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Ministry of Health of Brazil Secretariat on Health Surveillance

Ministry of Health of Brazil Secretariat on Health Surveillance General Coordination on Environmental Health Surveillance. Global Thematic Workshop on Strengthening Capacities to Implement the GHS. Session 1 Panel 3: National GHS Implementation

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Ministry of Health of Brazil Secretariat on Health Surveillance

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  1. Ministry of Health of Brazil Secretariat on Health Surveillance General Coordination on Environmental Health Surveillance Global Thematic Workshop on Strengthening Capacities to Implement the GHS Session 1 Panel 3: National GHS Implementation BrazilianExperience on the Implementation of GHS André Fenner November - 2005

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

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

  4. 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 for Action beyond 2000 • 2002 - RIO + 10 – Johannesburg – South Africa • - Implementation Plan – Art. 22 • Nov 2003 – IFCS FORUM IV – Bangkok - Thailand • - GHS Dinner Workshop – Brazil/UNITAR/GTZ/USA • - GHS Document approved

  5. National Commission on Chemical Safety • 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 - 10 Priorities • Participants: 22 institutions (government and civil society) • Chair: Ministry of Environment • Vice-Chair: Ministry of Health

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

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

  9. Participants at WG-GHS in 2001 • 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

  10. Now: 43 National Institutions • MDIC, INMETRO, MTE, FUNDACENTRO, MS, FIOCRUZ, ANVISA, MMA, IBAMA, SRF/MF, MME, MRE, MCT, MAPA, MT, ANTT, ABEMA, CRST/PMSP, ABIQUIM, ASSOCIQUIM, ABRAFATI, ABNT, ABIFINA, ANDEF, AENDA, ABICLOR/CLOROSUR, ABIHPEC, ABEGAS, PETROBRAS, MI/SNDC, IBP, ONIP, SNDC, CFQ, ABQ, SBTOX, ABONG, IQ/UnB, SINCOQUIM, SITIVESP, Agência IntegraBrasil, CNQ/CUT, CRQ-IV • Other stakeholdes to be mobilized: National Institut for Consumers, NGOs (Public Interest, Academic and Labour) Institutions Participants GT-GHS in 2005

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

  13. Activities 2003/2004 • Five annual meetings • Set up of Sub-groups (Glossary, Training, Laboratories, Legislation, Public Awareness, Terms of Reference of the WG-GHS Brazil, Project on the Implementation of the GHS) • Development of a Workshop on Laboratories (sept 2004 – São Paulo) • Presentations about the GHS in Seminars, Congress, Workshops • South American Sub-regional Workshop on Chemical Hazard Communication and GHS Implementation29 November – 2 December 2004 in São Paulo, Brazil (UNITAR/GTZ/Brazil/USA)

  14. Activities 2005 • January – Workshop about Hazard Communication (GHS) and Chemical Accidents - V World Social Forum – (Porto Alegre) • March – First WG meeting of the year (Brasília) • Development of the Programme of activities 2005 • May – Second WG meeting of the year (São Paulo) • Several meetings of the Sub-groups (Brasilia – São Paulo – Rio de Janeiro – Porto Alegre – Recife)

  15. Activities 2005 • August – Third meeting of the year (Rio de Janeiro) • August - Meeting of sensibilization on Laboratories Role in GHS (Rio de Janeiro) • Set up of new Sub-groups • (Hazardous Waste; pesticides and Confidential Industrial Information) • October - Plenary Session; short course training meeting (6h) and a WG Meeting about GHS in the Brazilian Toxicology Congress (Recife) • November – Pilot GHS Training Course in Rio de Janeiro – (40 h – 5 days) 28 Nov – 2 Dec

  16. Future Actions • Follow up and participation of additional Brazilian institutions in the sessions of the Sub-Commitee of the GHS/ECOSOC and the OECD/GHS Task Force • Meeting with the Pesticide Sector in Belo Horizonte • Development of “One Week Training Course” on GHS • Voluntary Agreement by the stakeholders for the GHS implementation

  17. Future Actions • Disseminate GHS information through publication (leaflets, booklets, folders) • Legal National Framework Studies related to GHS • Capacity building development for laboratories staff • Raise Funds and Resources to Implement the GHS National Project (National and International donors institutions) • National comprehensibility Testing and Training studies on GHS

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

  19. Prospects • Development of Technical Cooperation Agreements at National, Regional or International levels • Support by the international donnors for the Brazilian National Project on the GHS implementation (World Bank, GEF, GTZ, CIDA, others) • Development of Technical Cooperation with the Portuguese Speaking Countries (Portugal, Guiné Bissau, Timor Leste, Angola, Moçambique, Cabo Verde, São Tomé e Príncipe)

  20. Prospects • Strengthening the activities already taking place by the Brazilian WG-GHS throughout international partnerships • Develop the synergies between chemicals agreements and mechanisms (ILO 170, Stockholm, Rotterdam, Basel, Montreal, CWC, SAICM, WHO Recommendations and Guidelines of Pestices, PRTR, FAO Code of conduct – Pesticides/Guidelilnes on Good Labelling Practice for Pesticides, ISO 11014) and GHS in national, regional and international levels

  21. Thanks for your attention! andre.fenner@saude.gov.br andrefenner@hotmail.com Phone: 00 55 61 21 07 44 71

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