The APELL programme has been developed in full cooperation with other partners in industry, NGO's, governments and other international organizations. In particular, direct support for the APELL programme has been received from: the International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA), representing numerous national associations, from large international corporations, from the governments of Canada, France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and the USA; and from international organizations including OECD and the Commission of the European Communities

Special agreements have been signed and joint projects undertaken with: the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS), the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN Centre for Human Settlements (HAB1TAT), the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the International Labour Organization (ILO), and the International Maritime Organization (IMO).

Partners in the programme development and implementation amongst others are:

UNEP/OCHA

• Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Section (OCHA), Environmental Emergencies Section

Inter-Govenmental

• World Health Organization (WHO)
  
  
• International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)
  
  
• ProVention Consortium
  
  
• International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS)
  
  
• International Maritime Organization (IMO)
  
  
• Economic Commission of Europe (ECE)
  
  
• OECD

Industry

• International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA)
  
  
• European Council of Chemical Manufacturers' Federations (CEFIC)
  
  
• International Council on Metals and the Environment (ICME)
  
  
• American Chemistry Council (ACC - former CMA)
  
  
• Canadian Chemical Producers' Association (CCPA)
  

Other national chemicals associations:

• Large international corporations including Bayer AG, Dow Chemical, Shell, Nalco, OxyChem, Du Pont and Rhone-Poulenc

Government Agencies

• US EPA
  
  
• Swedish Rescue Services Agency

Institutions

• National Safety Council of India
  
  
• Asia Disaster Preparedness Center (Bangkok)