The Warsaw Conference on Chemical security and environmental protection
The Warsaw Conference was organized jointly by the Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection and the International Centre for Chemical Safety and Security, a leading international partner to enhance chemical security and promote a global chemical security culture.
The Conference welcomed a letter form Mr. Janusz Piechociński, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Poland who assured that that Polish comparative advantages in the environmental protection and chemical security discussed at the Warsaw Conference and the proposals to develop chemical security as the Poland’s specialisation in the world, are supported by the Polish government.
The Conference recognized and supported the roles of the International Centre for Chemical Safety and Security established in Poland which offers chemical security solutions based on sustainability, continuity and modern management, in the whole range of chemical activities, including storage, transportation and transmission of chemicals and energy carriers. Leading international partners, governments, organisations and chemical industry have actively supported the Centre and jointly develop and introduce international programs to enhance chemical security at national and regional levels. The Centre actively promotes the global chemical security culture.
The conference reviewed the existing capabilities and potential of the Polish and international partners from governments, industry, science and technology in the areas of chemical security and environmental protection. The Polish and international participants of the Conference identified and confirmed the Poland’s comparative advantages in the areas of chemical security and environmental protection. The Conference considered the different areas of chemical security and their application in the international security, economic and trade cooperation, as well as in science and technology exchanges. These areas included: Chemical safety and security in industry and transport of chemicals and energy carriers; Development of the manufacturers' platform for chemical safety and security; Chemical safety and security in the process of shale gas search and mining; Preventing ecological and chemical threats at the local level; Sea dumped chemical weapons; Chemical terrorism and ecological bombs.