Strategic plan for enhancing Chemical Risk Assessment Capacity in network participants
Overview
The Strategic Plan: 2018-2020 is aimed at increasing chemical risk
assessment capacity in WHO Network Participants and thereby
strengthen environmental health decision-making. The Strategic Plan
operationalizes capacity building related actions of the Road map
to enhance health sector engagement in the Strategic Approach to
International Chemicals Management towards the 2020 goal and beyond
(Chemicals Road Map). In particular, it includes actions to strengthen
national institutional capacities to address health threats from chemicals
and on filling gaps in knowledge and methodologies for risk assessment.
The Strategic Plan builds on the overall Network objectives provided
in Box A. By implementing the Strategic Plan, the Network will have
completed distinct projects to strengthen capacities in the field of
chemical risk assessment in Network Participants over the next 3
years thereby making a contribution to the implementation of the
Chemicals Road Map. Special attention is given to the capacity needs
of Participants located in developing countries.
However, the Plan is
aimed at both Participants based in developing and developed countries
alike, especially when they (i) have risk assessment training programs in
place; (ii) can make available equipment and laboratory capacity to other
institutions; (iii) are engaged in modelling exposure and risk of interest to
other institutions; (iv) participate in activities to identify emerging risks;
and/or (v) would like to contribute to or participate in trainings, webinars
and other events.
