Chemicals risk assessment (PARC)
Partnership website: https://www.eu-parc.eu/
PARC was launched in May 2022. The partnership aims to establish an EU-wide research and innovation programme supporting the EU and national chemical risk assessment/management authorities and processes with new data, knowledge, methods and skills to address current, emerging and novel chemical safety challenges.
In line with the Green Deal’s zero-pollution ambition for a toxic free environment, and the Chemical Strategy for Sustainability the partnership will facilitate the transition to the next generation of risk assessment to better protect human health and the environment.
Core activities of the Horizon 2020 European Joint Programme HBM4EU will be pursued under PARC in the wider context of chemical risk assessment.
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Key figures
- PARC involves close to 200 institutions working in the areas of the environment or public health from 28 countries and three EU authorities
- PARC has a total funding volume of €400 million for the next seven years, 50% funded by the European Union and 50% by Member States
- 57 projects started in the first year of PARC
Participation Flanders
VITO plays a prominent role as member of the governing board of the partnership & as co-lead PARC's work package 7 'FAIR data'. The partnership website indicates that 'WP7 will strengthen exchange and reuse of research and regulatory data. For this, WP7 will interact with all the WPs to facilitate the access, storage and analysis of data, and the interfacing with the modelling and analysis tools developed by the other WPs. It will work on data and metadata harmonisation as well as on the FAIR data policies. Furthermore, it will develop innovative tools for analysing increasing amounts of data and their uncertainty. This WP is co-led by VITO (Belgium) and UOB (United Kingdom).' Find out more here.
There are several other Flemish organisations involved as affiliated enitities: Ghent University; Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries & Food (ILVO); Provincial Insistute of Hygiene (Provincie Antwerpen); University of Antwerp; Public Waste Agency of Flanders (OVAM); University of Leuven; Hasselt University; Flemish Department for the Environment & Spacial Planning; Free University of Brussels
Objectives
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Develop the scientific skills needed to address current and future challenges in chemical safety
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Provide new data, methods and innovative tools to those responsible for assessing and managing the risks of chemical exposure
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Strengthen the networks which bring together actors specialised in the different scientific fields contributing to risk assessment
Key documents
Contact
Develop the scientific skills needed to address current and future challenges in chemical safety
Provide new data, methods and innovative tools to those responsible for assessing and managing the risks of chemical exposure
Strengthen the networks which bring together actors specialised in the different scientific fields contributing to risk assessment
Contact
Commission services: RTD-E3-CHEMICALS-MATERIALS@ec.europa.eu
Partnership - Contact | Parc (eu-parc.eu): Parc@anses.fr
What are partnerships?
Partnerships group the EC and private and/or public partners, to coordinate and streamline the research & innovation initiatives and funding in some selected key domains.
How to use partnerships?
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orientation
Partnerships publish strategic documents, e.g. outlining the main research and innovation challenges or key focus points. -
networking
Partnerships often organise events, such as info days, brokerage events, etc. Meet potential partners and learn about the nuances that are not visible in the official documents. -
ecosystem analysis
Partnerships typically have an advisory board, and publish impact studies of previous actions. These are good sources of information to uncover the main R&D&I players in the domain. -
steering the agenda
Partnerships collaborate with the EC on outlining the strategy and the future funding opportunities in their domain, based on input from industry, academia, and other stakeholders.
Testimonial
UNCHAIN - Revolutionising urban logistics & space management
The UNCHAIN project, ‘urban logistics and planning: anticipating urban freight generation and demand including digitalisation of urban freight’ obtained funding from the Horizon Europe’s Mobility Cluster. The project focuses on breaking down data silos and promoting public-private data exchange across a unified European mobility data space, enabling more informed decisions and greater efficiency. The City of Mechelen is a partner in the project and takes on the role of ‘follower city’: it will work alongside the primary demonstration sites (in Madrid, Berlin and Florence) to maximize the geographical coverage and replicability of solutions across Europe. Mechelen aims to test 2 concrete solutions in the UNCHAIN project, with the aim to help addressing its current and future challenges in urban freight distribution.
