Development of Generic Scenarios, alerting system and training modules relating to release of Chemicals by Terrorists (GSCT)

This project set up a platform to enhance cooperation and preparedness on public health threats from chemical agents, including deliberate release threats, across Europe. The project had a number of components to include the development of:

• generic scenarios describing the release of chemicals agents by terrorists. Appropriate scenarios and chemicals will be taken forward to predict risks posed by such events;
  
• a pilot alert system for the rapid identification of deliberate releases of chemicals within a country and the notification of that release in a form that will enable other countries in the European Union to gear up their public health systems; and
  
• core teaching models for public health management of terrorist chemical releases, using the material derived from this project.

Project Partners	CBRN Defence and Security; Swedish Defence Research Agency;  International Programme on Chemical Safety, World Health Organization, Switzerland; National Board of Health and Welfare, Sweden
Grant Agreement Number	2003217
Project Duration	August 2005 - September 2007.
Funding	This project was partly funded by the European Commission.
Publications	Project Summary
	GSCT poster (PDF, 284 KB)
	GSCT poster II (PDF, 1.9 MB)
Related project	CIE Toolkit ETHREAT

Last reviewed: 30 March 2010