Project Details:

IUPAC Safety Training Program Workshop, Istanbul, Turkey

Workshops on the Safety Training Program are used for communication on recent activities by Fellows of the program in their home countries; to evaluate the effectiveness of the Safety Training Program in terms of fellows home country activities; to learn from invited speakers who are experts in health, safety, and environmental matters; and to solicit ideas for improvements in the program and for possible expansion to incorporate new Host Companies and new regional trainees.

The Safety Training Program allows safety experts from developing countries to learn more about safety and environmental protective measures by visiting and working in plants of IUPAC Company Associates in the industrialized world.  The International Union of Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) administers the Safety Training Program to disseminate state-of-the-art knowledge on safety and environmental protection in chemical production. The beneficiaries are expected to use the training in their home countries to improve health, safety and environment.

This Workshop in Istanbul is planned as part of activities at the IUPAC GA/Congress under the theme of “Industrial and Applied Chemistry.” 

Similar workshops were held at the IUPAC General Assembly and Congress in Ottawa in 2003; at Beijing in 2005; at Turin in 2007; Glasgow in 2009; and San Juan in 2011; see www.iupac.org/standing/coci/OttawaSafetyWorkshop_Cesa040322.pdf
www.iupac.org/project/2004-031-1-022
www.iupac.org/project/2006-051-1-022
www.iupac.org/project/2009-001-2-022
www.iupac.org/project/2011-004-2-022

Each Trainee participant submit an abstract for a paper to be presented at the Workshop; these abstracts are reviewed in advance of acceptance of Trainees’ applications for the Workshop. In addition, the Workshop will include lectures by regional speakers who are experts in chemical health, safety and environmental protection issues particular to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries

A webpage will be prepared to cover the proceedings and outcomes of the Workshop, where their reports, presentations, and a summary report will be published. The Workshop will include a discussion to identify ideas for improvement and expansion of the scope of the Safety Training Program.

This poject includes assessment of future actions for other Workshops as the Safety Training Program evolves, including maximizing the productivity of future Workshops. Although all the information on STP is currently available on the IUPAC website, the task group is looking at ways of improving the processes and having the information more easy available.

See also www.iupac.org/committee/coci/safety-training-program.html

 

• West, Bernard

• Bologna Alles, Aldo
• Ribes, Carolyn
• Toprak, Esma