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Brazilian Experience on the Implementation of the Globally Harmonized System for Classification and Labelling of Chemica

Brazilian Experience on the Implementation of the Globally Harmonized System for Classification and Labelling of Chemicals ( GHS ). PRESENTATION OVERVIEW. 1 – Background 2 – International Landmarks 3 – National Commission on Chemical Safety - CONASQ 4 – Set up GT-GHS Brazil

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Brazilian Experience on the Implementation of the Globally Harmonized System for Classification and Labelling of Chemica

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  1. Brazilian Experience on the Implementation of the Globally Harmonized System for Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS)

  2. PRESENTATION OVERVIEW 1 – Background 2 – International Landmarks 3 – National Commission on Chemical Safety - CONASQ 4 – Set up GT-GHS Brazil 5 – Developed Activities - 2002 6 – GHS Brazil Webpage Construction 7 - Activities 2003/2004 8 - Activities 2005 9 – Future Actions 10 – Prospects

  3. 1 - Background • 1998 –International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention 170 - Ratification (Safety Chemicals Use at Workplaces) • 1998 to 2001 – ILOWorking Group on Hazard Communication – participation by Labour Ministry and FUNDACENTRO • 2001 to 2005 – Vice-Chair of the Sub-Committee of Experts for the Classification and Labelling of Chemicals - ECOSOC

  4. 2 – International Landmarks • 1992 - AGENDA 21 – Rio de Janeiro - BRAZIL • - GHS – Agenda 21 – Chapter 19 – Programatic Area “B” • Oct 2000 – IFCS FORUM III – Salvador - BRAZIL • - Bahia Declaration – GHS fully operational by 2008 • - Priorities of Action beyond 2000 • 2002 - RIO + 10 – Johanesburg – SOUTH AFRICA • - Plan of Implementation – Art. 22 • Nov 2003 – IFCS FORUM IV – Bangkok - THAILAND • - GHS Dinner Workshop – Brazil/UNITAR/GTZ • - GHS Document approved

  5. 3 – National Commission on Chemical Safety - CONASQ • Set up by the Ministerial Ordinance N º 319 de 27/Dec/2000 - COPASQ • Changed by Ministerial Ordinance Nº 352 de Aug/2003 - CONASQ • Objective: chemical safety inter-institutional articulation and development • National Programme on Chemical Safety Implementation PRONASQ – 10 action lines • Participants: 22 institutions (government and civil society) • Chair: Ministry of Environment • Vice-Chair: Ministry of Health

  6. PRONASQ National Programme on Chemical Safety • Control and Fiscalization Mechanisms to Chemicals Management • Information Exchange Network on Chemical Safety • Vulnerability Reduction by Chemical Accidentes • Contaminated Areas • Globally Harmonized System for the Classification and Labelling of Chemicals

  7. PRONASQNational Programme on Chemical Safety(Cont.) • Chemical Safety in the Universities and Research Institutions • International Conventions Implementation (Stockolm, Rotterdam) • Pest and Vectors Integrated Management • Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) • National Profile on Chemicals Management

  8. 4 – Set up of WG-GHS Brazil • Started in 2001 • GHS Subgrup on the National Commission on Chemical Safety - CONASQ • Priority Action: GHS Implementation • Chair: Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade • Vice-Chair: Ministry of Labour • Other Important stakeholders: • Ministry of Health, ABIQUIM, INMETRO, ABIPHEC, ASSOCIQUIM, SBTOX, FUNDACENTRO, Civil Society Organizations, Work Unions

  9. Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Ministry of Labour INMETRO Ministry of Science and Techonology Customs Agency Petrobrás SITICESP/SP Environment Brazilian Institute Ministry of Environment ABIQUIM 3M Bayer Participants at WG-GHS in 2001

  10. Intitutions Participants GT-GHS in 2004

  11. 5 – Developed Activities - 2002 • Five meetings • WG-GHS Brazil and WG-GHS Latin America electronic groups • National Workshop - São Paulo, November 2002 • Brazilian GHS Implementation Preliminary Study developed by ABIQUIM • (state of the art, dificulties and challenges) • GHS Brazil webpage construction • GHS survey

  12. 6 – Webpage´s Construction • 2002 • Meetings Report, Workshops Documents, Seminars, Updated Information, Links • Hosted by the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade • http://www.desenvolvimento.gov.br/sitio/secex/negInternacionais/claRotSubQuimicas/oquee. • php

  13. 7 – Activities 2003/2004 • Five annual meetings • Set up of Sub-groups • Glossary • Training • Laboratories • Legislation • Hazardous Waste • Terms of Reference • Project on the Implementation of the GHS • Development of a Workshop on Laboratories • (sept 2004) • Presentations about the GHS in Seminars, Congress, Workshops • South American Sub-regional Workshop on Chemical Hazard Communication and GHS Implementation • 29 November – 2 December 2004 in São Paulo, Brazil (UNITAR/GTZ)

  14. 8 – Activities 2005 • January – Workshop about Hazard Communication (GHS) and Chemical Accidents - V World Social Forum – Porto Alegre – Brazil • March – First meeting of the year • Development of the Programme of activities 2005 • Meeting of the Sub-Group Laboratories for the plan of activities 2005 • Organization of a Plenary and short course about the GHS in the Brazilian Toxicology Congress (October 2005)

  15. 9 – Future Actions • Continuity and participation of additional Brazilian institutions in the sessions of the Sub-Commitee of the GHS/ECOSOC/Geneva and the OECD/GHS Task Force • Meeting with the Pesticide Sector • Development of “One Week Training Course” on the GHS • Voluntary Agreement by the stakeholders for the GHS implementation • Disseminate GHS information through publication (leaflets, booklets, folders,...)

  16. 9 – Future Actions • Legal National Framework Studies related to the GHS • Capacity building development for laboratories staff • Raise Funds and Resources to Implement the GHS National Project (National and International donors institutions)

  17. 9 – Future Actions • Mobilization and training of stakeholders: trade unions, industry, government, university, consumers, ... • Sectorial studies on the GHS implementation (health, labour, trade, environment, transport, pesticides, ...) • Raising awareness workshops • Purple Book Translation to Portuguese • National or Sub-Regional Seminars on Hazardous Waste

  18. 10 – Propects • Development of Technical Cooperation Agreements at National or International levels • Support by the international donnors for the Brazilian National Project on the GHS implementation (World Bank, GEF, GTZ, CIDA, ...) • Development of Technical Cooperation with the Portuguese Speaking Countries • Strengtening the activities already taking place by the Brazilian WG-GHS throughout international partnerships

  19. Thank you all!! • WG - GHS Brazil • http://www.desenvolvimento.gov.br/sitio/secex/negInternacionais/claRotSubQuimicas/oquee.php • Eletronic Mail - ghs@desenvolvimento.gov.br

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