PROJECT 69 - EN | P69

ABOUT

Title

High risk chemical facilities and risk mitigation in the African Atlantic Façade.

Geographic Scope and Partner Countries

African Atlantic Façade region:

Overall objective

Support a safe and sustainable economic development of the Atlantic coast of Africa

Outcome

Develop Capacities and improve Chemical Risk Management in the West African Region in order to:

Prevent the occurrence of major risks (accidents and/or pollution) in and outside the installations containing chemicals.
Respond quickly and appropriately in the event of a chemical incident, to limit the impact on human health and the environment, and resume normal activity (to preserve economic activity and employment)

Main achievements of the Project 41

Creation of a regional multidisciplinary team (RT) composed of 31 French speaking experts
Dissemination of the following capabilities and knowledge: Recognize hazardous chemicals, Classify an installation, Conduct and verify Safety Reports, accident and pollution risk mitigation measures, Emergency Plans, Recovery Plans (done at national level for Liberia)
Educational modules based on good practices have been developed (in French and in English) to facilitate the sustainability and allow the transfer of knowledge to other stakeholders
Practical implementation of these good practices and legal framework recommendations has been conducted: Classifications of a few sites, Country Position Reports (Country profiles), Sensitization to interagency and state-industry dialogue, Regional TTX

P69 specific objectives

To accompany P41 Partner Countries (Benin, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Liberia, Morocco, Senegal and Togo) towards autonomy in the field of prevention, preparedness and response to industrial risks
To consolidate and put into practice the basis acquired during the implementation of P41
To allow two new countries (Mauritania & Sierra Leone) to join previous P41 Partner Countries

Three Complementary Work packages (CWPs)

CWP1 : Provide technical assistance to facilitate the evolution of the legal framework
CWP2 : Strengthen the regional team (RT), both numerically and in terms of skills
CWP3 : Support technically the actions conducted by the Regional Team (RT) in each country

P69 Activities

Two years (2019 – 2020) of implementation, 150 activities
Update of the legal framework (new legal texts)
Enumeration of high risk establishments (upper-tier & lower-tier)
Main stakeholders in industrial disaster risk reduction will be trained through a training, information or technical support
Implementation of risk mitigation starting with the upper tier facilities (through safety reports, emergency plans, SMS, land use planning, dialogue at local level, inspections, exercises)