BECP Conseil
Our reading of the public texts, standards and programmes that shape industrial risk management in Central and West Africa.
Regulatory watch: Directive 2012/18/EU remains the most comprehensive reference for building a national major-accident prevention system. A reading for administrations in Central and West Africa.
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Institutional watch: adopted in 1993, Convention No. 174 of the International Labour Organization commits states to identify their major hazard installations and organise their prevention. A framework African administrations can use directly.
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Lenders' watch: the eight Performance Standards of the International Finance Corporation and the Equator Principles set the environmental and social expectations of most lenders. Standards 1, 3 and 4 concern industrial risk management directly.
Read moreInstitutional watch: the OECD Guiding Principles cover the whole cycle of chemical accident prevention, preparedness and response. A useful reference for training inspectors and structuring emergency response.
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Regulatory watch: Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Gabon. The founding texts exist, often for a long time; the challenge is now their implementation on major hazard facilities.
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Institutional watch: the APELL programme of the United Nations Environment Programme offers a ten-step method for organising, at local level, preparedness for industrial accidents between operators, authorities and communities.
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