AWN Nominated for the Irish Times Geoscience Award

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Seveso Capacity Building, Turkey

Engineering company AWN Consulting formed part of a consortium for the delivery of a capacity building contract to the Turkish environment ministry. The contract would support bringing EU Seveso II directives into Turkish law. Turkey has 1,700 Seveso categorised sites, i.e. sites that pose potential major accident risks to local populations and the environment.

AWN provided classroom and on-site training on hazard, environmental and human risk modelling, over a 24-month period across Turkey. Training took place at 15 venues, from Bodrum to Erzerum on the Iraqi/Syrian border, resulting in significant environmental knowledge and skills transfer to 150 inspectors.

AWN also prepared the first EU standard environmental and safety report for a Turkish Seveso site.

In addition, AWN organised a visit to Ireland for 25 ministry officials where they visited a number of Irish Seveso sites and met relevant government and agency officials.

The training has enabled immediate commencement of Seveso site assessment, which has led to greater protection for both population and environment in Turkey today.

 

Please feel free to contact our Seveso specialists to discuss your requirements and options;

Fergal Callaghan (Director)

Maeve McKenna (Principal Risk Consultant)

Attached Documents

PDF icon Irish Times Article 30.11.15 (Irish_Times_Article__30.10.15.pdf | 347 kB)
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