Prof. Dr. Krzysztof Maruszewski Director of Institute for Health and Consumer Protection...

Prof. Dr. Krzysztof MaruszewskiDirector of Institute for Health and Consumer Protection

[email protected]

Joint Research Centre (JRC)Serving society, stimulating innovation,

supporting legislation

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DG Energy

DG Mobility and Transport

DG Agriculture and Rural Affairs

DG Climate Action

President José Manuel Barroso 27 Commission Members

Joint Research Centre (JRC) DG Research and Innovation

DG Environment

Commissioner Geoghegan-QuinnResearch, Innovation and Science

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The JRC in the Commission

JRC Director-GeneralDominique Ristori

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Direct research: JRC is the European Commission's in-house science service and the only DG executing direct research; providing science advice to EU policy.

… is to provide EU policies with independent, evidence-based scientific and technical support throughout the whole policy cycle.

Serving society, stimulating innovation, supporting legislation

JRC’s Mission and Role

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Quick Facts:

Established 1957

• 7 institutes in 5 countries

• 2,822 scientific and technical personnel

• Over 1400 scientific publications in 2012

• Budget: €356 million annually, plus €62 million earned income

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• Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)

• Internal market: growth, jobs and innovation

• Low-carbon economy and resource efficiency (environment, climate change, energy, transport)

• Agriculture and global food security

• Public health, safety and security

• Nuclear safety and security

Providing the needed scientific support to the Europe 2020 policy priorities.

Key priorities

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Cross-cutting activities

• Policy analysis

• Impact assessment

• Foresight and horizon scanning

• Economics

• Both sectoral and integrated modelling

• Knowledge Transfer

• Education and Training

Compliance checksIndependent verification

Anti-fraud measures

Expert advice

Policy formulation

Decision-making processSelection of programme

options

Policy adoption

Effectivenessand impactassessment

Policy evaluation

Crisis response

Ad-hoc policy supportJRC

Agenda-settingIdentification of emerging

issues

Policy anticipation

Policy implementation

Scientific support to the whole policy cycle Scientific support to the whole policy cycle

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New developments in nanotechnology The JRC is working closely with policy makers providing science and research-based policy support for improving regulation of nanotechnology. It also hosts the largest repository of nano reference materials, has developed an internationally-available database containing test and measurement results used by the OECD, Member States and industry. In February 2011, the JRC released the world's first certified reference material for nanoparticles, based on industry-sourced materials.

INSPIRE: Harmonising environmental data worldwideThe JRC is the technical and scientific coordinator of INSPIRE, the Infrastructure for Spatial Information in Europe, which provides the knowledge needed for mitigating natural and man-made hazards to make more efficient use of natural resources, to better protect the environment and to adapt to climate change.

Sustaining European Soil The JRC has developed robust databases supporting the European Soil Thematic Strategy and as a result created three soil atlases, unique collections of maps illustrating the varying patterns of different soil types occurring across Europe. One of the resulting outputs is the first ever European Atlas of Soil Biodiversity.

Policy anticipation

Policy anticipation

Policy anticipation

Examples of JRC activities:

Supporting EU Policies8

Making the EU's electricity grids smarterThe JRC has identified and analysed the vulnerabilities of Member States’ electricity transmission systems for the implementation of a Directive on Critical European Infrastructures.

Detecting GMOs in food and feedThe JRC provided the "Compendium of Reference Methods for GMO analysis", a reference report listing 79 GMO detection methods validated according to international standards in support of the Regulation on official food and feed controls.



Calculating greenhouse gas emissions from biofuel cropsThe JRC developed a new methodology to estimate changes in global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions due to biofuel crops. This work underpinned the Commission Report required for the implementation of the Renewable Energy Directive.




Responding to crisesGDACS (the Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System) provides near real-time alerts about natural disasters around the world. In addition, the JRC provided support to rescue operations by carrying out a rapid damage assessment based on the analysis of very high resolution satellite imagery.

European Flood Alert System and European Forest Fire Information System JRC provides essential information to prepare for floods in Europe by complementing the information of national hydrological services with novel probabilistic flood forecasting information up to 10 days in advance. EFFIS comprehensively addresses forest fires in Europe providing EU level assessments from pre-fire to post-fire phases, thus supporting fire prevention, preparedness, fire fighting and post-fire evaluations.

Nuclear forensics support to Member StatesThe JRC supports safeguard authorities by providing environmental sampling and measurements techniques that are essential in the detection of non-declared nuclear activities. The JRC ‘clean lab’ is used for the measurement of uranium enrichment in particles founded in ‘swipes’ taken by IAEA or Euratom inspectors across the globe.

Ad-hoc policy support





Science for water The publication “Science for Water “aims to give a comprehensive overview of the JRC's work in relation to global water challenges. The report covers water quantity, quality, governance and innovation, the preservation of ecosystems and water-related hazards & climate change, providing a glimpse on how science and the JRC can contribute to find solutions in these fields.

Science for the financial sectorThe JRC develops scientific models for the financial sector to reduce the probability of systematic crisis. The EC legislative proposal for minimum capital requirements in the banking sector (known as Basel III) and the EC legislative proposal on financial transactions were thoroughly tested using “SYMBOL”, a scientific model developed by the JRC.

TEFIS: Techno-economic Foresight for the Information SocietyThe JRC supports Information Society Technology policies by generating prospective analyses and strategies related to the knowledge society. TEFIS is one such example where emerging trends in Information Society Technologies up to a 15-year time period will be studied, using integrated techno-economic foresight analyses leading to strategic priority-setting.


Policy anticipation

Policy anticipation



Science support to policy: Horizon 2020

•Strengthening anticipation, foresight and horizon scanning

•Expanding economic modelling capacity

•Expanding socio-behavioural research

•Providing evidence-based policy options, cost-benefit analysis and impact assessment

•Strengthening science-based input to EU standardisation and legislative processes

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European Laboratory for Structural Assessment (ELSA)

European Crisis Management Laboratory

Vehicles Emissions Laboratory (VELA)

Van Der Graf Generator

Hot Cells Laboratory

Nano-Materials Laboratory

European Reference Laboratoryfor Air Pollution(ERLAP)

Fuel Cell Facility

A selection of JRC Scientific Facilities

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•JRC Annual Report gives an overview of JRC activities.

•Reference Reports are authoritative documents that represent a JRC-wide view on a subject for which the JRC is noted as expert.

•Evaluation Reports promote the provision of fact-based judgement on the JRC's activities with a view to improving the design and management of the JRC

•Newsletter is a bi-monthly publication with an overview of recent highlights

•Brochures and reports

Examples of JRC publications

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A Networked Organisation

•1000+ partners: public and private organisations, institutions and expert groups

•250 major networks worldwide:

• Cooperation and partnerships with key organisations• Support to enlargement• Training and mobility of researchers• Access to scientific infrastructures• Support to European Research Area policies• Support to standardisation

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● Alternatives to Animal Testing

● Food and Consumer Products

● Genetically Modified Organisms

● Public Health

● Nanotechnology

Policy Support Areas:

Institute for Health and Consumer Protection

IHCP – one of the 7 JRC Institutes

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Risk and benefit assessment

● Biocides, chemicals (including mixtures), nanomaterials, endocrine disrupters, dietary substances

● Integrated risk assessment methodologies

● Exposure assessment (noise, chemicals)

Development and validation of sampling protocols and analytical tools for:

● Detection and quantification in Food and Consumer Products of: - Chemicals and other contaminants - Genetically modified organisms (GMOs)- Nanomaterials

● Toxicity testing of chemicals and nanomaterials with a strong focus on alternative-to-animal testing methods


Examples of activities

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Reference Centres and Bureaus hosted by JRC-IHCP

• Coordination of National Reference Laboratories • Analytical controls are harmonised throughout Europe• Standardised methods delivering robust analytical results• Better implementation of legal limits• Reduced number of analyses in EU Member States• Safe food and consumer products for European consumers• Reducing number of animal tests by supporting Replacement, Reduction,

Refinement ("3R")

• 3 EURL European Reference Laboratories: Food Contact Materials, GM Food and Feed, Alternatives to Animal Testing • BEVABS - European Bureau for Wine, Alcohol and Spirit Drinks • ECB - European Chemicals Bureau (1993-2008) handed over to ECHA

Impact


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www.jrc.ec.europa.eu Contact: [email protected]

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