Working with scenarios, risk assessment and capabilities in the national safety and security strategy of the netherlands (original) (raw)
National Risk Assessment in The Netherlands
Nowadays, National Safety and Security issues receive much attention in many countries. In 2007, the Dutch government approved a National Safety and Security Strategy based on a multi-criteria analysis approach to classify potential threats and hazards. The general methodology of this Dutch National Risk Assessment and the specific multi-criteria-based approach developed for it are presented in this paper. Five issues are discussed here: the objectives, requirements and criteria of the risk assessment; the multi-criteria methods used; the pluralistic weighting approach; the sensitivity and robustness analyses; and the outcomes of the Dutch National Risk Assessment.
Risk Assessment in the Netherlands
1997
The Dutch approach to risk assessment is defined in the National Plan for Environmental Protection Policy (NMP) of 1988. The goal is the present and future protection of humans, animals, plants, the ecosystem, and property through measures designed to provide for a sustainable development. The safety goals are defined in "Premises for Risk Management," an annex to the NMP, in 1989.
Focal Report 5 - Risk Analysis: Using Scenarios to Assess Risks
"Author(s): Myriam Dunn Cavelty, Elgin Brunner, Jennifer Giroux, Christoph Doktor, Gabriel Brönnimann Series: Risk and Resilience Reports Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich Date: 2012/09/03 Publication Year: 2012 This report aims to shed some light on the interrelationship between (different types of) scenarios and risk assessment by looking more closely at risk management approaches in Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany and the United Kingdom. In turn, it aims to develop a more nuanced understanding of the value and limits of scenarios in risk assessment.: Myriam Dunn Cavelty, Elgin Brunner, Jennifer Giroux, Christoph Doktor, Gabriel Brönnimann"
Increasing Competencies of Security and Safety Managers in the Risk Assessment Process
Proceedings of CBU in Social Sciences ..., 2020
Security management is an important part of the overall management of an organization. It aims to protect the health and life of persons, organization property and the environment itself. Achieving this goal, which represents achieving the required level of both security and safety, is undoubtedly dependent on the activities performed by security and safety managers. One of the basic processes affecting the security and safety level in the given organization is a risk assessment process. Based on the results of this process, particular measures are implemented to either avert or reduce the security and safety risks. The KARS method presented in this article is one of the methods applicable to the risk assessment process. The added value over other methods used in practice is that the assessment takes into account the correlation of the assessed risks. The case study presents the application of the KARS for evaluating risks magnitude within a real reference object.
Safety Science, 2016
Introduction of the concept of risk within safety science in The Netherlands focussing on the years 1970-1990 Word count: 13.880, clean text ex summary and refs: 11.591 Summary 1. Introduction 2. Materials and methods 3. The period up to 1970: the emergence of the concept of risk 2.1 Operations research 2.2 Reliability engineering 2.3 Risks of flooding 2.4 Risks and nuclear energy 2.5 Risks in process safety 4. The seventies and eighties: quantification of risks in The Netherlands 4.1 The need for a quantitative approach 4.2 The concept of risk in the process and nuclear industries 4.3 Debating quantitative risk analysis in separate disciplines 4.4 LPG integral study 4.5 Quantitative risk analysis as presented in the Dutch "colored books" 4.6 Criticism of quantitative risk analysis 4.7 Risk perception 4.8 Risk-based approach in Dutch occupational safety 4.9 The acceptability of risks 5. The period after 1990: Risk becoming an accepted concept 5.1 Process Safety: quantitative risk analysis methodologies documented in textbook series 5.2 Exposure to: acceptable risk carcinogenic substances: basis for determining an acceptable risk level 5.3 Occupational safety: introduction of the concept of risk inventory and evaluation (RI&E) 6. Discussion and conclusions 6.1 Developments decisive for introducing the concept of risk in safety science in The Netherlands 6.2 Theories, models, and metaphors developed in the considered period (1970-1990) 6.3 Development of quantitative models 6.4 Risk as a new model 6.5 Differences between the introduction of the concept of risk into occupational safety and into process safety 7. Literature
This paper reviews a selection of target levels for safety and security in order to identify their common properties. It is accompanied by a brief investigation of several key terms used in risk management. Risk management is used as an umbrella term for the various research areas dealing with multiple hazards, impacts types and measures for dealing with them. The paper draws upon examples and experience from the wider field of disaster risk research and civil protection. A concept which identifies the common properties and content of risk management goals in general is then devised. Normative implications and challenges in applying risk management goals and the use of terminology are discussed. Finally, two main future research areas are briefly outlined: the role and responsibility of the researcher or observer; and the ways of making use of risk management goals in risk communication. This paper provides fundamental information on examples of risk management goals, common properties and risk communication as compiled for and used by certain national authorities in civil protection in Germany. However, its findings may also be useful for fellow researchers within the disaster risk, climate change, vulnerability and resilience community, and for practitioners in the field of risk, and crisis or emergency management. The future applications of these findings will be useful, especially when developing risk management goals for specific user groups and different levels of analysis.
New risk assessment tools in The Netherlands
Work (Reading, Mass.), 2012
In this paper an introduction to and description of the risk assessment tools that are freely available for companies in The Netherlands is given. It is explained in what way the tools can and should be used and how the level I checklist for physical load and the level II instruments are related. The two instruments that -in 2011- made this 'Dutch toolbox' complete, are the checklist physical load and the Working Posture Risk Assessment Tool (WRAP 1.0). The content, the development process and some examples of these tools are explained. The toolbox is complete but does need additional evaluation to improve the quality of the assessments and the usability in practice.
Enhancing Safety: the Challenge of Foresight - ESReDA Project Group Foresight in Safety
2020
This publication is final Technical report from ESReDA Project Group "Foresight in Safety" published by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission's science and knowledge service. It aims to provide evidence-based scientific support to the European policymaking process. The scientific output expressed does not imply a policy position of the European Commission. Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission is responsible for the use that might be made of this publication.
Risk management techniques, including risk and vulnerability analyses, are used by many private sector companies in Denmark and promoted by various industry associations. Such analyses are not uncommon in the public sector either, and are carried out regularly on subjects such as environmental impact studies, food safety, public health, transportation regulation, infrastructure projects, etc. Within most central government institutions in Denmark, however, systematic use of risk and vulnerability analysis is still not an integrated part of their wider civil contingency planning responsibilities.
Integral assessment — putting safety on the agenda for mitigation and preparedness
Safety Science, 2001
Infrastructure planning in densely populated areas like the Netherlands is a complex endeavour. Despite high construction costs, underground constructions and tunnelling have become popular solutions in highly congested areas as they can mitigate many of the negative external effects of infrastructures. Under such circumstances integral assessment of alternatives is considered important but in practice uncommon. In the Netherlands, for instance safety issues are largely neglected in planning procedures. In this paper a participatory Quick Scan approach is presented: a methodology for strategic impact assessment that can be used to help select promising solutions in the early stages of decision making. Special consideration is given to the methodological issues of which risks should be taken into account when considering an integral assessment. It is argued that involving representatives of safety management organisations in the problem formulation stage guarantees attention for safety issues and regulations throughout the design and planning processes. # Safety Science 39 (2001) 93-105 www.elsevier.com/locate/ssci 0925-7535/01/$ -see front matter # 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. P I I : S 0 9 2 5 -7 5 3 5 ( 0 1 ) 0 0 0 2 9 -7 *
Local safety and security planning in Finland
Safety and Security Engineering IV, 2011
Local community safety and security planning is considered an effective tool to increase the security of citizens. When the Ministry of the Interior launched a new internal safety programme in 2004, it also decided to provide support to the regional authorities to prepare these plans. For this reason, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland was asked to develop a common method and tool to identify and assess local threats. The developed method classifies threats in seven safety and security areas. In some of these, such as general vulnerability, criminality and major accidents, the method finds out which issues threaten people in their everyday lives. Some areas, such as disturbances and social exclusion, are regarded as consequences of other trouble, and the aim is to find the root causes of them. The method was established as a web-based software tool called ARTU.
Criteria for Acceptable Risk in the Netherlands
Natural, Accidental, and Deliberate Hazards, 2005
Risk criteria are reference levels that are set in order to protect people against natural and man-made hazards. In the Netherlands, discussion has risen about the current risk criteria for the field of external safety. Reason for the discussion can be found in the fact that risk has been customarily considered purely as the probability of the loss of life. Other aspects such as economical damage and the degree to which the exposure to the risk is voluntary are not taken into account. To judge risk in a wider context a set of rules for the evaluation of risk, which leads to technical advice in a question that has to be decided politically, is proposed.
SAFETY -TURNING THE EVENT INTO A PROCESS: 15 YEARS ON
Legislation within the European Union (EU) is driven by directives. Member States are bound to comply with EU directives within a specified time frame. UK legislation has a clear requirement for employers to manage safety and health through the development of valid and effective risk assessments and associated risk control measures. In the USA safety management systems are identified as one of the key elements necessary to meet the goals of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1970. OSHA's strategy is to pursue the following four strands; Voluntary Protection Programs (safety management system), consultation survey, full-service area offices, and effective enforcement. And while trans-global terminology may differ, the message and the spirit of enforcement remains the same. And yet the evolution of safety created a situation where it became event driven and reactive. This paper discusses how operational analysis and control turned safety back into the process it was intended to be and examines how it developed in the 15 years since it was first introduced in 1996.
2016
; (5) Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Italy; (6) Joint Research Centre (JRC), Italy Knowing the increasing trends in natural disasters and losses, it is imperative to take action on disaster risks to improve resilience of European societies to natural hazards. The main goal, therefore, of the ENHANCE project is to develop and analyse innovative ways to manage natural hazard risks. Key is to develop new multi-sector partnerships (MSPs) that aim at reducing or redistributing risk, and increase resilience of societies. For several reasons, comprehensive and accurate risk information is important for MSPs and for policy-making in general. First, a better understanding of natural hazard risk is important for preventing excessive socio-eco
Risk analysis method integrating both technical and organisational factors
Safety Management Systems (SMS) are now required in a lot of establishments handling hazardous substances in Europe in application of the council directive 96/82/EC of 9th December 1996 on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances, known as SEVESO 2 Directive. The Human Factors play obviously an important part in the effectiveness of those safety management systems. Indeed the system depends on the involvement of the people in charge of applying it. Considering the Human Factors from this angle leads the risk analyst to look at the organisation also through its social aspect. The question raised becomes therefore how the relationships, the power plays between workers, the cultural influences can interact with the intended prevention goals of the SMS. The idea would be to allow the risk analyst to foresee the creation mechanisms of the organisational shortcomings at the origin of the major accident. In this paper the author describes the development of a ri...