Funding Opportunity Program NIH International collaborative Research Under Bilateral Agreements. Foreign CurrencyProgram activities, but also 0700000000 Health and safety, Medical Sciences http://www.friends-partners.org/oldfriends/funding/file001975.html
Extractions: AGENCY: NIH-Fogarty International Center PROGRAM: The Fogarty International Center oversees the participation of the NIH, together with other US agencies, in bilateral cooperative agreements between the US government and a number of other countries; agreements include not only the scientists exchanges and Special Foreign Currency Program activities, but also the conduct and coordination of cooperative research projects that are undertaken through regular support mechanisms. Coordination is achieved through joint research workshops and conferences as well as visits between principal investigators. Countries with which major agreements are currently in effect include China, Japan, Italy, France, Egypt, India, CIS, the former Yugoslavia, Hungary, Poland, Israel, and Finland. Participation by individual institutes of NIH is dependent upon particular scientific areas of interest with respect to these countries. Applications are accepted at any time. DEADLINES: OPEN CONTACT:
The Safety Health Connection - Summer 1994 technical assistance activities, is a collaborative effort between standards and practicesfor site cleanup activities. worker health and safety during cleanup http://tis.eh.doe.gov/docs/shc/942.summ.sec04.html
Extractions: EH Headquarters personnel presented updates on strategic EH activities to members of the Environment, Safety and Health Advisory Committee (ESHAC) on April 13-14, 1994, in Arlington, VA. ESHAC members discussed these activities with EH staff and offered guidance to increase program effectiveness at the public meeting, which was attended by approximately 50 people. Tara O'Toole, Assistant Secretary for EH, presented the first DOE update, discussing key initiatives and upcoming mission changes relative to the Environment, Safety and Health Strategic Plan. The Plan defines EH's role as a corporate resource dedicated to the prevention of injury, illness, and pollution through the implementation of effective worker protection and environmental management programs. Based on this premise, the Plan outlines specific objectives, strategies, and performance measures to help EH better serve the needs of its customers: field and Operations Offices, Cognizant Secretarial Officers (CSO), contractors, workers, the Secretary, the public, and Congress. Dr. O'Toole stated that, for the first time, "EH is tying its success to the field's performance." To this end, the Strategic Plan identifies success factors critical to satisfying four fundamental customer needs: (1) oversight, (2) technical assistance, (3) policy and standards development, and (4) leadership.
Rebuilding Your Home Sustainably after a disaster, including ensuring your safety, emergency sanitization leadership,promote energy efficiency, and stimulate collaborative activities to make http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/freshstart/rebuild.htm
Extractions: Floods and other natural disasters are devastating. They cost lives, loss of property, emotional stress, and disruption of normal life. Residents are displaced from their homes, and often those structures suffer considerable damage. But along with this destruction comes the potential for rebuilding, for making your home more sustainable than before. Particularly after major disasters, reconstruction is an opportunity for individuals to replace aging, damaged buildings with new structures, built with the latest techniques and equipment to lower heating and cooling costs, improve indoor air quality, and increase your familys comfort. Whether recovery means putting damaged homes back together or building new ones, the process creates numerous opportunities for incorporating sustainable technologies. Energy efficiency and passive solar technologies can be incorporated into new or renovated buildings. The site design for new buildings can take into account the natural topography and provide for solar access, and appropriate landscaping can provide shading during the summer and wind protection during the winter Recycled and resource-efficient products can replace their virgin counterparts to conserve energy and landfill space. Energy-efficient windows and increased insulation levels can retain heat during the winter and reflect heat during the summer. Increasing your home's airtightness will lower its space heating and cooling requirements, allowing you to install a smaller, less expensive heating or cooling system.
Research Centres, Institutes And Groups Univeristy Of Guelph 52980. Canadian Research Institute in Food safety (CRIFS) Fosters links among forCultural Studies Dedicated to supporting collaborative activities and research http://www.uoguelph.ca/research/expertise/centres.shtml
University Of Maryland Preparedness, University Of Maryland of Maryland Department of Public safety (UMDPS) automatically to engage the communityin a collaborative state of vigilance against threatening activities. http://www.inform.umd.edu/nowandthen/news/preparedness.html
Extractions: University of Maryland Preparedness As mounting tensions increase the probability of a military action against Iraq, I think it is prudent to reiterate the state of preparedness of this campus and the continued commitment of the University administration to mitigate the potential impact this action could have on the University of Maryland community. Any change in the threat level pursuant to military actions in Iraq will be closely monitored, as will any specific threats to the safety of the UM community. Information concerning the safety and security of this campus will be disseminated to the community through all available avenues of campus communication, and if applicable, any recommended campus actions will be detailed. The University of Maryland Department of Public Safety (UMDPS) automatically implements response protocols based upon the current threat level at the national and local level to mitigate risk at this institution. These response protocols activate different levels of operational activities undertaken by the UMDPS to provide enhanced services to the community and to engage the community in a collaborative state of vigilance against threatening activities. The UMDPS wants to make you aware of the impact that a heightened state of alert has to the campus community by providing general information about the institutional response the campus can expect and what is expected of community members during these uncertain times.
UZ-UCSF Collaborative Research Programme Home Page prior to HPTN 046) entitled safety and Dosing The UZUCSF collaborative ResearchProgramme has several Our programme activities operate from four counseling http://www.uz-ucsf.co.zw/
Extractions: Home HOME Mission History Site Description The UZ-UCSF Collaborative Research Programme is a collaboration between researchers at the University of Zimbabwe and the University of California at San Francisco Mission of UZ-UCSF To establish a research partnership and strengthen the scientific exchange between the two institutions, with the objective of improving reproductive and sexual health. To develop and evaluate interventions designed to reduce the transmission and health consequences of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV. To develop interventions aimed at reducing women's vulnerability to HIV/STIs, through gender empowerment strategies. To build site capacity through staff and management development and training in research methods, statistics, and advanced laboratory techniques, to ensure rigorous quantitative and qualitative research. To invite continuous community participation through the involvement of Community Advisory Boards in the selection of research questions, review of study proposals, assistance in study implementation and the dissemination of research findings to the community and interested stakeholders.
Goals Campus safety as an asset, and supportive campus characterized by preeminent scholarship,including increasingly interdisciplinary and collaborative activities. http://www.iastate.edu/~president/2005/plan/goals.html
Extractions: Table of Contents Iowa State's three strategic plan goals devolve from the plan concept illustrated by Iowa's Engaged Land-Grant University, and set the parameters of our quest to transform Iowa State into the nation's premier land-grant university: Enhance learning through exceptional learner-centered teaching, services, and enrichment opportunities Promote discovery and innovation characterized by preeminent scholarship, including increasingly interdisciplinary and collaborative activities Engage with key constituents through synergistic sharing and partnership of knowledge and expertise to address needs of communities and society These overriding goals intersect with each other to fully reflect the characteristics of our Engaged land-grant university. Thus, it is important to illustrate both the individual characteristics of each goal, and their intersecting and integrative relationships. Common to all three goals, we will particularly attend to: Promoting scholarship - with its emphasis on originality, critical analysis, and peer review - emanating from our quest for excellence Preserving and enhancing human and intellectual diversity consistent with our core values and culture Establishing international leadership in information science; integrating and effectively using information technology and computation services; and enhancing learning and quality of student life through coordinated administrative and academic information services
WIFSS Limitations safety inspection, and enforcement activities for food dedicated for a Food safetyInitiative, which would initiate a collaborative effort involving http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/WIFSS/limitations.cfm
Extractions: Home Executive Summary WIFSS Benefits ... Contact Us T he following agencies are responsible for food safety in California: DHS is responsible for foodborne illness surveillance, outbreak investigation, food safety inspection, and enforcement activities for food manufacturers (5,600) in the State. CDFA is responsible for the surveillance and investigation of reportable livestock diseases and regulates milk and dairy products, and specified animal products (game birds, etc.). Local health jurisdictions and environmental health agencies are responsible for foodborne illness surveillance, outbreak investigation, and retail food facility inspections within their jurisdictions including restaurants and grocery stores. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for the safety of imported foods, a rapidly increasing source of food that now represents over 30% of our produce products. FDA is also responsible for the safety of foods shipped interstate into California. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulates red meat and poultry.
FAO-WHO Global Forum Of Food Safety Regulators risk assessment and risk management activities in the area of food safety. Thismay be best achieved through the FAO and/or WHO collaborative centres, and http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/MEETING/004/Y1941E.HTM
Extractions: 6. Recommendations The experts of the WHO Expert Consultation submitted the following principal comments: Food Safety Authorities in Member Countries should structure their food safety system(s) on a risk-based approach that includes appropriate communication and interaction between risk assessors, risk managers, and stakeholders. The functional separation of risk assessment and risk management is essential to the conduct of risk analysis activities. Independence, transparency, and robustness of the scientific analyses and advice are essential determinants of their credibility. Nonetheless, effective dialogue among risk assessors, risk managers, and other stakeholders is essential to maximize the utility of the assessment findings and to ensure that both scientific and societal goals are met.
Extractions: Virginia Farm Bureau Safety Education and Outreach Program: A Case Study of Applications and Lessons Learned To conduct a detailed case study analysis of the VA FB farm safety education and outreach service program to assess its impact on hazard and injury reduction for farmers and its public health contributions to rural communities. (Year 1) To conduct an annual meeting where the VA FB case study findings will be presented to Farm Bureau and Farm Bureau insurance leaders from other Network states to determine the utility of the Virginia program as a model for farm safety education and outreach service programs in these other states. (Year 2) To conduct a second annual meeting with Farm Bureau and farm insurance carriers from other Network states to report their progress in developing similar collaborative farm safety education and outreach services in their states. (Year 3) To conduct a third annual meeting to assess the impact of the project activities in terms of increased farm safety education and service activities conducted by participating state Farm Bureaus and their farm insurance companies. (Year 4)
IRSST - Schorlarships And Grantings field of occupational health and safety. Admissible activities include studies, analyses,and scientific design or development. collaborative Research differs http://www.irsst.qc.ca/htmen/5_2.htm
Extractions: Admissibility Funding is available to any researcher likely to further the scientific basis of improving the health and safety of Quebec workers. The IRSST is particularly interested in receiving applications from applicants with a doctorate-level degree in the sciences. Applicants must be either Quebec residents or affiliated with a Quebec institution. Types of Grants Funded Research projects are open to researchers who wish to lead a research project in the field of occupational health and safety. Admissible activities include studies, analyses, and scientific design or development. Collaborative Research differs from Funded Research in one significant aspect: research objectives are defined in collaboration with the IRSST, to ensure tighter linkage to real needs. Activities funded by the joint activities program are developed together with the IRSST. For the most part, they are preliminary to or follow up on research projects, and are shorter and less costly. Examples include literature reviews, pilot, preliminary or feasibility studies, statistical analyses, or expertise activities undertaken to implement a recognized method or find new application for a technique, approach or product produced during an IRSST-funded project.
:: SAFETY + QUALITY COUNCIL :: Fri 11 Apr 2003 advice on current workforce educational activities throughout Australia a Workshopon the Councils collaborative initiative to improve medication safety. http://www.safetyandquality.org/index.cfm?page=Action
FERC: Functions And Responsibilities Within OEP Nonenvironmental compliance reports and activities; PreFiling collaborative work,as safety inspections (LNG); NEPA PreFiling and collaborative work. http://www.ferc.fed.us/About/offices/offices/oep/docs/responsibilities.htm
Extractions: Vacant, Director Pipeline Certificates has responsibility for case management and Commission order preparation for the following workload items: Gas certificate applications for construction and operation of facilities, under Section 7(c) of the NGA Applications for abandonment of facilities under Section 7(b) of the NGA Applications for import and export authorization under Section 3 of the NGA (and related presidential permits) Activities associated with facility-related automatic authorizations and prior notices
Government Issues And Policy was still a significant deterrent to collaborative activities. in standards settingactivities if consistent The Consumer Product safety Act Pursuant to this http://www.consortiuminfo.org/government/
Extractions: GOVERNMENT ISSUES AND POLICY I Introduction II United States III European Union IV US Enforcement Agencies V Useful Links I Introduction Governments worldwide have recognized the importance and impact of standards on their economies. Standards have significant procompetitive effects such as increasing price competition as standard products are more readily compared, and solve issues such as product compatibility and consumer safety. Countries that are leaders in developing standards are at a competitive advantage, and internationally accepted standards are fundamental to the expansion of international trade. In addition to recognizing the economic benefits of standard-setting activities, governments have an interest in standard setting in their capacity as consumers. As the purchasers of enormous quantities of goods and services, governments share with other end-users a desire to make purchases from a wide variety of high quality solutions that are interoperable. While the benefits of standards are widely recognized, so are the potential downsides. By their very nature, standards setting activities that are improperly conducted can discourage or even eliminate competition, giving rise to antitrust concerns. In their role as regulators, governments therefore have a duty to police standard setting in order to prevent abuse of the standard setting process. Governments in the United States and some other countries have taken an active role in applying antitrust laws, in particular, to the standard setting environment.
SEAFDEC News organizations, and to discuss future collaborative activities, especially the in duecourse, however, activities would be Center for Training for safety at sea http://www.seafdec.org/news/
Extractions: From 2 to 11 July 2002, a mission from SEAFDEC, comprising the Secretary General Mr. Panu Tavarutmaneegul, the Special Advisor Dr. Yasuhisa Kato, and TD Information and Extension Division Head Mr. Bundit Chokesanguan, visited MI. The visit aimed to review the current MOU between the two organizations, and to discuss future collaborative activities, especially the follow-up of the Millennium Conference outcomes - the ASEAN-SEAFDEC Resolution and Plan of Action, as well as the IT projects. It was agreed that the original MOU would be maintained and signed in due course, however, activities would be expanded to include the Conference follow-up program. Warmly welcomed by MI staff, led by the Executive Director Mr. Leslie O' Reilly, the mission visited and observed MI Facilities: the Southside Facility, which is the Center for Training for Safety at sea, abandoning ship, rescue boat operations; MV. Lauzier, the MI research and training vessel; the Offshore Safety and Survival Center in Foxtrap; the Center for Marine Simulation; and the Center for Aquaculture and Seafood Development. The mission also visited fishing vessels in St John's Harbour.
Concordat Between The Health And Safety Executive And The SE in advance where proposed changes in health and safety legislation, or joint trainingarrangements and other kinds of collaborative activities in developing http://www.hse.gov.uk/scotland/scordat.htm
Extractions: Water and sewerage Introduction 1. This concordat is an agreement between the Scottish Executive and the Health and Safety Executive. It is intended to provide the framework to guide the future working relationship between the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the Scottish Executive (SE). The objective of the concordat is to ensure that the roles and responsibilities of HSE and the SE in the new constitutional structure are effectively translated into practical working arrangements between the two organisations. The aim is to promote the establishment of close and harmonious working relationships and good communications at all levels between HSE and the SE, and in particular to foster constructive co-operation. Most day to day liaison between the SE and HSE will, in the first instance be handled by HSE's Director for Scotland, based in Edinburgh. Nature of concordat 2. This concordat has been drawn up in accordance with the principles outlined in the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which sets out the understanding of the UK Government and the administrations of Scotland and Wales of the principles and practices that will underlie relations between them. The MOU is augmented by an agreement on the Joint Ministerial Committee (JMC) and by guidance on common working practices. There are also overarching concordats setting out the framework for co-operation on EU policy issues, international matters and statistics which are relevant to this agreement. Where those matters are concerned, reference should first be made to those overarching concordats.
Patient Safety Resources: Essential Links Virginia Hospitals and Patient safety activities (60); Patient safety News Patientsafety Institute; The Pennsylvania Patient safety collaborative Elements of a http://www.vipcs.org/resources.htm
Extractions: Patient Safety and Medical Errors Study Virginia General Assembly: HJ 9 Study; patient safety and medical errors SB 316 Civil law; immunity in sharing patient safety information US Congress: 2002 Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act (S 2590) PATIENT SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS: American Academy of Family Physicians Quality Initiative American Academy of Pediatrics: Quality Improvement and Management American College of Physicians: Focus on Patient Safety ... Medical Errors and Malpractice Deadly mishaps when medicine does harm
H2 Safety Report - The Latest Issue Identify specific collaborative projects that would result support NFPA standardsdevelopment activities (eg, by the NHAs Hydrogen safety Report newsletter. http://www.hydrogensafety.info/articles/02-jan-03.asp
Extractions: National Renewable Energy Laboratory On behalf of the DOE/NREL Hydrogen Program, Al Vasys and I had a meeting with staff of the NFPA at their headquarters in Quincy, MA on Thursday, November 29th. The objectives of the meeting were to: The topics addressed and the results were as follows: NFPAs Article for the NHA Newsletter One of the ways to establish an ongoing NFPA/DOE/NREL/NHA working relationship with respect to hydrogen codes and standards is for NFPA to generate articles occasionally for the NHA newsletter. Carl Rivkin agreed to write an article for the NHAs Hydrogen Safety Report newsletter. This article ( NFPA's Hydrogen Standards , December 2001 issue) describes NFPAs hydrogen activities.
Features Item : Shaping Your Culture For Safety 4) collaborativebased activities. countless ways to get people working together throughoutyour organizations to build pride in their safety-related work http://www.ishn.com/CDA/ArticleInformation/features/BNP__Features__Item/0,2162,9
Extractions: Culture is about the way things are done within organizations. It's also about people's thoughts and feelings toward safety, their beliefs, attitudes and expectations regarding everyday actions. The way each person thinks and acts toward safety shapes the beliefs and behaviors of those around them. Positive cultural changes in safety can start near the middle of the organization, where you're situated. Senior managers are in the best positions of leadership to help support long-term cultural changes that can improve morale, quality and productivity. But it's up to people like you to get things started. To get you going, let's take a look at some very concrete steps that you can take to help improve your culture and related safety systems. With space being limited, I've listed five of nine or ten dimensions that I generally use with my colleagues to help organizations shape their culture toward ongoing excellence in safety. 1) Safety orientation.
Outline The Bill Concerning Reporting, Etc of chemical substances to the environment; and a Material safety Data Sheet takeinto account the progress of international collaborative activities for sound http://www.meti.go.jp/english/report/data/gBI1101e.html
