By the end of the project, it is expected that the CII-CUT staff will be trained and capable of undertaking an exposome-based health impact assessment of gas/oil operations in the Eastern Mediterranean. The CII-CUT is expected to raise its research profile by publishing in high-impact peer-review scientific journals, by preparing research ideas that transform to strong research proposals and by communicating research results to the wider public using social media and a dedicated project website. Other expected results of the project are the organisation of short-term staff exchange visits, a summer school and an international conference by the end of the project.
The so far impact of the project can be summarized to the below:
•Improvement of skills and knowledge for the CII-CUT staff in the field of the Exposome applications for health impact assessment for gas/oil operations – This was achieved with a series of training sessions and webinars. The CII-CUT staff training will continue further with staff exchange visits and tools sharing. The participants of the training sessions provided positive feedback about the content and structure of the sessions and they were very interested about the practical use of sensors.
•Networking and creation of links with several stakeholders and identification of specific needs for the oil/gas sector through stakeholder workshops, interviews, email and phone communication
•Facilitation of scientific exposure and networking of CII-CUT– Participation in conferences: ISES 2019, ISEE 2019, ISES-ISIAQ 2019, Exposome symposium 2019, publication of scoping review on the characteristics of human exposome studies
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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40726-019-00130-7(opens in new window)) and participation in a newly funded H2020 project (EPHOR)
•Communication and dissemination of the project to the public with seminars and expert invitations
•Opportunity for infrastructure access that will further widen the capacity of the CII-CUT
•The performance indicators have not yet changed much since baseline, but we are only in the 15 month period of the project. This is expected to positively change in the next following months.
