IFCS Officers

IFCS President
Country: Senegal

Mr Cheikh Ndiaye Sylla
Director of Environment and Classified Establishments
Ministry of Environment
106 rue Carnot
BP 6557
Dakar Etoile
Dakar
Senegal
Tel: +221 33 822 6211
Fax: +221 33 822 6212
Email: denv@sentoo.sn ; denv@orange.sn

IFCS Vice-President - Africa
Country: Mauritius

Mr Ramchurn Seenauth (interim)
Environment Officer
Ministry of Environment
6th Floor
Ken Lee tower
St Georges Street
Port Louis
Mauritius
Tel: +230 213 3058
Fax: +230 211 38 66
Email: rseenauth@mail.gov.mu stanas@intnet.mu

IFCS Vice-President - Asia and Pacific
Country: Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Mr Gholamhossein Dehghani
Secretary
National Authority for Chemical Conventions
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Building 8 West,
Tehran
Tel: +98 21 61154336
Fax: +98 21 6740094
Email: gdehghani7@gmail.com
cc: Mr Nassereddin Heidari
Deputy Secretary
National Authority for Chemical Conventions
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Building 8 West,
Tehran
Tel: +98 21 61154421
Fax: +98 21 6740094
Email: nheidari@mfa.gov.ir

IFCS Vice-President - Central and Eastern Europe
Country: Poland

Dr Michal Andrijewski (interim)
Expert of the Ministry of Health
Bureau for Chemical Substances and Preparation
ul. Sw. Teresy 8
Lodz 91-348
Poland
Tel: +4842 6314 681
Fax: +4842 6 31 46 79
Email: mandrijeuski@chemikalia.gov.pl ; michal.andrijewski@chemikalia.gov.pl

IFCS Vice-President - Latin America and Caribbean
Country: Suriname

Dr Jules F. M. De Kom
Toxicology Focal Point
Secretariat Director
Ministry of Health
H. Arronstraat 64 B
Paramaribo
Tel: +597 477601 or 597 44 2222 Ext. 578
Fax: +597473 923
Email: dekomj@sr.net ; apotheek@azp.sr

IFCS Vice-President - Western Europe & Other Groups
Country: Switzerland

Dr Georg Karlaganis
Head of the Substances, Soil & Biotech. Div.
Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy & Communications
Federal Office for the environment
Worblentalstr. 68
3063 Ittigen
Bern CH-3003
Tel: +41 31 32 26 955
Fax: +41 31 32 47 978
Email: georg.karlaganis@buwal.admin.ch

Role of the President

Role of the Vice President

Future of IFCS
Proposal to integrate IFCS into ICCM as an advisory body
Ar [pdf 122kb] | Ch [pdf 307kb] | En [pdf 47kb] | Fr [pdf 48kb] | Ru [pdf 381kb] | Sp [pdf 50kb]

Post Forum VI
Forum Standing Committee Working Groups

Past Events
Forum V, Budapest, Hungary, from 25 to 29 September 2006
More information

Climate Change and Chemical Safety: the Problem [ppt 5.50Mb]
Presentation by H.A.M. de Kruijf
20-22 Dec 2008
Alexandria, Egypt

Substitution and Alternatives
A list of case studies, examples and tools prepared by the FSC Working Group, intended to provide information and guidance on risk reduction

Applying Precaution in the Context of Chemical Safety
Tools, case examples, and selected references intended to provide information and guidance.

IFCS Information Circulars
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IFCS videos
Chemical Safety in a Vulnerable World.
IFCS Forum IV video
Access video

Children and POPs
- Protecting our most precious resources.
Documentary in Spanish with subtitles in English
Windows media player [wmv 30.32Mb]

Chemicals Management Officials in National Governments
more information

Strategic Aproach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM)
more information

Indicator of Progress: National Focal Point Annual Survey
more information

IFCS Award of Merit
The prize recognizes a person/organzation for outstanding contributions to activities in chemical safety.
Awards of Merit

IFCS Special Recognition Awards
Recognizes those contributing in an exceptional way on a special chemical topic or activity more information
Special Recognition Awards