World Corrosion Organization

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To raise public awareness of corrosion and corrosion control: to develop and implement a Corrosion Awareness Day that is recognized worldwide in the way we recognize Earth Day. A worldwide Corrosion Awareness Day will help create public awareness of corrosion and what the public – individuals – can do to control it. To identify world best practices in corrosion management: to identify what are the best practices; that is, those practices which should always be used by the industrialized world. However, in many parts of the world, countries lack the resources to put in place what the industrialized world agrees are best practices and determine what would be the best practices most suitable for their socio-economic conditions. To facilitate the provision of corrosion control expertise to governments, industries, and communities: to work with the International Corrosion Council to make this information available particularly in the developing world. To normalize corrosion-related standards worldwide: to harmonize the standards that are already in use.