Bringing research to standards: experiences from Norman

Bringing research to standards:
experiences from Norman and the CEN/SABE
TC-ENV team
Valeria Dulio , INERIS, France
SIPE Final Conference Brussels, 17 June 2014
NORMAN – Network of reference
laboratories, research centres and related
organisations for monitoring of emerging
environmental substances
• Former EU-funded project, established as a permanent
network (NORMAN Association) since 2009
• >55 members from EU leading organisations (from 19
European countries and Canada)
Mission:
• Exchange information on emerging substances
• Improve data quality
• Promote synergies among research teams and more
efficient transfer of research findings to policy-makers
http://www.norman-network.net
NORMAN & research projects
DEMEAU
EDAEMERGE
CAPACITIES
SOLUTIONS
PHARMAS
NORMAN
network
…….
NORMAN needs to interact as efficiently as
possible with ALL the research projects dealing
with emerging contaminants
NORMAN activities to identify
priority emerging pollutants
Databases:
Monitoring
Toxicity
Properties data
Target
screening
NORMAN Validation
protocol
Measurement
methods
Usage data/ Use
index
Prioritisation
Relevant pollutants
Effect-Directed
Analysis
Nontarget
screening
NORMAN Massbank –
identification of
unknowns
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NORMAN activities to improve
harmonisation and quality of
monitoring data
Interlaboratory studies, some examples:
Perfluorinated compounds (2010); Passive sampling for
emerging contaminants (2011); Organophosphorous flame
retardants (2012)
NORMAN Protocol for methods’ validation
• Developed during the NORMAN project (2009)
• Check list criteria / indicators for validation of measurement
methods: research level (intra-lab), routine level (inter-lab)
• New Work Item Proposal submitted to CEN TC 230 (2011)
• Approved as CEN Technical Specification (2014)
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http://www.norman-network.net
NORMAN activities to improve
harmonisation and quality of
monitoring data
NEW (2013 – 2014)
Comparative trial non-target screening of
river water samples (2013-2014)
• First time worldwide
• In-depth study on methodologies used by
laboratories
Interlab study for comparison of a battery of in vitro bioassays
for testing concentrated surface water samples spiked with
selected pollutants
• To verify whether bioassays on complex water extracts can be
conducted in different laboratories with the same results and
variability
• To promote use of biotests for water quality monitoring at the level of
European policy-makers
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http://www.norman-network.net
Environmental metrology: trends & challenges
Trends in science => policies:
Improving knwoledge about
individual substances
Improving knwoledge about
complexity of our environm.
•New compounds to be monitored
•Analytically-demanding requirements
•Data comparability
•Non-target screening techniques
•Integrated monitoring strategies
(biological and chemical analysis)
Challenges for standardisation
 Effective and efficient networking with stakeholders at
EU and MS-level in order to identify the demands /
standardisation needs;
 More flexible organisation of the standardisation
process in order to respond more rapidly and
exhaustively to new demands;
 Definition of protocols to allow inclusion of innovative
approaches / novel technologies in the standards;
 Establishment of technical committees to deal more
efficiently with cross-cutting issues (e.g. in analytics).
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Mission of ENV Team*
 Deliver advice to SABE on strategic standardisation
issues related to environmental monitoring needs
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Improving networking with relevant interest groups (from
science, industry and policy)

Forecasting how environmental monitoring needs and
standardisation needs will be affected by developments in
environmental policy, science and technology in the medium-
and long-term
*ToR of the ENV Team (ENV N 290 - Final version of the Terms of Reference of
the ENV Team, adopted at the ENV meeting of 25 September 2013)
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Methodology
 ENV will organise thematic discussions on relevant
priority topics (identified by consensus in advance).
 ENV will produce concise position papers on each
subject to be submitted to SABE as deliverables to
advise CEN/BT.
1st ENV thematic session – 13 March 2014:
Wastewater reuse and implications for future
standardisation
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Stakeholders
Standards
Policy
(FP) RTD
Users/SMEs
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The SIPE project
(ENV report to SABE meeting 26 Sept 2014)
 Main aim of the project: Create a platform to bring
together science, policies/decision-makers, users and
standardisation communities
 Strategic interest: A highly powerful tool to pull together
environmental information on a give topic and improve
interoperability among different sectors
 The scope of the system could be further extended
 Decision 2013/5 ENV invites SABE to encourage the
maintenance and sustainability of the SIPE project on its
conclusion. ENV encourages stakeholders to participate
in the project by registering on the website www.SIPERTD.eu
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THANK YOU
FOR YOUR ATTENTION !

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