working to minimize the use of PCB-contaminated transformer oil through research, information sharing, awareness-raising, model workshops, campaigning and advocacy with the concerned government agencies and others.
Congratulations CEPHED!