WHAT ARE A SITUATION AND GAP ANALYSIS?
A GHS situation analysis is an important step in the preparation of a National GHS Implementation Strategy . Its purpose is to collect baseline information to document the existing national infrastructure and capacities for chemical classification and hazard communication related to GHS implementation. The purpose of the gap analysis is to compare the existing situation, collected in the situation analysis, with what should be in place to facilitate GHS implementation. This information can be collected and analysed by government, industry and public interest and labour groups for each of four sectors: industrial workplace, agriculture, transport and consumer product chemicals. The output from the situation and gap analysis can be a short report, though there are number of ways a country may choose to present its results. However, countries should use the information gathered in the initial situation and gap analysis to provide a starting point for developing GHS implementa
