| Associations & Societies: Risk Assessment & Management |
| To add a listing to this page, contact Mary Bryant, e-mail bryant@tec-com.com. |
| American
Statistical Association: Section on Risk Analysis |
| The Risk Analysis Section, a relatively new section of the American Statistical Association, grew out of an ASA committee and is an advisory to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The principal objectives of the Risk Analysis Section are to study and develop the methodology of risk analysis and risk assessment and to develop their applications to various subject matter areas. (Posted September 2000.) |
| http://www.isds.duke.edu/riskanalysis/ras.html |
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Boston Risk Assessment Group/New England Chapter of the Society for Risk Analysis |
| The Boston Risk Assessment Group (BRAG) for years had conducted informal meetings at Massachusetts Institute of Technology for risk assessors to exchange their experiences. In the late 1980s, the New England Chapter of the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA-NE) began holding chapter dinners and seminars following BRAG meetings. Eventually the two groups jointly began hosting monthly seminars from September through June for those interested in the science and policy of risk assessment to hear about current issues, research, and initiatives. Information about the seminars and other related topics is now available on the BRAG/SRA-NE website, launched in January 2002. (Posted February 2002.) |
| http://www.sra-ne.org/ |
| The Society promotes the development and use of logical methods for the improvement of decision-making in public and private enterprise. Such methods include models for decision-making under conditions of uncertainty or multiple objectives; techniques of risk analysis and risk assessment; experimental and descriptive studies of decision-making behavior; economic analysis of competitive and strategic decisions; techniques for facilitating decision-making by groups; and computer modeling software and expert systems for decision support. Members include practitioners, educators, and researchers with backgrounds in engineering, business, economics, statistics, psychology, and other social and applied sciences. (Posted September 2000.) |
| http://faculty.fuqua.duke.edu/daweb/ |
| Federation of European Risk Management Associations |
| FERMA brings together nine European national risk management associations, which include more than 1800 individual members and a wide range of business sectors from manufacturing to financial services, charities, and health organizations, as well as local government organizations. FERMA exists to widen and to raise the culture of risk management throughout Europe for its members and the risk management and insurance community, achieving its aims by promotion and raising awareness of risk management through the media, by information sharing, educational and research projects. (Posted in June 2001.) |
| http://www.ferma-asso.org/ |
| Global Association of Risk Professionals |
| This not-for-profit, independent organization of financial risk management practitioners and researchers was founded by a group of risk managers from banks who felt that the financial risk management profession should extend beyond the risk control departments of financial institutions. GARP serves its members by facilitating the exchange of information, developing educational programs, and promoting standards in the area of financial risk management. Membership in GARP is free. (Posted in 1998.) |
| http://www.garp.com/ |
| International Federation of Risk and Insurance Management Associations Inc. |
| IFRIMA promotes the advancement of risk management and its use throughout the world with education and interaction. (Posted June 2001.) |
| http://www.rims.org/ifrima/ |
| International Society of Exposure Analysis |
| The society's goal is to foster and advance the science of exposure analysis related to environmental contaminants, human populations and activities, and the ecosystem. The membership promotes communication among all disciplines involved in exposure analysis, recommends exposure analysis approaches to address substantive or methodological concerns, and attempts to strengthen the impact of exposure assessment on environmental policy. |
| http://www.iseaweb.org/ |
| The New Jersey Risk Policy Forum |
| This forum is a communications medium for the exchange of ideas, information, questions and interactions between parties interested in promoting the use of risk assessment in environmental and public health decision making in New Jersey. The Forum is not a government agency nor does the Forum represent the policies or positions of any government agency. |
| http://www.newjerseyrisk.org/ |
| The New Zealand Society for Risk Management |
| The purpose of the Society is to improve the knowledge and practice of risk management in New Zealand. The Society promotes the principles and theory of risk management and brings together persons and organizations involved in all aspects of risk management. |
| http://www.risksociety.org.nz/ |
| PRMIA, a non-profit incorporated association organized and incorporated in January 2002, provides a free and open forum for the promotion of sound risk management standards and practices globally by leading industry opinion and supporting the risk management profession; driving the integration of practice and theory and certifying the credentials of those in the field of risk management; connecting practitioners, researchers, students, and others interested in the field of risk management; and promoting cross-cultural ethical standards, serving both emerging and more developed markets. PRMIA's Certified Risk Manager Program--the only globally endorsed certification program for risk managers--sets the standard for assessing the knowledge, competence, and integrity of risk professionals. |
| http://www.prmia.org/ |
| This association promotes effective risk management in the public interest as an essential component of public administration. The association provides public risk management professionals with the latest industry news, issues, and information; practical education and training; cost-reduction methods to counter shrinking budgets; career advancement tools; and top-level model programs and statistics. |
| http://www.primacentral.org/ |
| Risk Assessment & Policy Association |
| promotes multidisciplinary research on the theory and practice of risk assessment and management; fosters intellectual exchange among researchers, risk assessors and policy makers; encourages public involvement in risk assessment and management; examines the use of risk assessment in legislative, regulatory and other policy deliberations; and studies the use of risk analysis in decision making. The association's official journal is Risk: Health, Safety & Environment. |
| http://www.fplc.edu/risk/rapa.htm |
| Risk Management Association |
| This trade association promotes effective and prudent risk management best practice for institutions of all sizes across the entire financial services industry. It also specializes in lending and credit risk information, research, and training. Founded in 1914, RMA was Robert Morris Associates until its name change in July 2000 (see press release). |
| http://www.rmahq.org/ |
| Riskkollegiet |
| a Swedish Risk Academy, was established in 1988. It consists of some 40 persons in Sweden, interested in various aspects of risk. In addition, there are also corresponding members who may participate in meetings and who receive information material and publications. Riskkollegiet organizes symposia and issues a small publication series. On occasion it carries out special studies at request when money to cover the cost is made available. For more information contact Birgitta Lewander, Västmannagatan 48 ög, 113 25 Stockholm, Sweden, telephone 08-31 19 90, fax 08-30 11 33. |
| http://www.dsv.su.se/~jpalme/riskkollegiet.html (in Swedish language) |
| Society for Risk Analysis |
| The society (known by the acronym SRA) is a multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, scholarly, international society that provides an open forum for all those who are interested in risk analysis. Risk analysis is broadly defined to include risk assessment, risk characterization, risk communication, risk management, and policy relating to risk, in the context of risks of concern to individuals, to public and private sector organizations, and to society at a local, regional, national, or global level (see the international sections listed below). SRA launched its website in 1997. RiskWorld is also a repository for SRA information from 1994 through 1996. |
| http://www.sra.org/ |
| The European Section of the Society for Risk Analysis established its own website in 1999. The SRA website also lists the European Section officers. In addition, RiskWorld serves as a repository for SRA-Europe annual conference abstracts from 1996 through 1999 and for information about SRA-Europe that was published in the 1995 and 1996 issues of RISK newsletter. |
| http://www.sraeurope.org/ |
| Society for Risk Analysis Japan Section |
| Information about the Japan Section of the international Society for Risk Analysis is available in English at the SRA website and in Japanese at http://dss.sys.eng.shizuoka.ac.jp/srajapan/. Information about Japan Section that was published in the 1995 and 1996 issues of RISK newsletter is available in RiskWorld. |
| http://www.sra.org/about_sections.php#japan |
| Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment |
| This non-profit organization based in Cincinnati, Ohio, is "dedicated to the best use of toxicity data for risk assessment," according to founder Michael Dourson, a former toxicologist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The organization assists environmental, industry, and government with tasks such as developing new risk values, conducting original risk assessment research, reviewing assessments prepared by other parties, analyzing risk positions and regulatory approaches of government agencies, providing expert opinion for litigation support, and preparing educational materials. One of TERA’s main projects is its on-line database International Toxicity Estimates for Risk, which is a compilation of human health risk values from a number of international health organizations. |
| http://www.tera.org/ |
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