Belarus's National Inception Workshop Report for the Global Project on the Implementation of PRTRs as a tool for POP reporting, dissemination and awareness raising. The Belarusian Research Center "Ecology", in cooperation with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of the Republic of Belarus held a National Inception Workshop on PRTR, the 17 August 2017, in Minsk. The aim of the workshop was to present the project and current activities to the national stakeholders and agree on the objectives and scope of the national PRTR, as well as to approve the work plan for the implementation of the project at national level and to elect and endorse the National Coordination Team (NCT) and the National Steering Committee (NSC).