Giving governments the means to regulate risk
Industrial investment in Central and West Africa is growing: gas terminals, refineries, mines, special economic zones. The administrations responsible for supervising them need clear regulatory frameworks, practical technical tools and trained inspectors.
BECP Conseil puts its industry experience at the service of governments, with one requirement: frameworks that are applicable, proportionate and consistent with international standards.
Regulatory frameworks and technical guidance
We support ministries and agencies in drafting or overhauling their regulations on hazardous facilities: notification and permitting regimes, content of safety reports, emergency planning obligations, inspection and enforcement. Each text is accompanied by the technical guidance needed to implement it.
Classified installation nomenclature
The nomenclature is the keystone of the system: it defines which facilities fall under which regime. We design nomenclatures suited to the country’s industrial base, inspired by best practice and built to evolve.
Audits of supervised facilities
On behalf of the administration, we carry out technical audits of existing facilities: compliance with permit conditions, condition of safety barriers, emergency preparedness. Our reports rank the findings and propose realistic compliance deadlines.
Inspector training
A regulatory framework is only as good as those who enforce it. We train inspectors to read a safety report critically, conduct an inspection, evaluate an emergency plan and engage with the operator.
Strict separation of assignments
BECP Conseil works for governments and for operators. To preserve the independence of each assignment, we never act on behalf of the administration on a facility we have advised as the operator’s consultant, and vice versa. This rule is part of our commitments and is checked before every proposal.
