1.0EuChemS Newslettershttps://www.euchems.eu/newsletterseuchems_adminhttps://www.euchems.eu/newsletters/author/euchems_admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="S1ew1g6Ybp"><a href="https://www.euchems.eu/newsletters/newsletter/bnu-september-2017/">BNU – September 2017</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.euchems.eu/newsletters/newsletter/bnu-september-2017/embed/#?secret=S1ew1g6Ybp" width="600" height="338" title="“BNU – September 2017” — EuChemS Newsletters" data-secret="S1ew1g6Ybp" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! 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In this discussion aimed at undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and their professors, the workshop explored ways in which students can… read more [1] SOLAR DRIVEN-CHEMISTRY MEETING In the follow-up of the publication of the white paper Solar-Driven Chemistry, EuCheMS is currently organising a meeting taking place on 15 October in Brussels. During this meeting, EuCheMS and several European funding agencies will look into the possibilities opened by this white paper with the intent to discuss and coordinate efforts in order to… read more [2] EUCHEMS 2017 GENERAL ASSEMBLY EuCheMS 2017 General Assembly will take place on 26 – 27 September 2017 in Rome, Italy, together with EuCheMS´ Professional Networks and Executive Board meetings. The General Assembly, the governing body of EuCheMS composed of representatives from each of EuCheMS' Member Societies and Supporting Members, meets annually and defines the general policy of EuCheMS. One… read more [3] COMMISSIONER MOEDAS AGAINST PROPOSED CUTS TO HORIZON 2020 EU Research Commissioner Carlos Moedas has recently criticised, during a conference, a proposal from member states to cut almost half a billion euros out of Horizon 2020. In May, the European Commission proposed a budget of €160.6 billion for 2018. The Council answered in July, proposing a €1.7 billion reduction which would impact Horizon 2020.… read more [4] 2018 ERASMUS+ ANNUAL WORK PROGRAMME PUBLISHED The 2018 annual work programme for Erasmus+ was published in August and outlines the structure and funding of the programme for the following year, with an overall budget of more than €2.5 Billion. Erasmus+ aims to provide to over 4 million Europeans the opportunity to gain competences and have a personal, socio - educational and… read more [5] NEW AND IMPROVED CAR EMISSIONS TESTS Since September 2017, new car models will have to pass new and more reliable emissions tests in real driving conditions ("Real Driving Emissions" – RDE) as well as an improved laboratory test ("World Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure" – WLTP) before they can be driven on European roads. These changes were prompted by the Volkswagen… read more [6] MEPS DISCUSS FIPRONIL IN EGGS In a debate on the contamination of eggs with the insecticide Fipronil, many Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) criticised national authorities for delays in notifying the EU’s Rapid alert system for food and feed (RASFF) and called for the information-sharing system to be improved. Some even suggested fines for member states which fail to… read more [7] JOINT ACTION ON ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE A Joint Action on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections (EU-JAMRAI) was launched this month at the French Ministry of Health in Paris. The Joint Action EU-JAMRAI aims to bring together EU Member States and international organizations, institutes, and universities in order to contribute towards solving antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and healthcare-associated infections. With more than 44… read more [8] STEERING PLATFORM ON RESEARCH AND INNOVATION FOR WESTERN BALKANS The STEERING PLATFORM ON RESEARCH AND INNOVATION FOR WESTERN BALKANS (SP), established in 2006, facilitates the interaction between the Western Balkan Countries, the EU member states, the candidate and potential candidate countries and other states associated to the Research Framework Programmes and the European Commission. Its main objective is to support the enhanced integration of… read more [9] NEW KNOWLEDGE CENTRE ON BIOECONOMY A Bioeconomy Knowledge Centre [10] has recently been created by the European Commission to better support policy makers with science-based evidence in this field. This online platform will primarily collect, structure and provide access to knowledge from a wide range of scientific sources on bioeconomy, the sustainable production of renewable biological resources and their conversion… read more [11] APPLICATIONS FOR ERC ADVANCED GRANTS 2017: FACTS AND FIGURES The ERC has recently released the preliminary statistics on submitted proposals for European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grants 2017, whose applications closed in August. According to the statistics, the number of applicants, 2166, decreased 10% when compared with the previous year. The highest number of applications was registered in the domain of Physical Sciences and… read more [12] CROSS-BORDER COLLABORATION AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT OF RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES Science Europe, a Brussels-based association of European Research Funding Organisations (RFO) and Research Performing Organisations (RPO), has recently released its latest workshop report on ‘Cross-border Collaboration and Portfolio Management of Research Infrastructures’. The workshop, organised in Dublin earlier this year, explored the challenges facing research funding and performing organisations to design and manage balanced research… read more [13] Innovation & Entrepreneurship UNITARY PATENT GUIDE The "Unitary Patent Guide" aims to provide companies, inventors and their representatives with an outline of the procedure involved in obtaining a Unitary Patent from the European Patent Office (EPO) once it has granted a European patent on the basis of the provisions laid down in the European Patent Convention (EPC). The guide also deals… read more [14] INCREASE IN NOTIFICATIONS PROVIDING INFORMATION ON THE EXPORT OF HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) first report on the operation of the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Regulation shows that notifications from EU companies to export certain hazardous chemicals outside the EU have grown by 74 % in the past three years. This increase is far beyond the originally estimated 10 % yearly increase and implies… read more [15] Consultations and Roadmaps FEEDBACK: ALIGNMENT OF COMPOSITIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS UNDER PUBLIC INTERVENTION The 2013 reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (the "CAP") has confirmed that the system of public intervention and aid for private storage should continue as two of the main market measures of the CAP. EU legislation sets out the methods to be applied in assessing whether milk and milk products comply with the eligibility… read more [16] PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON THE EVALUATION OF THE BATTERIES DIRECTIVE The Batteries Directive lays down rules on placing batteries and accumulators on the market and their treatment in the EU. The evaluation [17] is the first step of a review process, in which the Commission assesses whether this Directive meets its objectives and contributes to the general objectives of the EU environmental policy. Preliminary research… read more [18] PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON THE REVISION OF THE POLICY ON MONITORING, REPORTING AND VERIFICATION OF CO2 EMISSIONS FROM MARITIME TRANSPORT Regulation on monitoring, reporting and verification of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport was adopted and entered into force in 2015. It sets an EU wide scheme for reporting monitored and verified data on shipping CO2 emissions (EU MRV) applying to activities carried out after January 2018. At the international level, the International Maritime Organisation… read more [19] EFSA PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON THE ACTIVE SUBSTANCE CARVONE The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) will assess all comments from interested parties regarding the active substance Carvone. Input is requested on the following: physical/chemical properties; details of uses and further information; methods of analysis; mammalian toxicology; residues; and environmental fate and behaviour. 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NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS [38] CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES TO LEARNING AND TEACHING [39] IGNORANCE AND THE COMMUNITY OF KNOWLEDGE [40] EUROPEAN PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR ENERGY CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION [41] 6TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON CORPORATE R&D AND INNOVATION CONCORDI 2017 [42] REINVENTING PLASTICS - CLOSING THE CIRCLE [43] ECHA BIOCIDES STAKEHOLDERS’ DAY 2017 [44] EIP WATER CONFERENCE ON WATER INNOVATION: BRIDGING GAPS, CREATING OPPORTUNITIES [45] MODERN BIOTECHNOLOGIES IN AGRICULTURE – PAVING THE WAY FOR RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION [46] WORKSHOP ON SUBSTITUTION STRATEGY [47] TRAINING ON CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT IN POLICY RELEVANT SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION [48] [Atlantic Basin Conference on Chemistry - ABCChem] [49] ATLANTIC BASIN CONFERENCE ON CHEMISTRY - ABCCHEM 23 – 26 January 2018 Cancún, Mexico WEBSITE: http://abcchem.org/ [50] Read more [49] [7th EuCheMS Chemistry Congress - ECC7] [51] 7TH EUCHEMS CHEMISTRY CONGRESS - ECC7 26 - 30 August 2018 Liverpool, UK WEBSITE: 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