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Safety is the state of being "safe", the condition of being protected from harm or other danger. Safety can also refer to the control of recognized hazards in order to achieve an acceptable level of risk.

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Organizations relating to Safety

World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry / Odense, Denmark / Est. 1991
Fédération internationale pour la sécurité des usagers de l'électricité / Paris, France / Est. 2002
European Association of Jewish Survivors of the Holocaust / Amsterdam, Netherlands / Est. 2001
European Alliance for Access to Safe Medicines / Leigh on Sea, UK / Est. 2007
Fire Safe Europe / Brussels, Belgium / Est. 2011
Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency / Paramaribo, Suriname / Est. 2010
International Life Saving Federation - Asia/Pacific / Leuven, Belgium
Nordisk Kärnsäkerhetsforskning / Røskilde, Denmark / Est. 1977
Central European Air Traffic Services / Est. 1997
Joint Committee on Structural Safety / Aalborg, Denmark / Est. 1971
Nordic Committee for Coordination of Electrical Safety Matters / Tønsberg, Norway / Est. 1963
Radionavigation Interstate Council of the CIS / Minsk, Belarus / Est. 1993
European Crisis Management Academy / Leiden, Netherlands / Est. 2000
International Nuclear Safety Group / Vienna, Austria / Est. 1985
Family Online Safety Institute / Washington DC, USA
International Committee Buchenwald Dora and Commandos / Montreuil, France / Est. 1952
European Feed and Food Ingredients Safety Certification / Brussels, Belgium
Flight Safety Foundation / Alexandria VA, USA / Est. 1945
Survival International / London, UK / Est. 1969
European Network of Safety and Health Professional Organisations / Wigston, UK / Est. 2001
Taiga Rescue Network / Est. 1992
AIP Foundation / Hanoi, Vietnam / Est. 1999
Safe Injection Global Network / Geneva, Switzerland / Est. 1999
European Safety and Reliability Association / Stavanger, Norway / Est. 1986
Fundación Iberoamericana de Seguridad y Salud Ocupacional / Buenos Aires, Argentina / Est. 2000
International Network for Planning and Improving Quality and Safety in Health Systems in Africa / Bordeaux, France / Est. 2006
Asian Nuclear Safety Network / Vienna, Austria / Est. 2002
European Technical Safety Organisations Network / Garching, Germany / Est. 2006
European Patient Safety Foundation / Brussels, Belgium / Est. 2013
Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System / Kingston, Jamaica / Est. 2008
European and Central Asian Safety Network / Vienna, Austria / Est. 2016
Forum of Nuclear Regulatory Bodies in Africa / Vienna, Austria / Est. 2009
Global Nuclear Safety and Security Network / Vienna, Austria
Nordic Research Network for Safety and Quality in Healthcare / Est. 2008
European Centre for Disaster Awareness with the Use of Internet, Cyprus / Nicosia, Cyprus
Centre d'études sur la sécurité internationale et les coopérations européennes / Grenoble, France
European Centre of Technological Safety / Kiev, Ukraine
Africa Safe Water Foundation / Lagos, Nigeria
Association of Gospel Rescue Missions / Colorado Springs CO, USA / Est. 1913
Saferworld / London, UK / Est. 1989
International Humanitarian Centre for Rehabilitation of Survivors after Chernobyl Disaster / Kiev, Ukraine / Est. 1994
American Rescue Team International / San Francisco CA, USA / Est. 1985
Lighthouse International / Est. 1905
International Ship Masters' Association / Avon Lake OH, USA / Est. 1886
Veterans of Safety International / Warrensburg MO, USA / Est. 1941
Centre for Safety and Development / Amersfoort, Netherlands / Est. 2004
Landmine Survivors Network / Washington DC, USA / Est. 1995
Maurice Pate Institute for Human Survival / Redding CT, USA
International Academy of Environmental Safety / San Diego CA, USA / Est. 1971
Indigenous Peoples Survival Foundation / Salt Lake City UT, USA

View all profiles (611 total) in the Yearbook of International Organizations

World Problems relating to Safety

From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential

Substandard shipping vessels
Unsafe genetically modified food
Abortion-related deaths of mothers
Unsafe blood-related products
Harbouring national security offenders
Inadequate facilities for disposal of nuclear warheads
Occupational domestic accidents
Environmental hazards of nuclear weapons industry
Unsafe industrial, laboratory and medical equipment
Accumulation of capital
Discrimination against women in health care
Unsafe design of consumer products
Work-related injury
Polluted drinking water
Dumping radioactive substances
Dangerous countries
Threat of birds to aircraft safety

Action Strategies relating to Safety

From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential

Reducing local energy costs
Saving rainforests
Providing rapid emergency response
Guaranteeing safe living conditions
Improving contraceptive methods
Ensuring clean drinking water
Designing ecologically
Preventing occupational accidents
Providing safe drinking water for the poor
Translating international chemical safety reports into local languages
Evangelizing
Protecting tourists
Developing safer alternatives to dangerous materials
Promoting road safety
Preparing environmental guidelines for safe discharge of waste
Ensuring safe management of radioactive wastes
Facilitating safe free play
Undertaking pre-disaster planning
Conserving endangered species of plants and animals
Protecting global environment
Campaigning against hazardous waste disposal
Researching food safety
Being concerned with food safety
Certifying physical unfitness
Strengthening safety procedures in the areas of risk assessment

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