<p>African Regional Conference on Chemical Safety Annex 2 Dakar, Senegal, 3-5 July 2002</p><p>IFCS Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety</p><p>African Conference on Chemical Safety Dakar, Senegal 3- 5 July 2002</p><p> commencing at 09:00 hrs on the first day</p><p>Provisional Annotated Agenda</p><p>This Agenda is based on the African Priorities identified at Forum III (Brazil, October 2000). Participants will be asked to elaborate a Work Plan in preparation for Forum IV (Thailand, November 2003).</p><p>Wednesday 3 July 1. Opening 9:00 - 9:30  Welcoming statements IFCS Vice President, Mr N. C. Sylla IFCS President, Mr H. Cavalcanti Representative of the Government of Senegal 9:30 - 9:45  Introduction of participants 9:45 - 9:55  Overview of Conference Objectives Mr N. C. Sylla, Meeting Chair 9:55 - 10:00  Selection of Rapporteur(s)  Adoption of Agenda</p><p>10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break </p><p>2. IFCS Priorities for Action Objective: to review information on the status of work in countries, consider problems hindering progress and identify potential solutions. 10:30 - 10:50  Regional programme/priorities for Africa identified at Forum III  Progress report on implementing the priorities Analysis of responses to African Region Questionnaire Mr N.C. Sylla 10:50 - 11:30 Discussion </p><p>3. Public Health Sector National Action Plans on Chemical Safety Objective: to inform on work and efforts in countries to prepare national action plans for the health sector for responding to the chemical safety issues affecting the health of their populations. 11:30 - 11:45  Status report and follow up to the WHO/AFRO Conference on Chemical Safety, South Africa, July 2001 Mr Thebe Pulé, Regional Advisor for Occupational Health WHO/AFRO 11:45 - 12:00 Discussion</p><p>4. Partnerships for Chemical Safety Objective: to bring forward existing partnership arrangements as a foundation for building future partnerships. All meeting participants (countries, NGOs, IGOs) will be </p><p>- 1 - African Regional Conference on Chemical Safety Annex 2 Dakar, Senegal, 3-5 July 2002</p><p> asked to pledge to gather information on existing programmes in their countries/locations, and come to Forum IV with propositions for expanded or new partnership efforts. Discussion periods1 - please see footnote  Effective partnerships between governments, intergovernmental/regional organizations, and non-governmental organizations  African Regional/subregional partnerships – examples of existing partnerships and proposals for future partnerships 12:00 - 12:05 Chairman's Introduction</p><p>GOVERNMENT 12:05 - 12:15 Dr W. Mahlmann, Ministry of Environment, Germany - Partnerships for Chemical Safety - European Experience</p><p>REGIONAL ORGANIZATION Mr Djibril Mbaye & Dr James Everts, CERES/Locustox (FAO) - Regional work of organization 12:20 - 12:30 Dr Everts: Chemicals Management & Ecotoxicology 12:30 - 12:40 Mr Mbaye: Experience and skills acquired by CERES-Locustox in the field of ecotoxicological research at the regional and international levels Dr T. Kalhoulé: ILO Africa and chemical risk management at the workplace. 12:45 - 14:15 Lunch</p><p>NGOs LABOUR 14:15 - 14:30 Mr Yahya Msangi, IUF Tanzania - Introduction to ILO Convention 184 (Agriculture) and IUF Tanzania's current and planned activities addressing chemical safety issues, focusing on partnership aspects 14:35 - 14:50 Mr Omara Amuko, IUF Uganda - IUF Uganda's current and planned activities addressing chemical safety issues, focusing on partnership aspects PUBLIC INTEREST 14:55 - 15:10 Mr Henri Diouf, PAN Africa - regional work of PAN Africa & the network of NGOs that has been established 15:15 - 15:30 Dr Susan Kegley, PAN - Overview of PAN Database: Resources for Finding Chemical Hazard Information on the Internet INDUSTRY 15:35 - 15:50 Dr Laurraine Lotter, ICCA South Africa - Responsible Care: a chemical industry foundation to strengthen the safe management of chemicals towards sustainable development goals 15:55 - 16:10 Questions and discussion</p><p>16:15 - 16:45 Coffee Break</p><p>16:45 - 17:00 Discussion Overall discussion to bring together all segments and agree on action to be undertaken prior to Forum IV 17:00 - 17:05 Chair's recap of the day and expectations for tomorrow </p><p>19:30 - 22:00 Reception hosted by the Government of Senegal at the Eucalyptus restaurant </p><p>THURSDAY 4 July 5. National Committees/mechanisms for chemical safety Objective: Experience and models to be put forward for consideration by countries who</p><p>1 for agenda items 4 - 9, the time schedule allows for a five minute short-question / answer period after each speaker, with more time allowed for overall discussion and action item proposals at the end of each agenda item - 2 - African Regional Conference on Chemical Safety Annex 2 Dakar, Senegal, 3-5 July 2002</p><p> have not yet implemented such a mechanism. In the discussions, countries will be provided the opportunity to inform on the status of national efforts.  Experience and models for establishing a Committees for the Sound Management of Chemicals 9:00 - 9:10 Mr Craig Boljkovac, UNITAR, Overview of this IFCS Priority, and of the guidance and assistance available to countries 9:15 - 9:25 Dr Ernest Mashimba, Tanzania, National Committees and other mechanisms for chemical safety 9:30 - 9:40 Professor Mounipou, (CISS), Senegal, National Committees and other mechanisms for chemical safety 9:45 - 9:55 Mrs Abiola Olanipekun, Nigeria, National Committee for Chemical Safety - The Case of Nigeria 10:00 - 10-30 Discussion </p><p>10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break </p><p>6. Harmonization of Legislation Objective: to provide information on what is going on in this Priority Area and the opportunity for participants to consider its applicability to other countries. 11:00 - 11:10  Strengthening of National Legislation Mr Craig Boljkovac, UNITAR - observations and conclusions of the meeting on Developing and Strengthening National Legislation and Policies, June 1999 11:15 - 11:25  Harmonization of Pesticides Legislation in West Africa Dr Demba Farba Mbaye, Senegal - activities in West Africa to harmonize pesticides legislation: background, methodology and status. 11:30 - 11:40  Harmonization of National Legislation Mr Nelson Manda, Zambia - harmonization of national legislation in Zambia, as supported by UNITAR 11:45 - 12:15 Discussion </p><p>7. Regional Information Exchange Network on Chemicals Objectives: to inform participants of the ongoing work in Africa to facilitate information exchange through networks and internet access; to prepare initial ideas for developing regional and sub-regional networks, leading to the formation of a plan of action.  Introduction to the important contribution that information exchange networks make in achieving sound chemical management 12:15 - 12:25 Dr William Sanders, USEPA - Overview: New Tools for Information Exchange for the Sound Management of Chemicals</p><p>12:30 - 14:00 Lunch</p><p> National Networks: UNEP/USEPA Chemicals Information Exchange Network Project 14:00 - 14:10 Mr Cyrille Siewe, UNEP - Overview and status report of the project 14:15 - 14:25 Mr Raphael Zadi-Dakouri, Côte d'Ivoire 14:30 - 14:40 Mr Oumar Diaouré Cisse, Mali Côte d'Ivoire and Mali have participated in theUNEP/USEPA project and will present their country’s experience 14:45 - 15:15 Discussion</p><p>15:15 - 15:25  African Region Plan of Action for the Development of a Regional Information Exchange Network Mr Nelson Manda, Zambia - Outcome of initial discussions of SADEC countries on possible regional network 15:30 - 16:00 Discussion - Participants will be asked to provide concrete information for developing - 3 - African Regional Conference on Chemical Safety Annex 2 Dakar, Senegal, 3-5 July 2002</p><p> a regional/subregional network as input for an Action Plan</p><p>16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break </p><p>8. Information Exchange Network on Capacity Building for the Sound Management of Chemicals Objective: Progress Report on the development and implementation of the Network 16:30 - 16:55  Presentation of the INFOCAP project Mr Craig Boljkovac, UNITAR representative to INFOCAP Steering Group Mrs Abiola Olanipekun, Nigeria, Regional representative to INFOCAP Steering Group 17:00 - 17:25 Discussion 17:25 - 17:30 Chair's recap of the day and expectations for tomorrow</p><p>Friday 6 July 9 .Poisons Centres Objective: to provide concrete information on the requirements for establishing a Poisons Centre, and to explore possible collaboration between governments to share information and network Poisons Centres 9:00 - 9:10  Overview of Poison Centres – role, functions, guidelines for development Ms Joanna Tempowski, WHO/IPCS  Poisons Centres in the African Region – experiences and lessons learned in development and operation of Centres 9:15 - 9:25 Mrs Edith Clarke, Ministry of Health, Ghana - recent experience with start-up activities 9:30 - 9:40 Dr Gerbus Muller, Tygerberg Poison Information Center, South Africa - case study of a well-established center 9:45 - 10:30 Discussion </p><p>10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break</p><p>10. IFCS African Regional Programme Objective: A participatory session to further the development of the African programme, reflecting the outcomes of the above agenda items and agreed work plan to be undertaken by participants prior to Forum IV. Participants to formulate and agree a written plan, which will be one of the outputs of the meeting. 11:00 - 13:00  Participatory Session chaired by: Mr N.C. Sylla</p><p>13:00 - 14:30 Lunch </p><p>14:30 - 15:30 Continuation of agenda item 10, discussion, and preparation of the work plan</p><p>15:30 - 16:30 11. Review and adoption of Conference reports, plans and statements </p><p>16:30 - 17:00 12. Closure of Conference</p><p>- 4 -</p>