For the purpose of giving immediate and practical application to some elements of the EU Strategy, the Union shall support activities of the OPCW, with the following objectives:

• to enhance the capacities of States Parties in fulfilling their obligations under the CWC,

• to enhance the preparedness of States Parties to prevent and respond to attacks involving toxic chemicals,

• to enhance international cooperation in the field of chemical activities,

• to support the ability of the OPCW to adapt to developments in the field of science and technology,

• to promote universality by encouraging States not Parties to join the CWC.

In this context, the Union-supported activities of the projects of the OPCW, which are in compliance with the measures of the EU Strategy, shall be the following:

• Project I: National Implementation, Verification and Universality

  Activities:

  • Bilateral technical assistance visits

  • Training courses for customs officials on the technical aspects of the CWC’s transfers’ regime

  • Grants to national authorities

  • E-learning tool for national authorities/associated stakeholders

  • Outreach to States not Party to the CWC

  • Investigation of alleged use exercises

• Project II: International Cooperation

  Activities:

  • Analytical skills development course

  • Industry Outreach — CWC and Chemical Process Safety Workshop

• Project III: Visits by representatives of the Executive Council of the OPCW and observers to chemical weapons destruction facilities (CWDFs)

  Activity:

  • Visits to CWDFs

• Project IV: Science and Technology

  Activities:

  • Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) working group meetings

  • Co-funding of an OPCW-International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) International Science and Technology Workshop

• Project V: Preparedness of States Parties to prevent and respond to attacks involving chemicals

  Activities:

  • Regional Workshops — Article X of the CWC and issues of regional cooperation in the area of assistance and emergency response

  • Table Top Exercises (TTEs) and exercise module

  • OPCW as a platform for enhancing security at chemical plants

• Project VI: Africa Programme

  Activities:

  • Bilateral technical assistance visits

  • Training courses for customs officials on the technical aspects of the CWC’s transfers’ regime

  • Industry Outreach — CWC and Chemical Process Safety Workshop

  • Analytical skills development course

  • Regional workshop — Article X of the CWC and issues of regional cooperation in the area of assistance and emergency response

  • Regional long-term capacity building project in the assistance and protection field

  A detailed description of the Union supported activities of the OPCW referred to above is set out in the Annex.