Welcome to CIEN - Kenya Environmental Management in Kenya National Research Institutions Multilateral Environmental Agreements Mines and Geology Research and Monitoring The Chemical Information Exchange Network (CIEN) is a network of people involved in the management of chemicals.
It is:
A mechanism that helps networking and collaboration among various stakeholders
responsible for the environmentally sound management of chemicals
A way to link people at the national level through the use of a shared Web site
A means to create regional and international networks by linking national Web sites, and
A framework that helps the access to and exchange of chemical information that supports national decision-making and the implementation of multi-lateral environmental agreements (MEAs).
Why CIEN was StartedChapter 19 of Agenda 21 adopted at the U.N. Conference on Development and the Environment in Rio in 1992 (the Earth Summit) identified access to information on chemicals, including pesticides, as critical to capacity building for the sound management of chemicals, especially in developing countries and countries with economies in transition. Read More >>ObjectivesCIEN was launched by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 2000. The project helped establish national and regional networks, and provided training and equipment.
1. The aims of the CIEN Project are to:
2. Eliminate barriers to information exchange
3. Facilitate access to technical information on chemicals on the Internet
4. Create synergies between national agencies involved in chemical management
5. Strengthen national capacity for the environmentally sound management of chemicals and participation in international activities and agreement
And in this way, Protect human health and the environment. Read More >> CIEN TrainingThe main objectives of the CIEN training was:
- Demonstrate the use of CIEN to access chemicals management information
- Provide training to the POPRC member and other stakeholders involved in sound management of chemicals ways to:
1 Access technical and legal information on chemicals for their sound management
2 Access information related to POPRC and the GMP ongoing work
3 Access specialized data bases Stakeholders MeetingThe main objective of the stakeholders meeting is to:
- Introduce the CIEN project and linkage with the POPRC and other GMP related work
- Discuss country priorities and needs for information exchange
- Introduce project activities in collecting and gathering national data for sound management of chemicals
- Agree on road map for the project implementation |
