On the 2nd of February 2016, UNITAR held an inception workshop in Moldova regarding the "Global Project on the Implementation of PRTRs as a tool for POPs reporting, dissemination and awareness raising for Belarus, Cambodia, Ecuador, Kazakhstan, Moldova and Peru". The meeting was in partnership with the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Moldova and the Environmental Pollution Prevention Office (EPPO).

Key national stakeholders regarding the implementation of a PRTR, such as industries’ representatives, members of the civil society as academia and NGOs and government’s representatives, attended the meeting. The current situation regarding PRTR in Moldova and a road map for the national execution of the project were presented to the participants by Ms.Tatiana Tugui, the National Coordinator.