The forum provides for exchange of ideas and opinions regarding methods and principles applied to efficient exercise of the supervision of safety and working environment, and exchanges facts regarding the supervision activities and informs one another regarding relevant technical issues, regulatory development, etc.
Within the possibilities and limitations stipulated through national frameworks for the activities, this will contribute to promoting a common understanding among the members with regard to issues such as: the role of the supervision authorities, use of policy instruments in the supervision, supervision methods, competence development, the relationship between the authorities and industry, etc.
The following participate in the co-operation in addition to Norway: Australia, Brazil, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the USA.
Contact in the PSA:
Odd Bjerre Finnestad
E-mail: Odd.Bjerre.Finnestad@ptil.no
Link to members' home pages:
- Australia: National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority
www.nopsa.gov.au - Brazil: Agencia de Nacional de Petroleo
www.anp.gov.br - Canada:Canada - Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board
www.cnsopb.ns.ca - Canada: Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board
www.cnlopb.nl.ca - Netherlands:State Supervision of Mines
http://www.sodm.nl/index_eng.html - New Zealand: Occupational Health and Safety Service of Department of Labour
www.osh.dol.govt.nz - United Kingdom: Health and Safety Executive
www.hse.gov.uk - United States: Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior
www.mms.gov
