April 2001: ICAPO formally requests non-governmental
organization (NGO) status at the OECD.
January 2002: ICAPO submits comments on draft
guidance document (GD) on validation and regulatory
acceptance.
March 6–8, 2002: ICAPO participates in an OECD
conference on validation and regulatory acceptance.
March 26, 2002: ICAPO is formally recognized as
"invited experts" by OECD.
April 19, 2002: ICAPO submits comments on OECD's
draft phototoxicity test guideline (TG 432).
April 30, 2002: ICAPO submits comments on OECD's
draft skin corrosion tests guidelines (TGs 430 and 431).
May 27–28, 2002: ICAPO participates in a meeting of
the OECD Task Force on Existing Chemicals.
May 29–31, 2002: ICAPO participates in a meeting of
the National Coordinators of the OECD Test Guidelines
Programme.
June 24–25, 2002: ICAPO participates in a meeting of
the OECD Task Force on Endocrine Disrupters.
June 30, 2002: ICAPO submits comments on the draft
OECD Manual for Investigation of HPV Chemicals and
revised guidance documents on the preparation of Screening
Information Data Sets (SIDS) dossiers, SIDS Initial Assessment
Reports (SIARs) and Profiles (SIAPs).
August 2002: ICAPO submits comments on OECD's draft
report of the conference on validation and regulatory
acceptance.
September 30, 2002: ICAPO submits comments to the
OECD on candidate non-animal assays for SIDS endpoints.
November 8, 2002: ICAPO submits comments on the OECD
draft Detailed Review Paper (DRP) pertaining to the amphibian
metamorphosis assay.
November 9, 2002: ICAPO participates in a European
Consensus Platform Workshop on Alternatives (ECOPA), on
increasing OECD's efficiency in promoting the "Three Rs."
November 22, 2002: ICAPO submits comments on Chapter
4 of the OECD Manual for Investigation of HPV
Chemicals—Guidance for the Initial Assessment of Aquatic
Effects.
December 12, 2002: ICAPO submits comments on the
OECD's workplan and schedule of activities.
December 13, 2002: ICAPO submits comments on Chapter
4 of the OECD Manual for Investigation of HPV
Chemicals—Guidance for the Initial Assessment of Health
Effects.
January 20, 2003: ICAPO submits comments on the draft
OECD Test Guideline 433: the Acute Inhalation Toxicity Test
& Draft Guidance Document 39: Acute Inhalation Toxicity
Testing.
March 14, 2003: ICAPO submits comments on the draft
OECD Test Guideline 223: the Avian Acute Oral Toxicity
Test.
March 17–18, 2003: ICAPO representatives participate
in the OECD Validation Management Group for non-animal methods
for the Endocrine Disruptor Testing and Assessment program.
March 19–20, 2003: An ICAPO representative
participates in the OECD drafting group that is completing the
preparation of the guidance document on validation and
regulatory acceptance.
