News: Assistance and Protection
- First Responders in Latin America and the Caribbean improve capacity to respond to chemical emergencies
- OPCW launches new course for law enforcement community
- New OPCW inspectors complete initial training
- OPCW expands global pool of chemical emergency response trainers
- New OPCW self-assessment tool enables countries to take stock of chemical security threats, devise improvement measures
- OPCW supports Cameroon to strengthen emergency response and mitigation against chemical threats before 2022 Africa Cup of Nations
- OPCW launches first workshop for female First Responders in the Pan-American region
- First Responders from across the globe enhance skills in toxic chemical incident management
- Experts from Portuguese speaking OPCW Member States expand chemical incident response capabilities
- Czech Republic contributes CZK 300,000 to support assistance and protection training in Africa
- OPCW assists Russian speaking Member States in strengthening protection against chemical weapons and toxic industrial chemicals
- USA contributes €165,000 to support customs control over toxic chemicals in Africa
