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Water supply is essential to public health, quality of life, environmental protection, economic activity, and sustainable development. In this context, it is imperative to assure the continuous improvement of all processes and practices conducive to guarantee water quality and safety. Water Safety Plans (WSPs) by water utilities are an important public policy tool to accomplish these goals. This manuscript reviews the international evidence of the adoption and implementation of water safety planning and reports the current situation in Portugal, as part of the necessary adjustment of the national legal framework to the publication of the Directive (EU) 2015/1787, October 6th, on water quality for human consumption. The aim is to draw lessons from several successful WSP experiments around the world and extract lessons from these cases when drafting new legislation in Portugal and elsewhere. Findings suggest there are four critical dimensions and key elements of success in developing and implementing WSPs: leadership commitment, technical knowledge, governance, and interagency collaboration. ; This research is partially supported by the "Programa Operacional da Região Norte", NORTE2020, in the context of project NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000037 (SmartEGOV) and by the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia) [Grant No. ...

The Singamma Sreenivasan Foundation, Bangalore, and the Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, had organised a Colloquium on Population Policies in Bangalore on 19 and 20 November 2000. Com prising academics, policy makers and activists from the southern states, this Col loquium yielded a rich corpus of ideas on issues related to health and population. In order to disseminate these further, to stimulate informed opinion and a wider public debate, and indeed to influence policy makers at the Centre, a Second Colloquium on Population Policies was organised in New Delhi on 21 and 22 April 2001. In addition to academics and activists from the health movement, the Colloquium also involved a wide range of women's groups, especially those seriously involved in health and population issues and dalit groups. This paper summarises the main threads of the discussion at the Colloquium. Briefly describing the National Population Policy 2000, the paper analyses the population policies of five Indian states that were the focus of the discussions at this Colloquium. Following this is a summary of the extraordinarily rich discussions that ensued.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Author -- 1. The Safety Profession and Preparing for the ASP/CSP Exam -- Board of Certified Safety Professionals -- Definitions -- Minimum Qualifications to Sit for the ASP Examination -- Academic Requirements -- Professional Safety Experience -- Minimum Qualifications to Sit for the CSP Examination -- Academic Requirements -- Professional Safety Experience Requirements -- ASP/CSP Process -- Examination Blueprint -- Associate Safety Professional Examination Blueprint -- Domain #1-Mathematics (18%) -- Domain #2-Safety Management Systems (23%) -- Domain #3-Ergonomics (13%) -- Domain #4-Fire Prevention and Protection (11%) -- Domain #5-Occupational Health (11%) -- Domain #6-Environmental Management (15%) -- Domain #7-Training, Education, and Communication (9%) -- Certified Safety Professional (CSP) Examination Blueprint -- Domain #1-Advanced Sciences and Math (9.95%) -- Domain #2-Management Systems (13.34%) -- Domain #3-Risk Management (14.49%) -- Domain #4-Advanced Application of Key Safety Concepts (14.69%) -- Domain #5-Emergency Preparedness, Fire Prevention, and Security (10.59%) -- Domain #6-Occupational Health and Ergonomics (12.05%) -- Domain #7-Environmental Management Systems (7.38%) -- Domain #8-Training and Education (10.18%) -- Domain #9-Law and Ethics (7.33%) -- Preparing for the ASP/CSP Examinations -- Knowing Your Strengths and Weaknesses -- Developing an Examination Preparation Plan -- References and Resources -- Test-Taking Strategy -- 2. Regulations -- Occupational Safety and Health Act -- Who Is Covered under the Occupational Safety and Health Act? -- Horizontal and Vertical Standards -- General Duty Clause -- Employer Rights and Responsibilities -- Employee Rights and Responsibilities -- Communications and Correspondence with OSHA.

Resident participation has been a central aspect of neighborhood rehabilitation programs around the world in the last three decades. A number of general issues regarding the principle of participation & its functioning within this context can be identified. Based on a 4-year comprehensive evaluation study of Israel's Project Renewal, two such issues are addressed: (1) representative vs direct participation, ie, whether anyone represents anyone else or whether one needs to participate oneself in order to benefit; & (2) importance of the process of participation vs its product/outcome. 20 References. Modified AA