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Chemical Safety Awareness Raising Campaign for Consumers in South East Asia Countries

Chemical Safety Awareness Raising Campaign for Consumers in South East Asia Countries. Foon Weng Lian Federation of Malaysian Consumer Associations (FOMCA) GHS Review Conference for Southeast Asia 21-23 May 2013, Kuala Lumpur. Outline . Introduction

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Chemical Safety Awareness Raising Campaign for Consumers in South East Asia Countries

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  1. Chemical Safety Awareness Raising Campaign for Consumers in South East Asia Countries FoonWengLian Federation of Malaysian Consumer Associations (FOMCA) GHS Review Conference for Southeast Asia 21-23 May 2013, Kuala Lumpur

  2. Outline • Introduction • Project Period • Activities • Challenges • Case study • Conclusion and way forward GHS Review Conference for Southeast Asia 2013, KL.

  3. Introduction

  4. Project Details • Project Partners: UNITAR, ILO, LESTARI(UKM) • Implementing agency: Federation of Malaysian Consumer Association (FOMCA) • Funding agency: European Union (EU) • Title: Chemical Safety Awareness Raising for Consumers in South East Asia Countries. • Objective: To raise awareness and enhance capacity of consumer associations in South East Asia countries regarding chemical hazard management and management of chemicals. GHS Review Conference for Southeast Asia 2013, KL.

  5. Project Period • 2012 - 2013 • Still on-going with the final phase where a webinar workshop for all participating consumer associations will be conducted. GHS Review Conference for Southeast Asia 2013, KL.

  6. Activities • Established contacts with South East Asian countries consumer association: *lack of consumer association. GHS Review Conference for Southeast Asia 2013, KL.

  7. Publication of brochure

  8. Translation into 7 different languages • Thai • Vietnam • Lao • Khmer • Bahasa Malaysia • Bahasa Indonesia • Burmese • A total of 1500 brochures with other related documents were distributed to all participating countries. GHS Review Conference for Southeast Asia 2013, KL.

  9. Webpage developed to facilitate information dissemination

  10. Internet Resources • Project Webpage • Brochure (English) http://www.fomca.org.my/v2/index.php/the-wssd/projects http://www.fomca.org.my/v2/images/stories/GHS/GHS_Brochure_2012_FOMCA_UNITAR.pdf GHS Review Conference for Southeast Asia 2013, KL.

  11. Challenges • Funding - Continuous funding is needed to support the participants for local consumers capacity building. • Implementation and adoption status - Different level of GHS adoption status further complicate the awareness rising for the consumers. Issues such as fake pictogram or label may arise. May affect the confidence of consumers if no competent authority available. • On-site capacity building for consumer organization - More activities such as training at the participating countries need to be conducted in order to better facilitate the better understanding of the local consumer organizations GHS Review Conference for Southeast Asia 2013, KL.

  12. Local Initiative (Case Study) Standards Matter Magazine, Malaysian Association of Standards Users GHS Review Conference for Southeast Asia 2013, KL.

  13. Upcoming Activities • A series of webinar will be jointly conducted by UNITAR and the Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), UKM with all the focal points of the participating consumer associations. • Continue the awareness campaign through social media (eg. Facebook, Twitter) and smartphone application (eg. FOMCA apps for Malaysia consumers.) GHS Review Conference for Southeast Asia 2013, KL.

  14. Conclusion and Way Forward • Government agencies should financially support and work together with local consumer organization on the awareness building in the consumer sector. • Continuous communication with all focal points need to be done in order to keep track with the progress of the local capacity enhancement. • There is a need to establish a regional focal point for all consumer organizations in this region and must be sustained to ensure the holistic implementation of the GHS in the consumer sector. GHS Review Conference for Southeast Asia 2013, KL.

  15. Thank you foon@wecam.org.my FOMCA Malaysia GHS Review Conference for Southeast Asia 2013, KL.

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