Project description
A new hazard and risk assessment strategy for nanotechnology
Assessing nanotechnology in terms of social, environmental and economic benefits requires a new risk management approach. With this in mind, the EU-funded NANORIGO project is formulating a new approach based on available and new high-quality data and advanced scientific tools developed for industry and regulators’ decision-making. Feedback from stakeholders (regulators, industries, policymakers and civil society) will also be considered. Potential hazard and exposure will be explored. The project will use a life cycle perspective and integrate available knowledge on ethical, social, environmental and economic concerns into a user-friendly format that can be easily adapted and transferred into regulation for hazard, exposure, and risk assessment and management of nanomaterials. A web-based information and communication platform to facilitate access to data will also be launched.
Objective
The main objective of NANORIGO (NANOtechnology RIsk GOvernance) is to develop and implement a transparent, transdisciplinary and science-based Risk Governance Framework (RGF) for managing nanotechnology risks regarding social, environmental and economic benefits. A new risk management approach is formed based on available and new high-quality data and advanced scientific tools developed for industry and regulators decision-making, and on communication with all stakeholders (regulators, industries, politicians, the civil society). The RGF will use a life-cycle perspective and integrate available knowledge on ethical, social, environmental and economic concerns into a user-friendly format that can be easily adapted and transferred into regulation for hazard, exposure and risk assessment and management of nanomaterials. It will consist of: (i) risk management strategies based on reinforced tools for guidance and decision-making developed for risk assessment, (ii) validated methodologies to identify potential hazard and exposure, and (iii) a web-based information and communication platform to facilitate access to good quality data and a clear understanding of risks for all stakeholders, and their valuable feedback. The NANORIGO work plan consists of 8 work packages covering all major risk governance aspects. A self-sustained European Nanotechnology Risk Governance Council (NRGC) will be installed to implement the RGF, embedded in relevant international structures and in close cooperation with the International Risk Governance Center (IRGC). Case studies will demonstrate the sustainability of solutions and their consistent integration into regulatory applications under real conditions. Bringing all stakeholders together under a common umbrella will allow to share and integrate the most appropriate governance tools, frameworks and plans for future science and regulatory research and foster consistency of management approaches in the EU and synergies internationally.
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RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
8000 Aarhus C
Denmark
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Participants (28)
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1015 Lausanne
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00250 Helsinki
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8600 Dubendorf
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12205 Berlin
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46980 Paterna
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80686 Munchen
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04318 Leipzig
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157 80 ATHINA
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5020 Salzburg
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28359 Bremen
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1180 Wien
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3810-193 Aveiro
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1000 Ljubljana
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V42V384 Limerick
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1032 LL Amsterdam
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7558 Strada Tschlin
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60486 Frankfurt
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G3 8HB GLASGOW
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4150 356 Porto
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48170 Zamudio
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09007 Burgos
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79100 Freiburg
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1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
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1500 045 Lisboa
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74100 Annemasse
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70176 Stuttgart
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