**11.2. Institutional policy and regulatory framework**

Regarding the policies and legal framework for persistent organic pollutant, the researcher conducted an interview with higher expert working in Ministry of the environment, forest and climate in compliance and Monitoring directorate, and then some question were raised about the policy and regulatory framework of persistence organic pollutant. Expert from the FDRE Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Climate Change has explained that Ethiopian has designed various policy and regulatory frameworks to govern the environment, e.g., environmental policy approved by the minister council, and this policy has regulatory framework these are, environmental Protection Organs establishment, environmental pollution control proclamation (300/2002) environmental Impact Assessment Proclamation (299/2002) and etc. However, all regulatory frameworks directly or indirectly influence or contribute for the management of persistence organic pollutants, but it is impossible to say that this is good enough for emission reduction of POPs. Therefore, these can be put as the gap and weakness on the existing legislative system for the management of POP chemical in Ethiopia, as well as in Addis Ababa city. In addition, the respondent described that at present there is no legislation that specifically deals with POPs chemicals other than pesticides. The only particular legislations- are those which control and regulate pesticides. Therefore from the point views of the interview, it is implied that the management practices of the emission reduction of the persistence organic pollutants through legislative and regulatory framework have not been formulated.
