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Timing, hosts and locations of (grouped) events of NanoImpactNet

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<strong>and</strong> it was organised in the frame <strong>of</strong> the JRC<br />

Enlargement <strong>and</strong> Integration Action, that allowed to<br />

support the participation <strong>of</strong> scientists from EU <strong>and</strong><br />

Associate C<strong>and</strong>idate Countries. Attendance <strong>of</strong><br />

members <strong>of</strong> the Competent Authorities for REACH <strong>and</strong><br />

Classification <strong>and</strong> Labelling Sub-Group on<br />

Nanomaterials (CASG Nano) <strong>and</strong> the European<br />

Chemicals Agency (ECHA) was supported. Also other<br />

strategic stakeholders as OECD, NGO's (representing<br />

environment <strong>and</strong> workers' protection organisations),<br />

the contractors for the RIP-oNs projects <strong>and</strong> chemicals<br />

<strong>and</strong> nanomaterials industry <strong>and</strong> EFSA were involved.<br />

Some related projects under FP7 Research Program<br />

participated too. It involved about 80 participants.<br />

Generalist <strong>and</strong> specialised press were also present.<br />

During the workshop, 34 experts from 26 different<br />

organisations informed the participants on the latest<br />

scientific progress in the field <strong>of</strong> nanoparticles risk<br />

assessment produced within the ENPRA <strong>and</strong> other<br />

related projects <strong>and</strong> presented <strong>and</strong> discussed recent<br />

developments concerning legislation in the EU <strong>and</strong><br />

beyond. A full report <strong>of</strong> the event is currently in the<br />

final steps for publication <strong>and</strong> distribution. Information<br />

can be found in the JRC site<br />

http://ihcp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/<strong>events</strong>_workshops/jointjrc-nano-enpra-2011.<br />

The results <strong>of</strong> the 2 nd workshop will be published online<br />

on the JRC site (presentations already on-line, full<br />

report by mid November) <strong>and</strong> widely distributed<br />

among targeted stakeholder.<br />

2. The 4 th EONS report (state <strong>of</strong> the art report<br />

summarising the discussion <strong>of</strong> the 4 th ENPRA expert<br />

panel meeting held in Brussels on March 31 st ) was<br />

Advisory<br />

Panel<br />

US Research Programmes<br />

US Regulatory Processes<br />

P1, P2-P15<br />

WP1<br />

Management<br />

coordination <strong>and</strong> management<br />

P13, P12<br />

P2-P12,P14<br />

P15, P12,P9<br />

WP3<br />

ENP<br />

Characterisation<br />

WP4<br />

in vitro testing<br />

WP5<br />

in vivo validation<br />

WP6<br />

Modelling<br />

P1,P13,P14<br />

P17 P16, P19,P20<br />

P16, P19,P20 P18, P19, P20<br />

WP2<br />

EU-US collaboration<br />

infrastructure for collaboration<br />

NanoSafetyCluster - Compendium 2012<br />

published on June 2011 (D7.2 – M24) The report (10<br />

experts’ article commentaries) was then disseminated.<br />

The 5 th ENPRA expert panel meeting will be held in Paris on<br />

October 13, 2011. The event will gather 13 participants including<br />

ENPRA partners (P1, P5, P6, P8, <strong>and</strong> P14) <strong>and</strong> French OMNT<br />

experts (5).<br />

In the next period, ENPRA will<br />

1. Analyse the body <strong>of</strong> experimental data generated by<br />

the WP4 <strong>and</strong> 5 as well as data contributed by the US<br />

partners in order to Identify the reason(s) behind the<br />

relative low toxicity <strong>of</strong> the ENP tested. Specifically, the<br />

mechanisms <strong>of</strong> toxicity <strong>of</strong> ENP selected in ENPRA;<br />

2. relate these facts to the physico-chemical<br />

characteristics <strong>of</strong> ENP in WP3 by means <strong>of</strong> modelling.<br />

3. Assess the potential health risks with regards to the<br />

tested ENP<br />

With our regular dissemination <strong>events</strong>, we will be able to keep<br />

the stakeholder community informed. The impacts on industry<br />

strategy for the production <strong>of</strong> ENP as well as the assurance for<br />

nanotechnology workers <strong>and</strong> consumers on the relative safety<br />

<strong>of</strong> these ENP is expected to be significant. A further impact on<br />

the use <strong>of</strong> ENP in general for nanomedicine is also to be<br />

expected.<br />

In summary, the second term <strong>of</strong> ENPRA will bring together<br />

many significant results <strong>and</strong> advance the state <strong>of</strong> the art<br />

knowledge on nanotoxicology further.<br />

P14,P5,P1<br />

WP7<br />

Risk Calculation &<br />

Dissemination<br />

P16,P17,P18,P19,P20,P21<br />

Stakeholder<br />

Panel<br />

EC, OECD,<br />

NGO<br />

SME<br />

Fig 3. Flow chart describing the information flow between different WP <strong>of</strong> ENPRA (solid lines) <strong>and</strong> the process <strong>of</strong> coordination, management<br />

<strong>and</strong> collaboration (dotted lines)<br />

Compendium <strong>of</strong> Projects in the European NanoSafety Cluster 21

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