STAkeholders in Risk Communication STARC Introduction to the workshop

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STAkeholders in Risk Communication STARC
Introduction to the workshop

• Brussels, 9-10 November 2006
• Yves DIEN
• EDF RD

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Goals of the workshop

• Presentation of main results from the STARC
  project
• Provision of the final STARC report
• Feedback from workshop participants
• Are the STARC recommendations realistic?
• Exchange views with other risk communication
  experts

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Key theme of the workshop

• Risk communication and a more dynamic risk
  governance culture
• We address the theme by
• STARC recommendations re policy guidelines
  
• Expert keynote presentations
• Presentations of other European projects and
  practices

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Features of the workshop

• 1.5 days
• 40 representatives
• More than 10 different countries represented
• 27 different organisations
• Documentation e-mailed to participants before
  after workshop

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Features of the workshop

• Interaction among participants
• Time for discussion
• After each presentation
• Specific sessions

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The STARC project (1/4)

• Funded by FP6
• 18 months
• Consortium 6 organisations
• EDF France
• INERIS France
• JRC IPSC Europe (Italy)
• IRGC Switzerland
• Trilateral United Kingdom
• SINE Germany

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The STARC project (2/4)

• Goals
• Promote co-ordination of national approaches on
  risk communication
• Propose initiatives for involving all
  stakeholders and civil society in a more dynamic
  risk governance culture
• Work packages
• Dimensions of risk communication
• Approaches to risk communication (countries
  sectors)
• Good practices
• Final report dissemination activities

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The STARC project (3/4)

• Issues of concern
• Identification of good practices in risk
  communication
• Co-ordination of risk communication within
  countries, between countries and between
  industries
• Initiatives for involving all stakeholders in a
  more dynamic risk governance culture

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The STARC project (4/4)

• Dissemination activities
• workshop
• website (starc.jrc.it)
• e-mails to our contact list
• survey interviews
• CORDIS News, etc

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• Thank you !