Joint CASG-Nano and ENPRA Workshop

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Venue: European Commision 'Joint Research Centre', Ispra, Italy
Starts: Wednesday 14th April 2010
Ends: Thursday 15th April 2010

Registered NIA Members are invited to attend the ‘Joint CASG-Nano and ENPRA Workshop on Early Harvest of Research Results on Nanosafety’ (to be held on the 14th and 15th April 2010 at the JRC in Ispra, Italy).

 

*** Delegate places are limited; please register ASAP, by sending an e-mail to steffi.friedrichs@nanotechia.org. ***

 

This is an extended invite to join the European Commission’s (DG RTD) ‘Industry Colloquium on NanoSafety Research & Management’ [2](‘Strategic NanoSafety Group’) at its next scheduled meeting in the form of a ‘Research Information’-workshop, in order to:

  • drive the consolidation of research efforts on regulatory relevant projects
  • provide a platform for the setting of a new action plan for the future collaboration between ‘Strategic and Operational NanoSafety Groups in Europe’ [3]
  • meet representatives of the REACH CASG-Nano (Competent Authorities Subgroup on Nanomaterials), who are currently reviewing drafts of ECHA (REACH) Guidelines on ‘Nanomaterials’ (cf. REACH Implementation Plans on Nanomaterials (RIP-oNs))[4]

A short Industry Colloquium Meeting (‘Strategic NanoSafety Group’) itself will be held in the afternoon of the 14th April; the meeting will deciding upon the next steps to shape and support provide the future NanoSafety Research Agenda.

On the 15th April, the REACH Implementation Plan Projects RIP-oN 2 and RIP-oN 3 will hold a case-studies workshop. 

 

*** In order to find out more about the Joint CASG-Nano and ENPRA Workshop (draft agenda available upon request), or to register for the meeting, send an e-mail to steffi.friedrichs@nanotechia.org. Delegate places are limited; please register ASAP. ***
[1] Follow this link to find out more about ENPRA – Risk Management of Engineered Nanoparticles: http://www.nanotechia.org/news/global/enpra---a-novel-integrated-approach-to-assessing-e
[2] The Industry Colloquium on NanoSafety (Research) & Management was established by the European Commission DG RTD in June 2009, in order to provide strategic direction to the NanoSafety Research Agenda; it has created a draft operation plan which includes: (a) a One-Stop-Shop for industries' advice and contribution (b) a framework for progress monitoring and prioritisation. The NIA has started to provide secretarial support to the ‘Industry Colloquium’; find out more about the ‘Industry Colloquium’ by following the link to ‘Meeting Reports’ in the 'Members only'-area on the NIA website:
·         NIA meeting Note: ‘Industry Colloquium on NanoSafety and Management’ (EC, Place Madou, 1210 Brussels 25th June 2009)
·         (NIA & official) meeting Note: ‘Industry Colloquium on NanoSafety & Management’ (EC, Rue Guimard 10, 1049 Brussels, 10th November 2009)
·         (NIA & official) meeting Note: ‘Industry Colloquium on NanoSafety & Management’ (EC, SDME, Room 3E, 12th January 2010)
 
[3] Background (excerpts from Meeting Notes of former ‘Industry Colloquium’ meetings):
·         ‘An industry group should be established to coordinate (industrial contributions to) nanosafety research with regulatory requirements on the basis of a 5-year roadmap/strategy. The industry group should be a ‘one stop shop’-forum, which shapes the nanosafety research landscape on the Europea[n] level and can meet with all relevant DGs (i.e. RTD, SANCO, ENVI, ENT, JRC, RELEX, etc.).’ (EC, Place Madou, 1210 Brussels 25th June 2009)
·         ‘It was agreed that the Industry Colloquium would form a ‘Strategic NanoSafety Group’ = ‘Industrial NanoSafety Strategy Group’ (this could consists of the entire Industry Colloquium or a sub-group thereof), which would form a building block of NANOfutures. This group would work closely together with the ‘Operational NanoSafety Group’ = ‘NanoSafety Research Group’ [...].’ (EC, Rue Guimard 10, 1049 Brussels, 10th November 2009)
 
[4] Follow this link to find out more about the ongoing review of ECHA Guidelines with view to making nanomaterial-specific recommendations: http://www.nanotechia.org/content/activities2/current-projects/niaprojectripons/