chemical safety awareness raising campaign for consumers in south east asia countries
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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 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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
O IntroductionOProject PeriodOActivitiesOChallengesOCase studyOConclusion and way forward
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Introduction
Project DetailsOProject Partners: UNITAR, ILO,
LESTARI(UKM)O Implementing agency: Federation of
Malaysian Consumer Association (FOMCA)
OFunding agency: European Union (EU)OTitle: Chemical Safety Awareness
Raising for Consumers in South East Asia Countries.
OObjective: To raise awareness and enhance capacity of consumer associations in South East Asia countries regarding chemical hazard management and management of chemicals.
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Project Period
O 2012 - 2013O Still on-going with the final phase where a
webinar workshop for all participating consumer associations will be conducted.
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ActivitiesO Established contacts with South East Asian
countries consumer association:No. Consumer Associations Country
1 Malaysian Association of Standards Users Malaysia
2 Consumer Associaton of Brunei Brunei
3 Consumer Association of Cambodia Cambodia
4 Consumer Association of Singapore (CASE) Singapore
5 Standards Division Department of Standard and Metrology*
Laos
6 Yogyakarta Consumer Institute Indonesia
7 CUTS Hanoi Resource Centre Vietnam
8 Department of Standards, Fine Mechanics and Fine Instrument*
Myanmar
9 Federation For Consumers (FFC) Thailand
10 IBON Foundation The Philippines
*lack of consumer association. GHS Review Conference for Southeast Asia 2013, KL.
O Publication of brochure
O Translation into 7 different languages- Thai- Vietnam- Lao- Khmer- Bahasa Malaysia- Bahasa Indonesia- BurmeseO A total of 1500 brochures with other
related documents were distributed to all participating countries.
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O Webpage developed to facilitate information dissemination
Internet ResourcesO Project Webpage
O 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
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ChallengesO Funding
- Continuous funding is needed to support the participants for local consumers capacity building.
O 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.
O 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
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Local Initiative (Case Study)
Standards Matter Magazine, Malaysian Association of Standards Users
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Upcoming Activities
O 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.
O Continue the awareness campaign through social media (eg. Facebook, Twitter) and smartphone application (eg. FOMCA apps for Malaysia consumers.)
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Conclusion and Way Forward
O Government agencies should financially support and work together with local consumer organization on the awareness building in the consumer sector.
O Continuous communication with all focal points need to be done in order to keep track with the progress of the local capacity enhancement.
O 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.
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