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

African Atlantic Façade region:
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Benin
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Cameroon
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Gabon
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Ivoiry Coast
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Liberia
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Mauritania
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Morocco
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Senegal
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Sierra Leone
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Togo
Support a safe and sustainable economic development of the Atlantic coast of Africa
Develop Capacities and improve Chemical Risk Management in the West African Region in order to:
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Prevent the occurrence of major risks (accidents and/or pollution) in and outside the installations containing chemicals.
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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)
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Creation of a regional multidisciplinary team (RT) composed of 31 French speaking experts
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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To consolidate and put into practice the basis acquired during the implementation of P41
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To allow two new countries (Mauritania & Sierra Leone) to join previous P41 Partner Countries
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CWP1 : Provide technical assistance to facilitate the evolution of the legal framework
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CWP2 : Strengthen the regional team (RT), both numerically and in terms of skills
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CWP3 : Support technically the actions conducted by the Regional Team (RT) in each country
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Two years (2019 – 2020) of implementation, 150 activities
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Update of the legal framework (new legal texts)
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Enumeration of high risk establishments (upper-tier & lower-tier)
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Main stakeholders in industrial disaster risk reduction will be trained through a training, information or technical support
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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)