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BECOMING A NORMAN CONTACT POINT
THE NORMAN CONTACT POINTS Top

Are experts from leading European institutes, organisations and research centres in the Member States, who expressed the wish to act as a conduit for the NORMAN network in:

  • the exchange of information about research initiatives and monitoring programmes in the area of emerging environmental substances, and
  • the dissemination of information in their own countries regarding NORMAN activities.

The Contact Points are members of a network whose cutting-edge status is well recognised at the highest EU RTD level. They benefit from unrestricted access to the state-of-the-art information in the NORMAN workspace, being invited to represent their country at various project events and workshops.

They have:

  • Recognised experience in the field of emerging substances, demonstrated via scientific publications or a related national / international institutional role;
  • Expertise in at least one of the following sectors of activity:
    • research on emerging substances (chemical analyses and/or bio-monitoring using bio-assays and biomarkers, etc.)
    • risk assessment
    • monitoring activity of emerging pollutants
    • participation in national / international projects / work programmes dealing with emerging substances.
WHAT’S INVOLVED Top

The Contact Point is expected to carry out the following tasks within his or her own Member State:

  • Support the NORMAN network in creating links to the key research centres, reference laboratories, institutions, etc. and providing first-contact information about the on-going research activities, projects, monitoring programmes and other initiatives relating to emerging substances
  • Help to disseminate information about NORMAN reports, workshops and activities to relevant institutions / organisations.
HOW TO CONTACT US Top

Would you like to learn more about your country’s Contact Point or even to become one? Please, e-mail any of your queries to the NORMAN coordinator, Valeria DULIO .