In 2008 IPEN celebrated 10 years of catalyzing civil society engagement and contributions to the elimination of toxic chemicals that cause cancers or birth defects, harm reproduction, disrupt hormone functions and accumulate or persist in the environment, food chain and in our bodies. To address chemical problems, IPEN bridges scientific achievements and technological innovations with the work on the ground, identifies hotspots, and monitors toxic chemicals in the environment, products and human bodies. We put policy into practice by implementing concrete projects to identify POPs threats; to generate data and monitor POPs exposure; and to contribute to national and international policy design with expert experience and technical input. A few examples are highlighted below that illustrate how over the past 10 years, civil society participation in the implementation of the Stockholm Convention has improved.