National workshop on the use of dispersant and local contingency planning

Name: National workshop on the use of dispersant and local contingency planning
Start: 2011-11-07T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2011-11-10T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Luanda

Date(s)
7-10 Nov 2011
Location
Angola (Luanda)

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Information

Activity	National workshop
Topic	Contingency Planning, Dispersant
Number of Participants	45
Host	Ministry of Petroleum (Ministério dos Petróleos)

Objectives

On local contingency planning:
- Clarify responsibilities and scope of action of local incident management organizations (provincial and ports)
- Present and review elements for the development of provincial plans
- Review the integration of the Provincial Plans into the National Plan

On the use of dispersant:
- Present and discuss recent developments in dispersant use
- Present and discuss the results from specific dispersant-related research projects addressing the use of dispersant within the context of national policies
- Present and review the existing dispersant use policy in Angola in the light of the information presented during the technical sessions
- Expand emergency procedures for the importation of stockpiles of dispersant and specialist dispersant spraying aircraft, including logistics at the airport and means of spreading (e.g. ship or aircraft).