S2S: A gateway for plant and process safety

• Unité de recherche: PCRD EU
• Numéro de projet: 01.0356
• Titre du projet anglais: S2S: A gateway for plant and process safety

Mots-clé (Anglais)

Economic Aspects; Environmental Protection; Industrial Manufacture; Innovation; Technology Transfer; Safety

Autre Numéro de projet (Anglais)

EU project number: G1RT-CT-2002-05094

Programme de recherche (Anglais)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.3.9 Support for research infrastructures

Description succincte (Anglais)

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Autres indications (Anglais)

Full name of research-institution/enterprise:
Swiss Institute for the Promotion of Safety & Security

Résumé des résultats (Abstract) (Anglais)

The fact that there are already a number of existing networks addressing the topic of process and plant safety is a good starting point. To strengthen the outcome of these they can be with benefit co-ordinated. Therefore S2S (Safety to Safety), which will establish a Gateway for Plant and Process Safety, is a common initiative of several networks and its merobers to get some co-ordinated activities off the ground.

The objectives of this initiative on process and plant safety are:
- To create a European Research area;
- To combine the knowledge available in the different networks and countries;
- To be the electronic references point and the web portal;
- To document and up-date the competence and state of the knowledge;
- To offer safety guidelines and training activities especially for SMEs.
The fact that there are already a number of existing networks addressing the topic of process and plant safety is a good starting point. To strengthen the outcome of these they can be with benefit co-ordinated. Therefore S2S (Safety to Safety), which will establish a Gateway for Plant and Process Safety, is a common initiative of several networks to get some co-ordinated activities off the ground.

The objectives of this initiative are:
- To create a European Research area;
- To combine the knowledge available in the different networks and countries;
- To be the electronic references point and the web portal;
- To document and up-date the competence and state of the knowledge;
- To offer safety guidelines and training activities especially for SMEs.

Références bases de données (Anglais)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 01.0356