07 October 2011 (from ObservatoryNano)

The Netherlands innovates nano-governance

On 29 September, the preliminary findings of a feasibility study on Nano Reference Values (NRV) as a tool for occupational safety were discussed during a workshop at the Socio-Economic Council in Den Haag. [..]

20 July 2011 (from European Commission)

FP7 calls 2012 published

The European Commission just published the new calls for proposals 2012, for a total value of 7 billion euro. [..]

04 May 2011 (from CORASFALTOS)

Partners wanted for nano-road materials and pavements network

CORASFALTOS is calling, since December 2010, for the formation of the Global Network of Nanotechnology and its Applications to Road Materials & Pavements (GNN-RMP). [..]

18 April 2011 (from BfR (Fed Inst Risk Assessment, Germany))

Safety of nano silver in consumer products: many questions remain open

BfR Workshop confirms incomplete data situation concerning the health risks of nanoscale silver. 10/2011, 12.04.2011 [..]

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15 April 2011 (from Risk Dialogue Foundation)

BASF Dialogue Forum Nano presents recommendations

In the BASF Dialogueforum Nano representatives of Civil Society Organisations and employees of BASF SE developed specific recommendations on various information tools for manufactures such as Safety Data Sheet, [..]

04 March 2011 (from observatoryNANO)

State of nanotechnology - observatoryNANO factsheets published

The FP7 funded observatoryNANO project has just published its 2011 factsheets on the status of nanotechnology developments. [..]

04 March 2011 (from EUMINAfab)

EUMINAfab opens 4th Call

EUMINAfab: the European Research Infrastructure for multimaterial micro and nano fabrication and characterization opens the 4th call for no fee access to 36 installations containing equipment to high end micro and nano [..]

01 March 2011 (from Cordis)

Call for proposals for joint technology initiatives under the ENIAC Joint Undertaking

The European Commission has published a call for proposals for joint technology initiatives under the ENIAC Joint Undertaking. [..]

16 February 2011 (from JRC)

JRC launches Europe\'s first repository of nanomaterials

On 14 February, the European Commission\'s Joint Research Centre announced the start of their repository of nanomaterials as reference materials for safety assessments. [..]

03 February 2011 (from Catrene)

CATRENE calls for nanoelectronics proposals

The Eureka Cluster for Application and Technology Research in Europe on Nanoelectronics calls for proposals. Deadline for project outlines 3 March 2011. [..]

06 January 2011 (from FNV)

FNV publishes manual for nanomaterials safety

The Dutch trade union FNV just released the first manual for working safely with nanomaterials, together with trade union CNV and employers' association VNO NCW. [..]

23 December 2010 (from NanoImpactNet)

Swiss government guidelines for occupational safety of nanomaterials published

The Swiss government’s department for Working conditions / Chemicals and Occupational Health yesterday put on line its new Safety data sheet (SDS): Guidelines for synthetic nanomaterials. [..]

10 December 2010 (from EuroNanoForum 2011)

EuroNanoForum 2011 to take place in Budapest on May 30 – June 1 2011

EuroNanoForum is a biannual event organised within the framework of the Presidency of the European Union. EuroNanoForum 2011 will be the fifth event in this series, and will take place under the Hungarian Presidency at [..]

03 December 2010 (from RIVM)

Manual for occupational safety of nanomaterials announced

In its latest newsletter ('signaleringsbrief') RIVM announces that the Dutch Trade Unions CNV and FNV and the employers association VNO-NCW will probably publish a manual for safe handling nanomaterials at work in [..]

27 October 2010 (from European Commission)

EU consultation on definition nanomaterial

The European Commission opened a public consultation on their proposed recommendation for a definition of the term nanomaterial. All interested citizens and organisations are invited to give their opinion until 19 [..]