ENEA Atlas for development cooperation
Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
Projects
Capacity building and raising awareness for identifying and responding to threats from chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear materials in Sub-Saharan African countries (Project 13)
Per il raggiungimento degli obiettivi:
Recipient country:
South of Sahara, regional
Period: 2012-2015
Description
ENEA is coordinator of the project, funded by the European Commission under the EU CBNR Risk Mitigation-Centre of Excellence initiative and aimed at increasing awareness raising on dual-use concerns of chemical, biological, nuclear and radiological materials and plants. The project fosters the creation of a stronger national CBRN legislation and national coordination, and the development of a sustainable national strategy to tackle CBRN hazards.
ENEA Activities:
- State-of-the-art study of the sector know-how in each country and identification of target subjects;
- Working out educational material for regional and national training seminars;
- Organizing seminars to raise awareness on CBRN hazards and possible mitigation actions to undertake at the national level and with the international support
Countries & partners:
- ITALY: ENEA, Luigi Sacco Hospital (University of Milan);
- FRANCE: France Expertise Internationale
Sectors
720 - Emergency Response
72012 - Education in emergencies
72012 - Education in emergencies
SDGs Target
3.9 Substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination