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About Us
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The Center for Pollution Prevention Program (C3P) is a consortium composed
of two principal elements:
(1) ITB, Inc. providing engineering and
technical support to accomplish Program/Project/Study
Management, Analysis, and Integration;
(2) Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade (Institute of
Welding and Quality) (ISQ), supporting the identification of pervasive needs and technology across
Portugal and EU through the Framework Programs Innovative
Research Center and providing potential alternative material
technology identification and demonstration/validation
testing;
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C3P, through
government, academic, small and medium enterprise associations,
provides program/project advocacy, and needs and project participant
identification.
Key operating elements of C3P are based upon a premise
of centralized program/project management and decentralized project
execution. C3P’s coordinating activity functions include
facilitation, analysis, coordination, management, and reporting.
C3P’s approach to project management and integration comprises a
systematic, phased methodology for identification and execution of
projects and a set of products resulting in successful project
execution and qualification of less or non-hazardous materials and
processes. C3P’s project integration includes details of both
technical and business concepts, and resource strategies to
accomplish project activities.
C3P is recognized
by Ministério do Ambiente de Portugal (Portuguese Ministry of Environment), and
the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA), Director of Environmental Management, as per the Joint
Statement Between NASA and the Portuguese Ministry of the
Environment Regarding Cooperation in the Field of Environmental
Pollution Prevention Matters signed on September 18, 2002.
The Joint Statement was established through C3P’s recognition of
NASA’s Acquisition Pollution Prevention (AP2) Program as a
world-class organization that benchmarks identified shared needs and
qualifies common solutions. This program’s methodology has been
successfully employed over the past 10 years, and was therefore
adopted by C3P. Through the tenets of the Terms of Reference
(TOR), the opportunity exists to facilitate partnerships among U.S.,
Portuguese, and through C3P, EU government, industry, and other
government agencies, with the purpose of identifying and integrating
commercially available P2 solutions, practices, and procedures into
effective manufacturing and maintenance processes and installations.
Last updated: 026/06/2011
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