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Webinar on the IOMC Toolbox for Decision Making in Chemicals Management: Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs)
Background
The Challenge: IOMC Participating Organizations have developed hundreds of tools and guidance documents that are relevant for countries in their efforts to implement SAICM. However, finding the most appropriate tool or guidance document to address specific national issues can be a challenge.
The Solution: The internet-based IOMC Toolbox enables countries to identify the most relevant and efficient national chemicals management actions. The IOMC Toolbox takes into account the resources available and guides users towards cost-effective solutions adapted to the country. At each implementation step, the IOMC Toolbox presents the relevant IOMC resources, guidance documents, and training material, all available online and free of charge.
The Scope: The IOMC Toolbox identifies appropriate actions and guidance for:
- A national management scheme for pesticides
- An occupational health and safety system
- A chemical accidents prevention, preparedness, and response system for major hazards
- An industrial chemicals management system
- A classification and labeling system
- A system to support health authorities which have a role in the public health management of chemicals
- Pollutant release and transfer registers (PRTRs)
Event Objectives
The webinar will provide an introduction to the IOMC Toolbox and its PRTR management scheme.
A PRTR is a publicly accessible database or inventory of chemicals or pollutants released to air, water, and soil and transferred off-site for treatment. It brings together information about which chemicals are being released, where, how much, and by whom.
The IOMC Toolbox’s PRTR Management Scheme, developed by OECD in collaboration with UNITAR, addresses:
- PRTR initiation: designing a PRTR system, gaining support from decision-makers, and establishing the PRTR
- PRTR operation: running a PRTR, including staffing and collecting, reviewing, and disseminating data
- Long-term success: expanding the benefits and activities of a PRTR and making future enhancements
Content and Structure
Agenda
- Introduction to the IOMC Toolbox – 15 mins
- Introduction to the IOMC Toolbox’s PRTR scheme – 20 mins
- Question and answer session – 10 mins
Additional Information
Date and time
- Day, 11 May 2017
- 14:00 Geneva time
Participants are requested to log in 20 minutes before the webinar starts in order to download any software requirements, such as JavaScript.
Register for the webinar
- To attend the webinar you will need a computer with internet access and if possible a headset.
- Please register above or email cwm [at] unitar.org.
Visit the IOMC Toolbox
Introductory video: http://youtu.be/YQUGl5hD_BY