The regional workshop on hazardous chemicals management, organized by AIT, the Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research of Norway (SINTEF) and the Pollution Control Department of Thailand, will be held at the AIT Conference Center during December 10-14, 2007. This regional workshop is part of the project “Capacity Strengthening on Hazardous Chemicals Management”, sponsored by the Norwegian government and being undertaken jointly by AIT and SINTEF. The workshop goals is to contribute to the reduction and eradication of health and environmental risks hosted by improper hazardous chemicals management, including awareness raising and capacity strengthening. There will be about 30 regional participants coming from Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos PDR, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. Resource persons of the workshop will be from AIT, SINTEF, and other international experts in hazardous chemicals management. For further information please contact: Dr. Nguyen Thi Kim Oanh at kimoanh@ait.ac.th.