ITACOSUF - Committee on Operational Safety of Underground Facilities - the continuation of a series of projects of the European Community funded 5th and 6th framework programme.

ITACOSUF - officially established during the ITA General Assembly in Istanbul, May 2005, under the chairmanship of Prof. Alfred Haack. The scope of the Committee is devoted to safety and security in tunnels and underground facilities in operation.

ITACOSUF - an international partnership to improve safety and security. It is the Committee’s ambition to contribute to and to promote tunnel safety by fostering innovation, raising awareness and supporting the development of regulations. The committee will initiate ad-hoc teams to address issues related to safety and to focus on international research programmes (e.g. 7th Research Framework Programme of the EC). A website, based on the FIT-website with its databases, is being developed.

ITACOSUF - Objectives :

- maintain and develop a network to:
- exchange knowledge
- encourage collaboration
- facilitate the creation of dedicated teams and groups to perform specific (research) activities
- facilitate cooperation worldwide
- enhance research and development activities through combining of national, European and international funding and promoting support
- promote safety (and security) by:
- fostering innovation
- raising awareness of current and newly developed safety (and security) issues amongst decision makers, professional end-users, financers, risk managers, international forums and other stakeholders
- supporting the development of improved regulations

Download the full Work Programme presented by the COSUF Chairman, Prof. Alfred Haack.

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