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)

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.

Countries & partners: ITALY: ENEA, Luigi Sacco Hospital (University of Milan); FRANCE: France Expertise Internationale

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

Status: Completed

Group of attendees of the Regional Seminar organized in Kampala, Uganda