570 people from around the world took part in ECHA's Stakeholders' Day

30.06.2009 Over 570 representatives of stakeholders from 33 countries (ranging from the EU Member States to India, Korea and the USA) participated in the European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) second Stakeholders´ Day. Over 300 were present at the Conference Centre in Helsinki and a further 270 joined in via webstream. The participants discussed the urgent need for companies to work together and share data in order to prepare joint dossiers for the registration of each chemical substance. At the request of industry, ECHA launched an awareness campaign, called “the clock is ticking – form your SIEF now”, which intends to raise awareness of the urgent need for action if companies are to meet the first substance registration deadline of 30 November 2010. The campaign banner is available to download from ECHA’s website and is free for all to use. Industry associations and national helpdesks are particularly encouraged to join the campaign. The campaign will seek to promote examples of best practice from companies who are well advanced in the registration process. It will also provide additional support for companies who are the so called Lead Registrants – the company taking the lead in developing the registration dossier on behalf of all the other companies who manufacture or import the same substance. For example, monthly webinars are planned for Lead Registrants to help them through the process. The event was webstreamed live across the globe and is still viewable until 27 June. All the slides presented at the event are also available online. More see http://www.echa.europa.eu/doc/press/pr_09_06_stakeholders_day_20090529.pdf