First ASSE Forum in Egypt 

The Egyptian Chapter  of  the  American   Society of  Safety   Engineer  (ASSE)  held  its  first

 forum, in  Cairo, attended by key figures of the HSE field in the Oil and Gas sector.

The Egyptian Chapter was founded in Cairo, by a petition meeting on Saturday, March11 2000,

and the Inaugural Meeting  held by  Wednesday ,J une  7 ,  2000  and  was  honored  by  the

 presence of Mr. Fred Fortman ,Executive Director of the ASSE.

The  forum  was held to  promote   membership  of  Egypt   Section  and  be  eligible  to  be

Chapter in order to share experience while  develoing  the  body of  knowledge   relevant  to 

 the HSE  profession  through technical meetings.

ASSE  Egypt  Section  was  founded , as  the third international section  outside  the  USA, in

 June 2000. 

Their vision  is to  be able to premier  organization  and resources for  those  engaged  in the

 practice of protecting people, property and the environment ,  and  to  lead  the  profession

nationally.

ASSE  is  a  global association  providing  the  professional   development and  representation

 for  those engaged in the practice  of safety  health and the  environment   and   providing 

 services to  the  private and public sectors to protect people, property and the environment.

The forum witnessed the participation of many Egyptian petroleum figures.Dr.  Weal Abdel

Ghany, Halliburton  Egypt, opened the agenda of  the event after that Eng.Ayman  fat- thy,

Country Business  Team Leader,   3M Egypt ,  addressed his  word.   Among  the   speakers,

there were Eng. Saeed  Khalifa, HSE Manager of the Egyptian fertilizers Company, introduced

 the ASSE  Organization and what is stands for.

Eng. Ramy Tolba, Team Leader OHES, 3M Egypt, showed a presentation about the importance

 of personal protective equipment and its new technologies while Dr. Hus- sein Abdul Haie, First

 under Secretary of state  Ministry  of  Labour  &  Work  force  and  Director  of  NIOSH  Egypt ,

 clarified Egypt national OHS  Strategy through his presentation .

Eng. Ahmed Azzam, Country Safety Leader, Ideal Standard  Group, introduced new  concept in

Safety Understanding during his speech on the " Meerkat way " and how this small animal could

achieve   the   HSE   policies   by   teamwork.  There  were  also Eng.   Mohamed   Abdul  Aziz, 

HSSE Manager , SEOAS. Who discussed  the  role  of   OSHAS   180001 i n   HSE   applications 

 and   Eng . Mohamed  Fekri ,  HSE   Mgr . , Egypt  LNG,  discussed  the clean    development  

mechanism for Co2 emissions. Finally Eng.  Ahmed  Kamal  , Manager  Environmental  compliance office,Federation of  Egyptian  industries,  discussed the role of FEL  r ole   played towards  the

EHS policy.