• Date 2023-04-18

NanoHarmony Policy Meeting

Brussels, 23 May 2023, 10.00 – 14.00 CET

Innovation requires safety and sustainability assessment to meet the European goals of the Green Deal and the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability. Internationally standardised test methods are a prerequisite to build people´s trust in safe innovation. OECD Test Guideline are internationally accepted test methods, help overcome trade barriers and hence increase the competitiveness of European industry.

The NanoHarmony project showed a coherent approach on how to achieve the needed test methods for European regulation. Using the NanoHarmony experiences in line with the aims of AMI2030 and the Malta Initiative, the way forward for a European Test Method Strategy will be discussed.

This strategy will seek active exchange between European and international stakeholders, setting regulatory priorities and developing test methods for innovative materials. The European Test Method Strategy will lead the way forward to safe innovation and a strong European industry.

Why you should attend:

• Help reach the goals of the Green Deal and the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability
• Improve European competitiveness
• Overcome trade barriers
• Build trust between industry and the public
• Strengthen safe and sustainable innovation
• Support  the European Test Method Strategy 

Audience 

• Policymakers and regulators from European Union and member states 
• Advisors to European MEPs 
• Industry and representative bodies 
• OECD representatives and National Coordinators 
• Representatives of standardisation and metrology bodies 
• NGOs
• …

Further information:

Draft agenda and Registration: https://nanoharmony.eu/2023/02/14/save-the-date-european-safety-and-sustainability-assessment-fit-for-the-future/

NanoHarmony Newsletter (April 2023): https://nanoharmony.eu/2023/04/18/new-nanoharmony-newsletter-out/