IOMC TOOLBOXFor decision making in chemicals management

The IOMC Internet-based Toolbox for Decision Making in Chemicals Management (IOMC Toolbox) is aimed at countries who wish to address specific national issues regarding chemicals management.

The IOMC Toolbox is a problem solving tool that enables countries to identify the most appropriate and efficient national actions to address specific national problems related to chemicals management.

The toolbox identifies the available IOMC resources that will help the country address the identified national problem(s) or objectives. Special focus is given to identifying simple cost effective solutions to national chemicals management issues.

This management scheme helps to protect the health of workers and the public, as well as the environment and property, by reducing the likelihood that accidents will occur and limiting the consequences if one does happen.

The GHS addresses the classification of chemicals by types of hazard and proposes harmonized hazard communication elements, including labels and safety data sheets.

This scheme strengthens the capabilities of countries in assessing risks associated with industrial chemicals throughout their lifecycle and managing them safely.

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.

Controlling which pesticides can be used helps to avoid adverse effects on human health and the environment. This scheme covers the pesticide lifecycle, from production to registration, distribution, use, and disposal.

This scheme provides information on how to prevent or reduce the incidence of chemically induced illnesses and injuries at work, consequently enhancing the protection of the general public and environment.

Tools and information organized by topics of major relevance are provided for public health, environmental health, and medical aspects of assessing and managing chemical risks and impacts of chemicals. Tools are also organized by action areas of the Chemicals Road Map.

The Best Available Techniques (BAT) and similar concepts constitute essential elements for setting emission limit values and other permit conditions for industrial emissions in many countries around the world.

The FAO Pesticide Registration Toolkit is a decision-support system for pesticide registrars in developing countries. It will assist registrars in the evaluation and authorization of pesticides. The Toolkit can serve as a web-based registration handbook intended for day-to-day use. It also links to pesticide-specific information sources such as registrations in other countries, scientific reviews, hazard classifications, labels, MRLs, and pesticide properties.

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This toolkit gives access to practical tools on environmental risk assessment of chemicals. It describes the general work flow of environmental risk assessment and provides examples of risk assessment. This toolkit also provides links to relevant tools developed by OECD and member countries that can be used in each step. The examples provide a roadmap of the process, showing the steps involved in each case and the tools which were used.

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The Chemical Leasing Toolkit provides guidelines, materials, best practice case studies, and lessons learned from 10 years of work at UNIDO’s Global Chemical Leasing Programme. The Toolkit enables users to systematically kick-start the implementation of Chemical Leasing at the company level. It also supports policymakers in understanding how best to approach Chemical Leasing in the policy arena.

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The Toolkit enables manufacturers and industrial users of chemicals, and consultants to identify chemicals management hotspots and to implement innovations that provide customers value and increase revenue, while providing environmental benefits and protecting the health of workers and society. The Toolkit consists of a company guide that provides a methodological approach in the form of six phases, supplemented by technical resources, sector guidelines, and case studies.

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The toolkit provides materials to deepen the understanding of Green Chemistry, including origins, technologies and how it drives environmental and economic goals for societal benefits. The toolkit aims to transform the trainees into Green Chemistry facilitators who will be able to disseminate Green Chemistry to their networks by using practical and tangible examples that encourage the change. It was developed under the Global Green Chemistry Initiative – a project led by UNIDO in partnership with the Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering at Yale University.

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The eToolkit is an interactive web-application based on the WHO Human Health Risk Assessment Toolkit: Chemical Hazards. Users are provided with web-based templates of roadmaps for conducting human health risk assessments. While being led through a step-by-step risk assessment process, users are provided with background information and are able to document the information they have gathered and the conclusions they have drawn in electronic templates. The toolkit is temporarily in maintenance.

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National training and capacity building activities to assist in the development of a framework for the lifecycle management of industrial chemicals (import, use, storage, transport and disposal) under the Rotterdam Convention, Freetown, Sierra Leone

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  • What is a PRTR?
  • Why PRTRs: Benefits of a PRTR

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PRTR initiation (continued) & PRTR operation (steps and activities related to running a PRTR)

  • PRTR initiation (continued) & PRTR operation (steps and activities related to running a PRTR)

  • o   Preparing a legal instrument (initiation)

    o   Providing compliance assistance (initiation)

    o   Staffing/governance

    o   Data collection, compilation, and storage

    o   Data quality assurance

    o   Data dissemination and access

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PRTR long term success (expanding the benefits and activities of a PRTR and making future enhancements)

: PRTR long term success (expanding the benefits and activities of a PRTR and making future enhancements)

o   Compliance assurance

o   PRTR promotion

o   Outreach

o   Monitoring and improving the PRTR system

o   Enhancing the PRTR system gradually

o   Securing a budget (for initiation and maintenance)

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Experience and advice from countries that have already implemented a PRTR system

o   PRTR definition and benefits

o   Presentation of guidance and manuals available (UNITAR, OECD, UNEP, UNECE)

o   In-depth review of some steps in PRTR design and operation (to be decided after the end of the webinars, according of the needs of participants)

o   Experience and advice from countries that have already implemented a PRTR system (Japan, …)

o   Proposed follow-up to the workshop
 

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- UNITAR

- ILO

- State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Switzerland)

- Ministry of Human Resources (Malaysia)

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Webinar for the Executive Programme on Integrated Chemicals Management & Seminar on the Chemical Weapons Convention and Chemical Safety and Security Management for Member States of the OPCW in the Africa Region – Topic: International cooperation on the sound management of chemicals and the IOMC Toolbox

•What is the IOMC?

•Role of the IOMC in SAICM

•IOMC Toolbox objectives

•IOMC toolbox project

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This webinar is specially tailored to inform about Chemical Leasing key elements, implementation and cases, as well as to showcase the upcoming Global Chemical Leasing Award 2021 that will be held during the high level segment of the ICCM-5 in July 2021, at the World Conference Center in Bonn, Germany.

For further information about the agenda and the registration, please visit https://chemicalleasing.org/webinars 

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Information session within UNIDO project Sustainable Industrial Zone (SIZ) Development in Peru (GEF funded project) to introduce the concepts of the IAMC methodology and instructions for navigation within the IOMC Toolbox

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This webinar will provide an overview of the Environmental Risk Assessment Toolkit and redesigned IOMC Toolbox, followed by practical examples of risk assessment steps in three particular cases: (i) textile dye, (ii) pesticide and (iii) environmental quality standard setting.

Background

The Environment, Health and Safety Division of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) assists countries in developing and implementing policies and instruments to strengthen national chemicals management, while protecting human health and the environment.

In the framework of developing and harmonising methods for assessing risk to human health and the environment, including methodologies for hazard and exposure assessment, the Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) Toolkit gives to interested countries and users access to practical tools on environmental risk assessment of chemicals. The Toolkit describes the general work flow of environmental risk assessment and provides examples as well.  Links to relevant tools developed by OECD and member countries are also provided.

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1. Introduction to the IOMC and redesigned Toolbox

2. Environmental Risk Assessment Toolkit (ERAT)

3. Examples on textile dye, pesticide and environmental quality standard setting

3. Q&A

Speakers

Moderator:

Mr. Andrea Cararo - Chemicals and Waste Management Programme, UNITAR

Panellists:

Ms.Valerie Frison - Environment, Health and Safety Division, OECD

Mr. Koki TAKAKI - Environment, Health and Safety Division, OECD

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The webinar is part of a series organized by the different IOMC organizations and will provide participants with an overview of the updated online version of the Toolbox as well as a comprehensive presentation of the Industrial Chemicals Management scheme which provides guidance and support to strengthen the capabilities of countries in assessing risks associated with industrial chemicals throughout their lifecycle and managing them safely.

IOMC Toolbox for Decison-Making in Chemicals Management

Webinar Series

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS MANAGEMENT

The webinar is part of a series organized by the different IOMC organizations and will provide participants with an overview of the updated online version of the Toolbox as well as a comprehensive presentation of the Industrial Chemicals Management scheme which provides guidance and support to strengthen the capabilities of countries in assessing risks associated with industrial chemicals throughout their lifecycle and managing them safely.

Visit the Toolbox: https://iomctoolbox.oecd.org/

19 January 2021 2:00-3:00pm CET

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  1. Introduction to the IOMC Toolbox
  2. Industrial Chemicals Management Scheme in the IOMC Toolbox
  3. Case study Industrial Chemicals Management - Canada
  4. Q&A

 

Moderator: 

Mr. Andrea Cararo - Chemicals and Waste Management Programme, UNITAR

Panelists:

Ms.Valerie Frison - Environment, Health and Safety Division, OECD

Mr. Jake Sanderson - Environment and Climate Change Canada, ECCC

 

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Chemical Leasing Award 2021 took place online with the introduction of the IOMC Toolbox. The event attracted 1400 participants

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  • Introduction of the IOMC Toolbox and presentation on Pollutant Release and Transfers Registers, in the scope of the Stronger Training and Increased Knowledge for better Enforcement against Waste and Mercury (Strike) Project

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Dear members of our network,

We would like to kindly invite you to the upcoming IOMC Toolbox promotional event that will take place at the OECD Chemicals and Biotechnology Committee for its 50th anniversary, next 10 February 2022 at 2.30pm CET.

This event is the opportunity to see the latest updates of the management schemes and toolkits of the participating organizations, as well as countries’ experience in using the toolbox and an overview of our past and future activities. Attached you will find the agenda of this open event, do not hesitate to circulate this invitation to members of your team or other relevant and interested practitioners. 

In order to participate, click here to access the registration form. The connection details will be shared after registration.

Please do not hesitate to contact us in case you need any assistance.

Best regards, we look forward to seeing you,

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Session Keynote addresses: Jerome Stucki (Chief of Materials and Chemicals Management Division UNIDO)

Session updates of the IOMC Toolbox:

  • Introductory video
  • Presentation of the IOMC Toolbox – OECD
  • Presentation of Road Map to strengthen the health sector role in the sound management of chemicals – WHO
  • Presentation of toolkit and/or flagship tool – FAO
  • Presentation of improved Occupational Safety and Health scheme - ILO
  • Presentation of GuiDev set of guidance on chemicals control - UNEP
  • Presentation of Green Chemistry Toolkit - UNIDO

Session Countries’ experience

  • Dr Norohasina Rakotoarison presenting Madagascar’s experience
  • Video of Samantha Kumarasena, Chief Executive Officer, National Cleaner Production Centre in Sri Lanka
  • Video of Tjandra Setiadi, from the Indonesian  Cleaner  Production Centre (ICPC)

Session How to participate in the IOMC Toolbox activities? - IOMC Toolbox POs focal points

Q&A Session

Conclusion Session – WHO

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This is a training for the national pesticide authorities to strengthen their technical capacities on pesticide evaluation and registrations. The IOMC Toolbox will be introduced as part of it.

Location: Harare, Zimbabwe and on-line

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ORGANIZER: World Health Organization, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health
TARGET AUDIENCE: Environmental health decision-makers and public health, environmental and
other professionals with a role in assessing and managing human health risks associated with chemical
exposures.
Participants of the webinar will learn about the important role of human health risk assessment in
informing environmental health decision-making including regulatory action, responses to chemical
incidents and management of poisonings.
Participants will be introduced to the recently revised and published WHO human health risk
assessment toolkit: chemical hazards which provides users with the guidance to identify, acquire
and use the information needed to assess chemical hazards, exposures and the corresponding
health risks in their given health risk assessment contexts at local and/or national levels
https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/350206.
Participants will hear about experiences from developing countries to undertake human health risk
assessment in low resource settings and the usefulness of the WHO human health risk assessment
toolkit: chemical hazards.
Participants will be introduced to the WHO Chemical Risk Assessment Network Community of Trainers
(CoT) which provides a forum to trainers and those who would like to become trainers to share
experiences in the teaching and training on human health risk assessment.
REGISTER AT: https://nih.zoomgov.com/meeting/register/vJItfuutrjMqHi2P7q8ooeAt1W2puTQkf4E

Programme
• Welcome
• Human health risk assessment and environmental health decision-making
• The updated WHO human health risk assessment toolkit
• Experiences from developing countries
• Training on human risk assessment

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