Austrian Activities on Nanomaterials

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Austrian Activities on Nanomaterials
Conference on Nano-Safety 22-24 April 2009
Ljubljana, SloveniaRenate Paumann
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Current Austrian Nano-activities (1)

• Fostering Cooperation and Exchange of Information
  between all Austrian Stakeholders
  (Nano-Plattform)
• - Regular Meetings with Ministries, Consumer and
  Environment NGOs, Scientists, Companies, Chamber
  of Commerce, Environment and Food Safety Agency
• Linking national activities to activities in
• - other countries (e.g. Authorities-Dialog with
  Switzerland/Germany/ Liechtenstein/Austria
  Austrian-Slovenian Twinning-project on Chemicals,
  etc.)
• - EU (e.g. adaptation of legislation, research
  programmes.)
• - International (e.g. OECD test guideline
  programme, SAICM)

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Current Austrian Nano-activities (2)

• Increasing Research
• Austrian Nano-Initiative multi-annual funding
  programme for Nanoscale Sciences and
  Nanotechnologies in Austria. Under auspices of
  Ministry of Innovation and Technology
  (www.nanoinitiative.at)
• Austrian Nano-Trust Project Project to
  continually survey, analyse and summarise the
  state of knowledge regarding potential health and
  environmental risks (www.nanotrust.at)
• EU-FP projects DIPNA, NANOCAP, NanoBio
  Pharmaceuticals, Polysoa.
• Other Research-Projects Nano-Rate,
  Euro-Nano-Tox..
• EU-SKEP-ERA-Net for linking national research
  activites of EU Member States. Current call on
  Impacts of converging technologies for
  environmental regulation (www.skep-era.net)
• Conference on Environmental Effects of
  nanoparticles and Nanomaterials 6-9th Sept.
  2009, Vienna (http//nano2009.univie.ac.at)

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Current Austrian Nano-activities (3)

• 4. Communication and information of public
• Risk Dialogs in co-operation with Austrian
  radio and television (2007)
• www.risikodialog.at / nanotechnologie
• Public Available database of Research Projects in
  Field of Nano-Safety
• http//nanotrust.ac.at/aigaion/index.php/search/k
  eywords
• Nano-Dossiers leaflets published on web on
  specific
  Nano-issues e.g Nano in consumer products, etc.
• www.nanotrust.ac.at/nano.ita.en/dossiers.html
• Other Information such as broschures (e.g. on
  Nano in consumer products), etc.

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Austrian Nano-Action-Plan

• Included in work programme of current Austrian
  Government
• Austrian Nano Action Plan aims on fostering
  cooperation between Austrian Stakeholders wants
  to strenghten synergies between different
  activities
• Wants to illustrate current situation of Nano in
  Austria
• Will give recommendations for further Austrian
  action in the fields of
• - environment
• - health including workers protection
• - industry
• research
• To be finalized by autumn 2009
• Aim Use benefits of Nanotechnology / identify
  and manage potential risks

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Contact Renate Paumann Austrian Federal
Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment
and Water Tel [phone] renate.paumann_at_leb
ensministerium.at http//www.lebensministerium.at