EIRENE PPP advanced the concept and structure of EIRENE, documented in the Vision & Strategy, which unifies national infrastructures into a distributed network offering harmonised services and open access. The architecture is organised around six pillars: chemical profiling, toxicological profiling, biological profiling, environmental data and samples, human data and samples, and data tools—providing physical and virtual access to labs, biobanks, monitoring programmes, and computational platforms.
Core services were defined through stakeholder consultations, resulting in a service catalogue and access rules. A Data Management Plan, data policy, and ethical guidelines were developed, aligned with FAIR principles and GDPR. Governance and legal frameworks were proposed, selecting the ERIC model as most suitable. A financial model and business plan were completed, alongside HR strategies and a training roadmap, including an EIRENE Training Network to address skill gaps.
Socioeconomic impact analysis and KPIs were established. EIRENE strengthened global visibility, partnering with initiatives such as NEXUS (US) and IHEN. Open-access capacities were developed, including SOPs, spectral libraries, datasets, and Galaxy-based data pipelines via ELIXIR. These achievements position EIRENE as a key infrastructure for exposome research, supporting informed decisions and contributing to environmental protection, public health, and policy.