RECETOX
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IC COMPOUNDS IN THE ENVIRONMENTMasaryk University, Brno
Stockholm Convention Regional Centre in the Czech Republic
Sharing our SCRC Experience
Annual joint meeting to enhance cooperation and coordination between regional centres under the Basel and Stockholm Conventions
27-28 November 2014, IEH, Geneva, Switzerland
Kateřina Šebková, Director of the SCRC, [email protected]
What worked for RECETOX and why: in brief
• SIZE
• SCOPE AND EXPERTISE
• COMPLEMENTARITY
• STEP BY STEP CAPACITY BUILDING
• TARGETED TRAINING
• TOOLS
• AUDIENCE
• NETWORKING
• COOPERATION
• COMMUNICATION
SIZE
RECETOX , Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno,
Brno, Czech Republic
www.recetox.muni.cz Functions
• Research and educational institution
• International Infrastructure – trans-national open-access
• National Centre for Toxic Compounds
• Stockholm Convention Regional Centre for the CEE Countries
Staff and equipment
+150 employees, 4000 m2 of research facilities, 85 Ph.D. students,
70 laboratories,12 working groups in 4 Research Programmes, state of the art facilities, instrumentation and other equipment, 30 years of expertise
SCOPE and EXPERTISE
4 Research programmes
1. Environmental Chemistry and Modelling
2. Organic Photochemistry and Supramolecular Chemistry 3. Protein Engineering
4. Ecotoxicology
3 Core facilities - INFRASTRUCTURE 1. Trace Analytical Laboratories
2. GENASIS information system 3. ELSPAC database
Two internal bodies facilitating collaboration with stakeholders and marketing capacity, research outcomes and use of infrastructure:
1. National Centre for Toxic Compounds
2. Stockholm Convention Regional Centre for Capacity Building and the Transfer of Technology (SCRC Czech Republic)
COMPLEMENTARITY
Environmental fate studies
Ecological and human risk assessment
Environmental management Production and application of toxic
chemicals Monitoring of
environmental levels
Assessment of harmfull effects Environmental
management
Protecting humans from environmental hazards
Linking
environment and health
Environmental policy and international
conventions
Information management and
development of databases Data evaluation,
analysis,
interpretation and modelling
CAPACITY BUILDING – STEP-BY-STEP
Topics for capacity building projects
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PCB sampling and analysis, Dioxins, Brominated and fluorinated compounds, heavy metals, endocrine disruptors and other toxic chemicals
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Preparation/update of National Implementation Plans (NIPs),
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Design and operation of effective monitoring networks,
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Risk analyses as well as building national (laboratory) capacities for analyses,
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Data management, interpretation of outputs
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Translation of the results into national priorities, strategies and legislation
(our experts assist with projects identifying the scope of environmental contamination, designing appropriate national framework and laboratory infrastructure, and have been consulted for practical solutions for environmental decontamination and remediation)(
2004 - start of capacity building activities 2007 - nomination as RC
2009 - endorsement
TARGETED TRAINING
International Summer School of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology is the most important tool for building capacities for developping countries
• 6 days intensive training, lectures, laboratory exercise including validation methods, QA/QC standards, preparation and analyses of the samples and training in using laboratory equipment + other gear related to sample collection and handling.
• analytical methods, validation
• interpretation of results
• visualization of outputs – electronic
• different framework theme each year
• organized annually since 2005
• 425 participants from 78 countries
More available: Stockholm Convention Success Stories 2001-2011, p.81
TOOLS (STEP-BY-STEP) – sampling in MONET
Automated data analyses, time series, trends, maps Interactive risk assessment case studies
GIS visualization and space-time modelling
www.genasis.cz
TOOLS: on-line data processing in GENASIS
TOOLS: electronic tool for Global Monitoring Plan
www.pops-gmp.org
AUDIENCE
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Scientists – open access, joint projects
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Specialists in monitoring, data management, laboratory analyses – training, studies, collaboration
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All levels of specialists and officials involved in the chemicals management preparation of the National Implementation Plans,
implementation at national and subregional/local level: environment officers, inspectors, government officials, students
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General Public – awareness raising, contests, websites, lectures
International Research projects
• EU Framework Programmes for Research and Development:
FP5: APOPSBAL, Centre of Excellence FP6: ECODIS, NORMAN, REP-LECETOX
FP7: isoSoil,TaToo, ArcRisk, AquaRehab, EuroEcotox, REFORM, DENAMIC and SOLUTIONS + FP7 Marie Curie ITN (CSI Environment)
• USA - AMVIS – Kansas, Florida, Indiana + long term partners at Universities
• Canada, UK, countries of Central and Eastern Europe
International Contract Research
• For countries and international organizations as well as for application sector including health and environment authorities
• UNEP (Stockholm Convention – since 2005),
• WHO – ELSPAC study (1991/2012), endocrine disrupting chemicals
• GEOSS – since 2011 - RECETOX is strategic partner for priority area health, part HE-2 (Tracking Pollutants)
MoU
RAC/CPC-Barcelona, CETESB, Kenya, Ghana,…NEERIin brief: 30 multiyear projects and 30 short term projects /year
NETWORKING
COOPERATION
(with UNEP, UNIDO, UNDP, GEF, NATO and ministries and other stakeholders…)Building analytical, monitoring and risk assessment capacities globally building laboratory capacities in Armenia,
PCB analyses in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan,
monitoring networks in CEE, Africa, Arab countries, Pacific Islands risk assessment project in Kazakhstan,
contribution to the Global Monitoring Plan, GMP (Stockholm Convention), development of data repository and visualization tool for the GMP,
national inventories,
guidance on updating of National Implementation Plans (NIPs),
mercury regional consultations – negotiation process synergies - Centre development of the legal framework – Serbia, FYROM, Turkey
practical solutions for decontamination
