The EC4SafeNano project was driven by demand (the stakeholder’s needs) and aimed to develop tangible and competitive results (harmonised expertise supporting service provision for safe innovation) as part of the Centre’s strategy (the Centre’s competencies, structure and governance). The Customers are both, Civil Society (public organizations, EU, MS, NGOs, Trade Unions…) and Economy (industry, research organisations and service providers). Therefore, the Centre will serve efficiently the society and economy, with the following impacts:
- Societal impact, notably on the Quality of life, Health, and Environment in terms of more effective risk assessment and management, improved Understanding and Education through training and dissemination activities as well as enhanced Public services, Policy and Public engagement through support to regulatory activities in the field of risk management,
- Economic impact, notably on Innovations, Competitiveness, Growth, Employment and Business thanks to the development of harmonized services supporting safe innovation and integrating risk evaluation in the industrial innovation value chain with optimized cost-benefit analyses,
- Technological and Academic impact, notably on Knowledge, Technology development, Training and Education thanks to the gathering of existing knowledge and the development of tools to translate science into expertise through optimised harmonisation processes.
The EC4SafeNano main objectives are to define the structure, governance and capabilities of a one-stop-shop that will serve the society and will support the economy as:
- An independent science-based EU nanosafety reference platform for all stakeholders in nanotechnology that collates information into a comprehensive and accessible European network portal and provides a solution to the problem of data accessibility and transferability, by removing barriers which currently limit knowledge distribution;
- A European Hub to provide services and support for stakeholders (e.g. industry, governments, researchers etc.) to create in a sustainable way marketable, societal approved products and goods;
- A system to ensure regular gathering of stakeholders’ needs and mapping of all technical resources and to conduct fit-and-gap analyses on needs and resources
- An efficient network able to: i) enhance the link between society and economy, ii) provide collective review of services, iii) facilitate access to dedicated instruments and platforms and iv) to identify capabilities ready to answer stakeholder demands;
- A tool to disseminate significant research outputs efficiently disseminated to national and international communities.
