Project results
The Gov4Nano deliverables, tasks, factsheets and the publications show the work and progress of the project.
The table below shows the public deliverables and factsheets. The factsheet summarises the results and briefly describes the aim and context of the work that has been carried out.
Gov4Nano Progress Report
Reporting period
2019-01-01 to 2020-06-30
2020-07-01 to 2022-02-28
Gov4Nano Factsheets & Deliverables
FACTSHEET |
DELIVERABLE |
TASK |
NAME OF THE DELIVERABLE |
| Objective 1: To improve the FAIRness of the nano-EHS data infrastructure, eventually leading to machine-readable data | |||
| D1.1 ⬇ | D1.1 ⬇ | Inception report with recommendations for a network of FAIR nanoEHS databases | |
| D1.2 ⬇ | D1.2 ⬇ | Improving data findability and accessibility | |
| D1.3 ⬇ | Operating interoperable databases and report on how to sustain them | ||
| D1.4 ⬇ | D1.4 ⬇ | Report on how to improve data reusability, with case studies | |
| D1.5 ⬇ | Conference in which project results including showcase will be demonstrated | ||
| Objective 2: Harmonized guidance for characterization and testing of nanomaterials | |||
| D2.1 ⬇ | 2.1 ⬇ | Draft Guidance document on nanomaterial characterisation guidelines and their application in regulation | |
| D2.2 ⬇ | 2.2 ⬇ | Guidance document „From release testing to (Occupational) Exposure | |
| D2.3 ⬇ | Final Guidance document on nanomaterial characterisation guidelines and their application in regulation | ||
| 2.5 ⬇ | Applicability of OECD Test Guideline 442D in vitro skin sensitization for nanomaterials | ||
| 2.6 ⬇ | Dustiness of Manufactured Nanomaterials | ||
| 2.7 ⬇ | Abiotic Transformation of Nanomaterials in Environmental Aquatic Media | ||
| 2.8 ⬇ | Studies on bioaccumulation of nanomaterials in fish | ||
| D2.10 ⬇ | Compilation and critical assessment of ring trial results | ||
| D2.20 ⬇ | D2.20 ⬇ | Overview of abiotic transformation reactions in the aquatic environment which are relevant for nanomaterial risk assessment | |
| Objective 3: To understand how risk perception on nanotechnologies is formed in (a) civil society and (b) (re-) insurance industry | |||
| D3.1 ⬇ | Report on parameters, elements and information forming and influencing the risk-perception of different civil society groups | ||
| D3.2 ⬇ | D3.2 ⬇ | Best-practice guidelines for communication, information provision and engagement | |
| D3.3 ⬇ | D3.3 & D3.4 ⬇ | Report on the (re-)insurance industry’s knowledge about and provisions towards nanotechnology and its applications and on the industry’s information needs (D3.3) Report on information needs of the (re-)insurance industry (D3.4) |
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| D3.5 ⬇ | List and description of civil society groups and (re-)insurance industry companies engaged with | ||
| D3.6 ⬇ | Recommendations on how the organisational form for Nano Risk Governance should train and educate civil society and insurers | ||
| D3.7 ⬇ | D3.7 ⬇ | How to address civil society’s and insurances’ needs within the organisational form for Nano Risk Governance | |
| D3.8 ⬇ | D3.8 ⬇ | Evaluation of how public risk perception evolved | |
| Objective 4: To develop a Nano-Risk Governance Portal (NRGP) with tools, data, and guidance | |||
| D4.1 ⬇ | Review of existing and near-future next generation tools and models to support the nano-risk governance council and industrial safer-by-design. | ||
| D4.2 ⬇ | State-of-the-art review on existing data on stakeholder needs in regards to support tools for safer-by-design and the overall nano-risk governance | ||
| D4.5 ⬇ | Final suite of programmed tools, databases, methods guidance and test guidelines to be linked to the “nano risk governance hub” and tool-to-tool data-transfer needs for reporting | ||
| D4.6 ⬇ | Updated case-studies for testing and demonstration of the nano-risk governance tools and guidance | ||
| D4.7 ⬇ | Updated web-portal and guidance for the “nano risk governance portal” connecting the final suite of tools, databases and guidance to support industrial SbD and regulatory nano-risk governance. | ||
| D4.8 ⬇ | Teaching materials and worked case studies for demonstration of the functionalities of the “nano risk governance portal” | ||
| Objective 5: To build a Risk Governance Council for nano (NRGC) to coordinate and harmonize transdisciplinary international efforts toward safe and sustainable nano-related products | |||
| D5.2 ⬇ | Initial NRGC operational plan: mission (mandate), operational structure and recruited initial members | ||
| D5.3 ⬇ | D5.3 ⬇ | Report on Regulatory Road- and Research-Map | |
| D5.4 ⬇ | Report on execution of Regulatory Road and Research Map including joint call topics | ||
| D5.5 ⬇ | D5.5 ⬇ | Development of conditions for an organisational form for Nano Risk Governance in the context of present policy goals | |
| D5.6 ⬇ | Reports on case studies for an organisational form for Nano Risk Governance Five governance briefs providing to research, industry, and policy makers an overview of gaps and barriers, and recommendations on ways forward on health and safety research and regulation on nano- and advanced materials. The briefs are an extract of the deliverable D5.6 and can be found here. |
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| D5.7 ⬇ | D5.7 ⬇ | Report on suitable operational business models for the structure of Nano Risk Governance | |
| D5.8 ⬇ | D5.8 ⬇ | Inventory of effective governance structures in support of CSS | |
| D5.9 ⬇ | Nanospecific transregulatory Risk Research Agenda | ||
| Objective 6: From stakeholder engagement to stakeholder involvement in the NRGC | |||
| D6.2 ⬇ | D6.2 ⬇ | Report on Force Field Analysis and Background Analysis of Stakeholders | |
| D6.5 ⬇ | Report on stakeholder priorities for successful implementation of risk governance | ||
| D6.6 ⬇ | Apply to establish a risk governance working group within the NSC | ||
| D6.7 ⬇ | Launch Event | ||
| D6.8 ⬇ | Roadmap of stakeholder engagement with an organisational form for Nano Risk Governance | ||
| D6.10 ⬇ | Final Standards roadmap | ||
| Objective 7: To equip the NRGC with the mechanisms and tools to monitor the progress on implementation of risk governance for nanotechnology across different regulatory sectors (i.e. chemicals, biocides, cosmetics, food, medicine) in Europe and beyond | |||
| WP7⬇ | Mechanisms to monitor routes of safe nanomaterials | ||
| D7.3 ⬇ | Selected monitoring instruments and recommendations for their implementation | ||
| D7.4 ⬇ | Scheme for monitoring of progress in implementation of risk governance | ||
| D7.5 ⬇ | Report on monitoring of international risk governance activities | ||
Gov4Nano Publications
- A roadmap to strengthen standardisation efforts in risk governance of nanotechnology (2023)
- Bioaccumulation of CuO nanomaterials in rainbow trout: Influence of exposure route and particle shape (2023)
- Considerations for bioaccumulation studies in fish with nanomaterials (2023)
- Transformation of zinc oxide nanoparticles in freshwater sediments under oxic and anoxic conditions (2022)
- Tyre wear nanoparticles as test for a nano risk governance framework. Frontiers in Environmental Science 2022;10. (2022)
- FAIR assessment tools: evaluating use and performance” (2022)
- Dissolution Rate of Nanomaterials Determined by Ions and Particle Size under Lysosomal Conditions: Contributions to Standardization of Simulant Fluids and Analytical Methods (2022)
- A methodology for the automatic evaluation of data quality and completeness of nanomaterials for risk assessment purposes” (2022)
- Towards Standardization for Determining Dissolution Kinetics of Nanomaterials in Natural Aquatic Environments: Continuous Flow Dissolution of Ag Nanoparticles (2022)
- Socio-Economic Life Cycle-Based Framework for Safe and Sustainable Design of Engineered Nanomaterials and Nano-Enabled Products (2022)
- Validation and Demonstration of an Atmosphere-Temperature-pH-Controlled Stirred Batch Reactor System for Determination of (Nano)Material Solubility and Dissolution Kinetics in Physiological Simulant Lung Fluids (2022)
- Influence of Pre-Dispersion Media on the Batch Reactor Dissolution Behavior of Al2O3 Coated TiO2 (NM-104) and Two ZnO (NM-110 and NM-111) Nanomaterials in Biologically Relevant Test Media (2022)
- Influence of citrate and PEG coatings on the bioaccumulation of TiO2 and CeO2 nanoparticles following dietary exposure in rainbow trout (2022)
- A New Council for the Governance of Nanotechnology-related Risk” (2021)
- Preparation of feed with metal oxide nanoparticles for nanomaterial dietary exposure to fish and use in OECD TG 305 (2021)
- Robustness of Indoor Aquatic Mesocosm Experimentations and Data Reusability to Assess the Environmental Risks of Nanomaterials (2021)
- European Registry of Materials: global, unique identifiers for (undisclosed) nanomaterials (2021)
- FAIRification of nanosafety data to improve applicability of (Q)SAR approaches: A case study on in vitro Comet assay genotoxicity data (2021)
- Reply to: Prospects and challenges for FAIR toxicogenomics data (2021)
- Interlaboratory comparison on the determination of the Volume Specific Surface Area (VSSA) of manufactured manomaterials (2021)
- ELIXIR and Toxicology: a community in development (2021)
- Application of computational methods in replacement – an IPAM webinar (2021)
- Data Management for Nanotechnology Risk Governance” (2021)
- International Network Initiative on Safe and Sustainable Nanotechnologies (INISS-nano) (2021)
- Towards FAIR nanosafety data (2021)
- Use of size-dependent electron configuration fingerprint to develop general prediction models for nanomaterials (2021)
- A Semi-Automated Workflow for FAIR MaturityIndicators in the Life Sciences (2020)
- Nanotechnology: Modern innovation demands regulatory preparedness in risk governance (2020)
- Toward Rigorous Materials Production: New Approach Methodologies Have Extensive Potential to Improve Current Safety Assessment Practices (2020)