European Centre of Technological Safety - TESEC


 

Vyshhorodska St, 21
Kyiv 02000
Ukraine

Email: t[email protected] 
Director: Viktor Poiarkov

Foundation/Legal status

The European Centre of Technological safety (TESEC)  was created in compliance with the Decree of Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on the “Conception of Creation and Activity of European Centre of Technological Safety (TESEC)” # 1259 of 17.10.96 and according to the decision of Founders (the Ministry of Ukraine of Emergencies and Affairs of Population Protection from the Consequences of Chornobyl Catastrophe from Ukraine and the EUR-OPA Agreement, protocol # 1 of 24.05.97). 

Structure

TESEC management is undertaken by the TESEC higher body - the Council of Founders and the executive body headed by V. Poyarkov who was elected as Executive Director of TESEC at the Council of Founders meeting from 24.05.97 (protocol #1).

Objectives

TESEC is a research and educational organisation that acts in accordance with its statute, and its activity is guided by international regulations, decisions of the Supreme Soviet of Ukraine, decrees of the President of Ukraine, decisions and orders of Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the decisions of the Council of Founders of the Centre.

Main activities and latest achievements

The activities of TESEC were carried out due to high level decisions. Following the mandate given by the 652nd meeting of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, requesting the Secretariat of the EUR-OPA to organise a study of Ukrainian legislation on radiation protection and invite TESEC, to submit to the Committee of Ministers, within one year, a report on the topic "Risk assessment of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the effectiveness of countermeasures." The report was prepared by Ukraine and unanimously adopted at the EUR-OPA Ministerial Meeting in Greece in 2000.

The analytical report "Impact on the environment and the civilian population through the accumulation of chemical weapons and recommendations on measures to protect against these risks" was developed in 2003 at the request of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Recommendation 1571 (2002).

TESEC actively participated in establishing the Civil Protection School in Kosovo following the letter of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, to the Council of Europe Mr. Bernard Kouchner, regarding the participation of the NCPU together with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in the establishment of the Civil Protection School in Kosovo.

In 2013-2017, the book "BASIC KNOWLEDGE ON NUCLEAR DANGER: LESSONS FROM CHORNOBYL AND FUKUSHIMA" was published in 12 languages.
The purpose of this book is to provide basic knowledge about nuclear danger, understandable and interesting for different groups of people: teachers, journalists, managers, students, schoolchildren, etc.

This project is the response of the Council of Europe  to nuclear danger - to ensure better awareness and protection of people. The book has been translated into 12 languages and discussed in Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Georgia, Luxembourg, Moldova, Morocco, Russia, San Marino, the USA, Turkey, Ukraine and other countries.

The European Centre for Technological Safety is responsible for the section on technological risks on BeSafeNet. Viktor Poyarkov is a member of the Editorial Board of BeSafeNet.