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Working Group: Roles, Responsibilities, and Capacity Building and Guidance Needs of Public Interest Groups

Working Group: Roles, Responsibilities, and Capacity Building and Guidance Needs of Public Interest Groups. The role of non profit Env and CSO in GHS Capacity Building and Implementation. What should be the main sections of the guidance document. Introduction: What is GHS

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Working Group: Roles, Responsibilities, and Capacity Building and Guidance Needs of Public Interest Groups

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  1. Working Group: Roles, Responsibilities, and Capacity Building and Guidance Needs of Public Interest Groups

  2. The role of non profit Env and CSO in GHS Capacity Building and Implementation

  3. What should be the main sections of the guidance document • Introduction: • What is GHS • At what stage of dev is it Internationally / Nationally / Locally? • Doc to recognize that there is not homogeneity bet CSO, ref doc, NGO’s to pick & choose invol, sustainable millenium • Capacity is different bet. Orgs • Role of GHS in sustainable dev. paradigm

  4. 1. Why should CSO’s be involved & list of likely CSO orgs that can be involved • Ref to doc produced by previous CSO working gp • How GHS can fit ‘buy in” into their current activities and how it will help them achieve their goals • Health and safety section (what is a chem. exposure etc.) • Benefits for being involved • Ensuring human rights

  5. How can CSO’s become involved • Umbrella orgs (lead activity?) • Grassroots • Step by step guide on how small gps can be involved • How to contact involved agencies (Industry, Govt, UNITAR) • Mobilizing activity

  6. How can CSO’s contribute • Labeling & other mat dev. (comprehensibility) • (pilot draft labels produced by industry) • How to influence/contribute to implementation (flexibility of contribution – content; language; pictograms i.e. what is fixed/flexible) • Enforcement & monitoring • Awareness • Policy & leg dev. • E.g’s from Developed & Less Developed countries

  7. Through what mechanisms can CSO’s contribute • Partnerships bet govt & industry • Activism/lobbying • Representation on GHS committees • Outreach (existing partnerships) • Legislation dev/policy dev • Right to know

  8. Obstacles to being involved & how to overcome these Table of obstacles & solutions

  9. Increasing capacity for involvement • Fund raising • Proposal writing • Partnerships • Tap into existing labour and industry • Responsible care initiatives • Ask training on GHS • How to access training material • Part local committees for GHS implementation • Lobby for their invol

  10. Structure & Format of Doc • Simple accessible language/non technical • Boxes highlighting points • Pictures • Glossary • Ref & web links • Eg’s org NGO’s already invol with GHS • Eg’s and pictures of chemical issues • Annexes with more detail??

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