Print pageThe functions of the SAICM secretariat include to provide information clearing-house services, such as provision of advice to countries on implementation of SAICM, referral of requests for information to relevant sources, and facilitation of access to information and expertise in support of specific national actions. This clearing-house function will be performed principally on the basis of a web-based facility currently under development. It is intended to integrate, within the clearing house, the Information Exchange Network on Capacity building for the Sound Management of Chemicals (INFOCAP), previously administered by the Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety (IFCS).