Number: 2007-021-2-020
Title: Chemical Safety and Security in the 21st Century
Task Group
Chairman: Elizabeth
Cameron
Members: Edwin D.
Becker, Nancy Jackson,
Alastair W. Hay, and
Ting-Kueh Soon
Objective:
To raise awareness of the chemical threat and to identify gaps in chemical
security and chemical safety practices in South and Southeast Asia among
practicing chemists, governmental officials, and regional chemical industry
representatives.
Description:
This project will develop and implement a one day workshop titled, "Chemical
Safety and Security in the 21st Century" on 26 August 2007, immediately
following the 12th
Asian Chemical Congress slated for Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to be
held 23-25 August 2007.
This event is envisioned to be a collaboration between IUPAC and the
United States State Department Chemical Security Engagement Program,
a newly launched effort to implement programming in conjunction with
host governments to fill critical gaps in chemical security and safety
in regions with high terrorist activity.
IUPAC is particularly well-positioned to implement such a project on
the basis of its previous work on related issues with the OPCW.* This
initiative proposes to broaden IUPAC's work in this area through focusing
specifically on the chemical terrorism threat. The workshop will include
practicing chemists from South and Southeast Asia, governmental officials
from Malaysia and other countries in the region attending the 12th Asian
Chemical Congress, industry, and global experts in chemical security
and chemical safety. The Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction (ISN/CTR)
proposes to coordinate outreach to the Governmental officials. ISN/CTR
will work closely with IUPAC to ensure that the event meets mutual objectives
and looks to IUPAC for additional recommendations and suggestions.
This project has three goals:
- Gain understanding about gaps in chemical security and chemical
safety as identified by Governmental officials, practicing chemists,
industry representatives, and international experts, with a particular
focus on South and Southeast Asia.
- Investigate ways in which IUPAC, other international organizations,
and the State Department Chemical Security Engagement Program could
develop programming to work with host governments, practicing chemists,
local and regional chemical organizations, and chemical industry to
begin to fill gaps. Follow on efforts could include best practices
training, risk management strategy sharing, and cooperative research
and development.
- Raise awareness of chemical terrorism threat among practicing chemists
and industry in South and Southeast Asia.
* For IUPAC projects
related to OPCW issues, see:
- project 2006-036-1-020 - The
impact of advances in science and technology on the Chemical Weapons
Convention
- project 2005-029-1-050 - Educational
material for raising awareness of the Chemical Weapons Convention and
the multiple uses of chemicals
- project 2004-048-1-020 - A joint
OPCW - IUPAC project on education and outreach regarding chemical weapons
- project 2001-057-1-020 - Impact
of scientific developments on the Chemical Weapons Convention
Progress:
Last update: 6 June 2007
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