Table

StageCapacityLab/Analytical CapacityStaffingData managementStaff Capacity
01.
  • Very limited staff resources with basic technical training
  • No laboratory / analytical capacity
  • Unreliable / inexistant access to electricity at monitoring sites
  • Baseline assessment of air pollution levels relative to current standards and WHO guidelines
  • Deploy 1 reference-grade continuous PM2.5 monitor at a safe, powered, representative site

  • Option: Deploy and co-locate 1 reference-grade manual (filter-based) PM2.5 sampler with filter archive (see Source attribution guidance)
  • Establish QA/QC protocols for deployed equipment
  • Conduct annual audit
  • Establish a data management system with QA review, validation and analysis
  • Establish training, procurement and supply chain vendors to support the monitoring programme
  • Ensure adequate budget and staff resources including for routine maintenance of the equipment
02.
  • Very limited staff resources with basic technical training
  • No laboratory / analytical capacity
  • Unreliable / inexistant access to electricity at monitoring sites
  • Baseline assessment of air pollution levels relative to current standards and WHO guidelines
  • Deploy 1 reference-grade continuous PM2.5 monitor at a safe, powered, representative site

  • Option: Deploy and co-locate 1 reference-grade manual (filter-based) PM2.5 sampler with filter archive (see Source attribution guidance)
  • Establish QA/QC protocols for deployed equipment
  • Conduct annual audit
  • Establish a data management system with QA review, validation and analysis
  • Establish training, procurement and supply chain vendors to support the monitoring programme
  • Ensure adequate budget and staff resources including for routine maintenance of the equipment
03.
  • Very limited staff resources with basic technical training
  • No laboratory / analytical capacity
  • Unreliable / inexistant access to electricity at monitoring sites
  • Baseline assessment of air pollution levels relative to current standards and WHO guidelines
  • Deploy 1 reference-grade continuous PM2.5 monitor at a safe, powered, representative site

  • Option: Deploy and co-locate 1 reference-grade manual (filter-based) PM2.5 sampler with filter archive (see Source attribution guidance)
  • Establish QA/QC protocols for deployed equipment
  • Conduct annual audit
  • Establish a data management system with QA review, validation and analysis
  • Establish training, procurement and supply chain vendors to support the monitoring programme
  • Ensure adequate budget and staff resources including for routine maintenance of the equipment