hcf 2016: sandra averous monnery
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Plant safetyHelsinki Chemicals Forum
Panel 4: Plant Safety – Is it taking a back seat to economic pressures?
Ms. Sandra Averous Monnery – Programme Officer UNEP27 May 2016
UNEP Programmes on Safer Production and Industrial Risk Reduction
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Awareness and Preparedness for Emergencies at Local Level (APELL) ProgrammeLocal Level
• promotes multi-stakeholder preparedness to disasters through community participation • UNEP D&C Sub-programme
Flexible Framework Initiative for Chemical Accident Prevention and PreparednessNational Level
• provides guidance for governments wishing to develop, review, strengthen or improve their chemical accident prevention and preparedness programmes
• UNEP C&W subprogramme
Responsible Production approach for Chemical Hazards Management
Sectoral level / SMEs
• guidance and tool for SMEs aimed at engaging all stakeholders along the supply-chain in improved safer production, risk communication and emergency preparedness practices
• UNEP C&W subprogramme
Support Eco-innovation Technical component on Chemicals sector
Sectoral Level / SMEs
• Eco-innovation guidance and tools to create conditions for service providers, to support SMEs to improve their sustainability performance through eco-innovation.
• Applied to chemicals use and production• UNEP RE subprogramme
APELL : Awareness and Preparedness for Emergencies at Local Level• Goal: Help communities prevent loss of life, damage
to health, well-being and livelihoods, minimize property damage, and protect the environment
• Objectives:• Raising awareness, communicating and educating the
community• Improving emergency preparedness planning
LOCAL LEVELMULTI-STAKEHOLDER
COOPERATION AND COORDINATION OPEN COMMUNICATION
APELL Process : multi-stakeholder approach at community level
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APELL 5 Phases & 10-Elements process
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Expected APELL results• Enhanced local knowledge of industrial and natural hazards• Informed community about the risks they are exposed to• Educated community on how to react to accidents/disasters• Promotion of co-ordination between representatives from the
industry, local institutions and the public• Preparation of an integrated plan for community response to
emergencies
APELL History
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• 1986: UNEP launched the Awareness and Preparedness for Emergencies at Local Level (APELL) Programme to improve local level emergency preparedness through a community oriented effort ‐
• 1988: APELL Handbook• Development of community emergency preparedness plans
• 2000: Sectoral applications• APELL for Mining, TransAPELL, Ports Areas…
• 2010: Multi-Hazard training kit, APELL for coastal tourism destination
• 2015: 2nd edition of the Handbook
• 2015-2016: APELL Training of Trainers and APELL Network of trainers.
APELL Resources• Global APELL Platform:• News & Events• Online Resources
• Guidance on APELL in different sectors:• Chemical, Mining, Transport, Port Areas, Multi-
hazards, Tourism, Coastal Destinations
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www.unep.org/apellwww.apell.eecentre.org
Flexible Framework on CAPP• A need (2007):• No globally binding legal instrument • No global guidance material adaptable in differing country
contexts worldwide• SAICM Global Plan of Action, Action Point calling for
collaborative, practically-oriented tools for chemical accident prevention and preparedness
• A Purpose:• Increase countries’ understanding of issues related to chemical
accident prevention and preparedness• Improve the capacity of relevant institutions, agencies and
experts to address the risks of chemical accidents• Help countries to develop and implement an appropriate CAPP
ProgrammeCHEMICAL ACCIDENTS PREVENTION AND PREPAREDNESSNATIONAL LEVEL
GOVERNMENTS CAPACITY AND INSTITUTIONSADAPTABILITY and LEGAL FRAMEWORK
FF resources• Developed with Expert Working Group
(OECD, UNECE, JEU, JRC…):• Flexible Framework Guidance (2010),
• the Implementation Support Package (2012) and • Webportal: www.capp.eecentre.org
• The Guidance has been designed to be flexible to ensure that: • it can be applied in different national contexts
worldwide; • countries can focus on elements relevant to their
particular context and adapt them as required; and
• countries can decide how to define actions, depending on priorities, resources and experience.
Case study of implementation2015
• Lessons learnt from “CAPP Programme Projects” in 6 countries : Cambodia, Philippines, Mali, Senegal, Tanzania, Sri Lanka• Adaptability: large scope for
application in all countries• High Level political and
stakeholder commitmment• Multistakeholder collaboration• Follow up projects and activities• Info sharing
Plant safety – main messages• Engagement and collaboration amongst different
actors
• National and local approaches to chemical accidents prevention and preparedness require adaptability, flexibility and transparency.
• Reinforcement of shared safety culture is needed.
• Economic, environmental and social benefits, at all levels. A local benefits: building trust.
25 years of working in partnership
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Thank youContactUnited Nations Environment ProgrammeDivision of Technology, Industry and Economics Sustainable Lifestyles, Cities and Industries Branch Responsible Industry and Value Chain Unit1 rue Miollis, 75015 Paris, France
E-mail : [email protected]; [email protected]
http://apell.eecentre.org/ http://www.unep.org/apell/