The objective of this WG is to provide a dynamic participatory space for experts from different disciplines related to safety, sustainability, innovation, and regulation to interact and exchange their views/ findings and ideas on how to facilitate the implementation of SSbD concept in the industrial innovation processes.
The complexity of the area covered by this WG lead the Chairs to suggest splitting of the WG into three main topics to make the meetings more manageable, productive, and targeted:
- Methods, tools and technologies for SSbD purposes
Under this topic area the idea is to involve all the people from the different SSbD initiatives/ projects working on methodologies for assess / evaluate safety and sustainability (including testing strategies, models and tools) at the design phase of material/ product development, including technologies with the purpose to apply them throughout material and product life-cycle.
- Implementation of the SSbD concept in Case Studies
Under this topic area the idea is to put together the people involved in specific case studies from different value chains in the different projects and to exchange experiences and also challenges identified for each case.
- Transferability and acceptability of the concept of SSbD
Under this topic area the idea is to get together people that is working on stakeholder engagement and working on transferability of the concept and associated tools for SSbD as well as working on the assessment of acceptability by the different actors of the value chain.
Some of the specific objectives/ activities of the WG are:
- To put in common which areas are cover by each project/ participant and identify synergies and overlaps, so that some collaborations could be established or sharing of findings
- To establish ways of collaboration such as the creation of Ambassador’s groups by the NMBP16 projects, Joint Stakeholders Engagement Activities Group by NMBP15 & NMBP16 projects
- To integrate our findings into ongoing initiatives to move forward in the implementation of the SSbD concept by industry (links to facililtate the operationalization of the JRC Framework on SSbD)
- To ensure the transferability and translation of the scientific kwoledge generated for nanotechnology-based products safety ans sustainability into new areas such as Advanced materials (links to AMI2030)
- To collaborate with other WGs of the Nanosafety Cluster to align common areas for the SSbD pruposes
Some outcomes on collaborative work:
- Organization of sessions withing the Nanoweek 2021
- Joint virtual Booth for NMBP15 projects in Braga EURONANOFORUM 2021
- Nanoweek Speed-dating session to present NMBP15 & NMBP16 Platforms/ Frameworks/ tools
- Venice Workshop on SSbD
- Paper on the outcomes of the Venice workshop
- Organization of sessions on conferences and programmes for training schools
- Organization of joint stakeholder engagement activities (surveys, questionnaires,…)
The present structure of this WG is the following:
- Chair: Andrew Nelson, University of Leeds
- Co-Chairs: Socorro Vázquez-Campos & Anna Costa
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