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The ICRARD web site. ”Sharing information – connecting people”. IRF meeting October 28 Sharon Buffington, Chief, ERB, Minerals Management Service (MMS). About ICRARD. The International Committee on Regulatory Research and Development - ICRARD
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The ICRARD web site ”Sharing information – connecting people” IRF meeting October 28 Sharon Buffington,Chief, ERB, Minerals Management Service (MMS)
About ICRARD • The International Committee on Regulatory Research and Development - ICRARD • ICRARD is organized under the primary sponsorship of the • United States' Minerals Management Service (MMS) • Great Britain's Health and Safety Executive (HSE) • Canada's National Energy Board (NEB) • Norway's Petroleum Safety Authority (PSA) • Main goal is to coordinate research activities, exchange information and promote research cooperation between the member organizations
… but information is difficult • Annually ICRARD meetings, • Minutes of meeting, • A few e-mails … • …and then … • Growing requirement: An ICRARD web site • Goal: Share information - connect people • The Petroleum Safety Authority Norway* has funded the costs related to developing the web site * (Former: The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate - NPD) • The PSA Norway is funding the two first years of management
The result: www.icrard.org Unique HSE search engine Information on authorities & contact persons, HSE researchprojects and relevant links Relevant news (Anyone interested may subscribe to ICRARD news)
Authorities & contact persons Contact-info on each member country
HSE research and projects List of projects– descr. and links
Relevant links Overview on each member country
Unique Search Engine: • The Big Issue! • International industry – common challenges • Search selected web sites only • Automatically updated • Easy to use • Easy to add/remove relevant web sites • Ref. the ICRARD slogan: “Sharing information • connecting people”
Search engine - Example 1: Search for ”pipeline + corrosion + fatigue” - Part of the result: 2:Relevant?
Example - cont. 3: List of projects -”Is this what I’m looking for?” 4: Fast check-out List of relevant contact info, research description, the actual reports etc >> EASY ACCESS TO RELEVANT INFO IN THE MEMBER COUNTRIES!
The future … • October: Officially launched at this IRF meeting! • Press release sent from the MMS, HSE, C-NOPB and PSA • November: Workshops - sharing info on operating the ICRARD web site – incl. MMS, HSE, C-NOPB and PSA • Thereafter: • Continual publishing of updated info on relevant research/development projects in the member countries (One can subscribe to news) • Offensive marketing • International forums (IRF, NSOAF, relevant conferenses) • National forums (Relevant milieus/organisations – industry – research – authorities etc.) • Involving other ICRARD member countries