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Data Exchange Workshop

NORMAN Workshop on Data Exchange - Towards a harmonised approach for collection and interpretation of data on emerging substances in the environment in support of European environmental policies
20-21 April 2011 - Berlin, Germany

The main objective of this workshop, organised by Environmental Institute (Slovakia) and hosted by the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA), was to provide a common forum for the NORMAN Association members, EU Member States and other interested groups for presenting, discussing and streamlining approaches for a harmonised collection and interpretation of data on emerging substances.

Discussion topics included (i) a proposal of the harmonised format of collected data in various environmental matrices allowing for their inter-comparison across Europe, (ii) the use of metadata for assessment of quality of data (discussion of the NORMAN scheme) and (iii) possibility for regular and/or automated data collection at the EU scale.
The potential adoption of the NORMAN approach for prioritisation of emerging substances in the process of selection of future WFD priority substances was discussed in detail.
Discussion tackled questions related to (i) the use of the data in support of European environmental policies and data collection activities carried out by the EEA, DG JRC, DG EUROSTAT and DG ENV and (ii) presentation of the data to the public.

One of the main outcomes of this workshop was the publication of the NORMAN Position Paper "Collection, exchange and interpretation of data on emerging substances" which explains the vision of the NORMAN network for a harmonised approach for collection and interpretation of data on emerging substances in support of European environmental policies.

Workshop Programme

 


WORKSHOP PROGRAMME AND PRESENTATIONS

20 April 2011

21 April 2011

 

Date: 
Wednesday, 20 April 2011 to Thursday, 21 April 2011