MIMIC - Minimizing risks of maritime oil transport

by holistic safety strategies

WP 4/ Task 4:Assessment of the overall safety

management

Background

• Cooperation between authorities in relation to the overall safety management of maritime oil transports in Finland has been coincidental and guided by accidents or concern (Dufva et al., 2010, Metku project)→ Need to develop and extend intersectoral, multi-professional cooperation and transmission of information between authorities, to prevent new hazards and to make preventive activities more effective

– Internal Security Programme (2008) of the Ministry of the Interior

Aim of task 4/4

• Propose “a machinery” of organizations, activities and information flows, to help manage the risk of oil accidents and to prevent the accidents. – Tasks of such a machinery:• define information needs• collect, analyze and review information• define requirements for economic, technical and

intellectual resources• provide reliable information to the decision making• …other?

Process of task 4/4• Compare the overall risk management system of oil spills to

nuclear power risk management and to fisheries management. 1. Chart and analyze organizations, people, practices and information

flows related to risk management in all three fields• literature review • thematic interviews

2. Pick up such best practices and elements from the information processing in fisheries management and nuclear power risk management, which seem to be appropriate to the safety problems of maritime activities.

3. Seminar/workshop (involving stakeholders)4. Reporting

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Memberstates

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Scientificinstitutes

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RecommendationAdvice/statement

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Statement Statement

Europeanparliament

Objectives

Policy-making

DiagnosticsIntervention

Social system”fishermen” Natural system

”fish”

External influenceExternal influence

Takaisinkytkentään perustuva kontrollimekanismi kalastuksen säätelyssä

(Nielsen&Holm 2007)

Outcomes/deliverables

• Recommendations of improved ways for risk management in terms of information sharing and risk communication; report

• Peer reviewed journal article • Popular journal article, in Finnish