Deliverable D6.2 - Strategic Communication Plan (SCP) and Plan for Exploitation and Dissemination of Results (PEDR) – Final

Project ID N°: 101036449 Call: H2020-LC-GD-2020-3 Topic: LC-GD-8-1-2020 - Innovative, systemic zero-pollution solutions to protect health, environment, and natural resources from persistent and mobile chemicals Preventing Recalcitrant Organic Mobile Industrial chemicalS for Circular Economy in the soil-sediment-water System Start date of the project: 1st November 2021 Duration: 42 months Authors: Aleksandra Jurewicz, Millaray Sierra Olea, Jana Gäbler and Nicole Heine (DECHEMA) Lead Beneficiary: DECHEMA Type of delivery: R Dissemination Level: PU Filename and version: PROMISCES_D6.2_SCP_PEDR (version 2) Website: www.promisces.eu Due date: 28 February 2025 Date of revision: 14 October 2025 D6.2 – Strategic Communication Plan (SCP) and Plan for Exploitation and Dissemination of Results (PEDR) – Final D6.2 – SCP and PEDR Final 2 © European Union, 2025 No third-party textual or artistic material included on the publication without the copyright holder’s prior consent to further dissemination by other third parties. 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D6.2 – SCP and PEDR Final 3 Document History This document has been through the following revisions: Authorisation Distribution This document has been distributed to: Name Title Version issued Date of issue BRGM, IEIC, DECHEMA, KWB Project Management Board Version 1 Version 2 14/03/2025 16/10/2025 Version Date Author/Reviewer Description 0.1 20/02/2025 27/02/2025 Aleksandra Jurewicz, Millaray Sierra Olea, Jana Gäbler and Nicole Heine, all DECHEMA First versions 0.2 12/03/2025 Nicole Heine Revision after review 0.3 12/03/2025 Nicole Heine Sent for quality control 0.4 13/03/2025 Floriane Sermondadaz Quality Control 1.0 13/03/2025 Julie Lions Final Version for submission 2.0 15/10/2025 Nicole Heine, Aleksandra Jurewicz History of changes: - Abbreviations : DIN and DWD added - Table 1 on pp 12-14 was updated - Ch. 2.4.2 and 2.4.3 have been updated according to PO request - New chapter 2.5 added on postproject dissemination and use of results, pp 35 ff - KER table added as ch. 2.6 Authorisation Name Status Date Review Rowena Stead, BRGM Communication expert 26/02/2025 and 05/03/2025 Validation Nicole Heine WP6 leader 12/03/2025 Quality Control Floriane Sermondadaz Administrative and financial manager 13/03/2025 Approval J. Lions Coordinator V1. 13/03/2025 V2. 17/10/2025 D6.2 – SCP and PEDR Final 4 Executive Summary The PROMISCES project, “Preventing Recalcitrant Organic Mobile Industrial chemicalS for Circular Economy in the Soil-sediment-water system” is funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme. The Strategic Communication Plan (SCP) and Plan for Exploitation and Dissemination (PEDR) are part of Work Package 6: Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation. Both plans together outline the project’s Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation Strategy, ensuring that the project consortium has a clear guideline for how to communicate and interact with external stakeholder groups. These final plans build up on the initial Strategic Communication Plan and the initial Plan for Exploitation and Dissemination of Results (D6.1) and on the measures implemented since the initial plans early in the project. This final document presents the plans based on all materials created during the project lifetime and the expanded and refined strategies for communication, dissemination and exploitation of the project outcomes. Specifically, the SCP and PEDR present: • The process used to identify and analyse relevant stakeholder groups • Communication and Dissemination channels • Relevant journals, events, and related projects • The individual exploitation strategies of each partner • The role of the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) Workshop Agreement and the Associated Partners in furthering the transfer and application of results. D6.2 – SCP and PEDR Final 5 Table of Contents 1 Strategic Communication Plan ............................................................................................... 7 1.1 The context of the project ............................................................................................. 7 1.2 Communication objectives ............................................................................................ 7 1.3 Identification and analysis of target and stakeholder groups ..................................... 9 1.3.1 Communication aimed at strategic/ technical managers and practitioners from related industries................................................................................................................... 14 1.3.2 Communication aimed at policy makers and regulators .................................. 14 1.3.3 Communication aimed at the general public ..................................................... 15 1.3.4 Communication aimed at the scientific community.......................................... 15 1.3.5 Communication aimed at associations and networks ....................................... 15 1.4 Communication and networking activities ................................................................. 16 1.4.1 Visual Identity ....................................................................................................... 16 1.4.2 Website ................................................................................................................. 16 1.4.3 Social media .......................................................................................................... 17 1.4.4 Project releases and materials ............................................................................ 18 1.4.5 Online seminars.................................................................................................... 19 1.4.6 Publications .......................................................................................................... 19 1.4.7 Face-to-face and online events ........................................................................... 21 1.4.8 Additional opportunities for networking ........................................................... 21 1.5 Monitoring and assessment ........................................................................................ 23 2 Plan for Exploitation and Dissemination of Results ............................................................ 26 2.1 Introduction and key concepts .................................................................................... 26 2.2 Dissemination and Exploitation objectives ................................................................. 26 2.3 Dissemination strategy................................................................................................. 27 2.3.1 Target audience .................................................................................................... 27 2.3.2 Dissemination channels ....................................................................................... 28 2.4 Exploitation strategy .................................................................................................... 28 2.4.1 Exploitation of innovative technologies and up-scaling roadmaps .................. 28 2.4.2 Individual exploitation strategy for each partner .............................................. 30 2.4.3 Key Exploitable Results ........................................................................................ 30 2.4.4 Close cooperation with associated partners ...................................................... 33 2.5 Plans for post-project dissemination and use of results ........................................... 35 2.5.1 Dissemination of PROMISCES outcomes at conferences and events............... 36 2.5.2 Publications .......................................................................................................... 36 2.5.3 Dedicated dissemination of policy related results ............................................ 37 2.5.4 Communication, Networking and other activities ............................................. 38 2.6 Annex: Table of PROMISCES Key Exploitable Results ................................................ 39 D6.2 – SCP and PEDR Final 6 List of abbreviations CE: Circular Economy CEN: European Committee for Standardisation CWA: CEN Workshop Agreement DIN: Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V DSF: Decision Support Framework DWD: Drinking Water Directive IPR: Intellectual Property Rights KER: Key Exploitable Results KPI: Key Performance Indicator LCA: Life Cycle Assessment PEDR: Plan for Exploitation and Dissemination of Results PFAS: Perand polyfluoroalkyl Substances PM(T): Persistent, Mobile and (potentially) Toxic substance PMB: Project Management Board SCP: Strategic Communication Plan TMC: Technical Management Committee WP: Work Package WWT: Waste Water Treatment D6.2 – SCP and PEDR Final 7 1 Strategic Communication Plan 1.1 The context of the project The project PROMISCES - Preventing Recalcitrant Organic Mobile Industrial chemicalS for Circular Economy in the Soil-sediment-water system – is funded by the European Union under the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme to support Europe’s Green Deal. PROMISCES aims at identifying i) how industrial pollution, specifically industrial persistent, mobile and potentially toxic (iPM(T)) substances, prevents the deployment of the circular economy and ii) which strategies are needed to help overcome key bottlenecks. This will directly contribute to the targets of the Sustainable Chemicals Strategy and the Zero Pollution Action Plan. This Strategic Communication Plan (SCP), complemented by the Plan for Exploitation and Dissemination (PEDR), was developed as part of work package 6 (Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation), in the aim of ensuring that the project consortium has a clear communication guideline and mission. It includes: 1. defining the communication objectives; 2. identifying the target audience; 3. establishing and engaging in communication channels to consistently deliver the key messages, i.e. online and social media presence, publications, thematic initiatives and events; 4. defining roles and responsibilities for the core communication activities; 5. outlining an assessment and monitoring plan; 6. identifying Key Exploitable Results This final report contains the final plans build up on the initial Strategic Communication Plan and the initial Plan for Exploitation and Dissemination of Results (D6.1) and on the measures implemented since the initial plans early in the project. This final document presents the plans based on all materials created during the project lifetime and the expanded and refined strategies for communication, dissemination and exploitation of the project outcomes. 1.2 Communication objectives The overall objective of the communication, dissemination and exploitation activities is to reach the greatest possible impact from PROMISCES and to uptake the research results by increasing the outreach and visibility of the project activities and its results. The term impact refers not only to economic or commercial aspects, but includes scientific, technical, and especially societal areas. In line with the concept of open research, open access to results will be provided for more transparency and efficiency. Figure 1 shows the role that communication and dissemination activities play in reaching the overall objective, mainly through the establishment of targeted communication channels (see 1.5 Communication and networking activities). This means raising public awareness, engaging stakeholders, and providing transparent solutions (Figure 2). D6.2 – SCP and PEDR Final 8 Figure 2: Communication Strategy. Figure 1: Overall strategy to maximize the impact (Communication & dissemination). D6.2 – SCP and PEDR Final 9 The communication strategy includes the dissemination and exploitation of results (e.g. transparent solutions) and will be further elaborated in the PEDR. Here, raising public awareness and engaging stakeholders are the focus, leading to the following communication objectives: • building smart communication channels (website, social media, publications, events) to inform about the activities, benefits, and results of the project; • interacting with stakeholder groups to identify needs and possibilities for the further dissemination and exploitation of results; and • creating synergies with related projects and initiatives. The SCP explains how we intend to reach these objectives by: • presenting the core communication activities; • defining roles and responsibilities for the communication activities; • defining the target groups; • providing examples for key messages regarding different stakeholders; • creating and providing communication materials to support stakeholder engagement (logo, templates, presentations, etc.); and • outlining monitoring and assessment of the communication activities throughout the project. The communication and dissemination objectives and strategies presented in the SCP and PEDR have been designed to complement each other. 1.3 Identification and analysis of target and stakeholder groups A close exchange with stakeholders right from the beginning and throughout the lifetime of the project is crucial to the project’s success. This requires a comprehensive identification and analysis of potential stakeholders, which is an important component of the project. In PROMISCES, three stakeholder categories were defined: 1. PROMISCES participants (i.e. the whole consortium consisting of 27 partners); 2. Stakeholders attached to the project (External Advisory Board and associated partners); and 3. External stakeholders Checking the pertinence of the defined target groups and refining the target-group specific communication is a constant process that requires the involvement of the PROMISCES partners with their input from their Work Packages and Case Studies. Communication topics are discussed in the monthly TMC meetings with all Work Package leaders and the feedback from the technical WPs is integrated in the communication planning. If important stakeholder groups are missing, existing events and conferences area used to reach out to these groups. Additionally, associated partners and their networks are very important, therefore a close exchange with them will be maintained throughout the project, as well as for the uptake of results (see PEDR 2.4.5 Close cooperation with associated partners). D6.2 – SCP and PEDR Final 16 consortium has deemed to be relevant was included in D6.1. These networks can provide advice on regulatory and technical needs and act as multipliers. For instance, the Norman network will include a section promoting the Green Deal Projects on their website. A closer collaboration has been established with the NICOLE Network (e.g. PROMISCES final roll out event) and Water Europe (e.g., Water Knowledge Europe) for the purpose of organising sessions. Moreover, PROMISCES was also invited to participate at CWP event “Water Innovation Day” and UFZ PFAS-related event. 1.4 Communication and networking activities After outlining the objectives, the target audience and potential key messages, the initial plan of core activities is outlined below, which consists of setting up a visual identity and several communication and dissemination channels. Information about the communication channels of all PROMISCES partners was gathered via the Communication and Dissemination Questionnaire. The input will be used for more detailed planning. The following section presents the relevance of each communication activity, its specific target audience, and its goals. 1.4.1 Visual Identity A visual identity of PROMISCES is very important for homogenisation and branding of communication. Presentation templates, Microsoft Word templates for internal use, flyers and leaflets will always include the funding acknowledgement (Figure 3) and the PROMISCES logo (Figure 4) which is shown below. This will be made available for and deployed by the entire PROMISCES consortium via different channels and languages. Next to communication, PROMISCES visual identity will be applied in all dissemination and exploitation activities. Figure 3: Funding acknowledgement Figure 4: PROMISCES logo 1.4.2 Website The PROMISCES website (www.promisces.eu) serves as a focal point for all the project’s communication activities, and targets both the general public and an expert audience. It is a public platform for visitors to learn about the added value of PROMISCES, and to support dissemination and exploitation activities by providing the full range of information (nonand technical) related to PROMISCES and PFAS/PM(T) substances. The website will be continuously updated with input from all partners and will raise public awareness about the risks of iPM(T)s in the environment. The section “Media Kits” provides the project’s documents (e.g. flyers, logo pack, fact sheets), while the sections “Results” offers the possibility to download project results (e.g. public reports, communication items) and links to Zenodo. The section “News” provides announcements such as information about dissemination activities (seminars, meetings and conferences), the PROMISCES Blog and the recent newsletters. In the blog, the website users can read the articles from the newsletters, the interviews from the “Meet the Team” series, the “Young Researchers” series, and other interesting articles from the project such as the PFAS D6.2 – SCP and PEDR Final 17 Points. Also, the articles from the newsletter can be found in the blog. Under “Events”, upcoming events are shown. The section “About us” gives information concerning the partners, external stakeholders (e.g. External Advisory Board), the sister projects and related projects. Information on the project's work packages, objectives and case studies are presented in the "Project" section. Here, also the Circular Economy Routes with their respective graphics and the Online Survey Results can be viewed. In addition, there is a registration area for engaged stakeholders to become part of the PROMISCES community by subscribing to a newsletter. Through the contact form on the website, questions and requests will directly reach the project team. The website will serve as a source of information also beyond the duration of the project. It will remain online for at least three years after the end of the project. Thus, the many information and results that can be found in the blog and in the other website sections remain. For high visibility and dissemination, the website link and a QR-Code will be included in all communication materials. 1.4.3 Social media Apart from the PROMISCES website, social media is a crucial and powerful tool for reaching a wider audience and disseminating project updates and important events in an easy and creative way. To this end, PROMISCES has already established a LinkedIn account https://www.linkedin.com/company/promisces/ as it is the most widely used international professional network covering many different sectors. In addition, DECHEMA has set up a X account for also reaching citizens and non-experts. https://twitter.com/Promisces_EU DECHEMA will be responsible for creating posts and obtaining the required input from project partners. A social media editorial plan has been set up in order to plan posts for LinkedIn and X and to get an overview of upcoming events which are relevant for PROMISCES social media channels. It is planned to post two to three times per week. In addition, a Social Media template was developed and sent to the project partners from the work packages and case studies so that the partners could identify possible topics for social media posts. Among other things, the posts cover successes, milestones (past and future), goals or the motivation of the partners. Moreover, to highlight young researchers from the PROMISCES project, a new series “Young Professionals” (e.g., PhD students and post-docs) was developed. The questions circle around the personal interest, which young professionals bring into the project and how the conducted research and new knowledge about PFAS may change their personal life and choices. This series can be found on social media and the PROMISCES blog. Furthermore, the PFAS Points offer users quick and easy information about PFAS and PROMISCES. D6.2 – SCP and PEDR Final 18 Figure 5: PROMISCES Young Researchers Posting Figure 6: PFAS Points Posting The PROMISCES LinkedIn account is very successful and reaches many people. It provides interesting topics from the project and about PFAS in general. In September 2024, the LinkedIn channel reached 1000 followers. PROMISCES and the other projects from the Green Deal Health Cluster (ZeroPM, ALTERNATIVE, SCEANRIOS, LifeSaver and PANORAMIX) support each other on social media via liking and sharing posts. Once a month, all projects send links to the other projects with the request of liking and sharing them. 1.4.4 Project releases and materials Dedicated materials for creating awareness and promoting project events will be created. A project flyer is currently under preparation. This should be distributed or displayed at events and the aim is to draw attention to the project and arouse curiosity. At this stage, the following materials are planned: • A PROMISCES project poster and a short presentation slide deck introducing the project; • Layman’s report, fact sheets; • Project flyer; • Materials provided by the massive open online course (MOOC) (the need for further materials will be determined during the lifetime of the project); • Dedicated materials developed for specific occasions; • PROMISCES roll up banner created for the final roll out event D6.2 – SCP and PEDR Final 19 1.4.5 Online seminars Online seminars include a MOOC and will be targeted at young professionals and future end-users with the goal of making the scientific and regulatory community aware of PROMISCES main findings and results. Lectures for professionals will focus on PFAS/iPM(T) substances in the water, soil, and sediment cycles. Course content will range from PFAS characteristics, fate and transport in the environment, to PROMISCES technologies and management solutions. PROMISCES will provide material (PowerPoint presentations, videos of the case studies, and self-assessment study) with the project’s results. The self-study online course (6 weeks), examination and self-assessment tests will be held in English and will be available even after the project concludes. It will be shared via the TUDelft MOOC platform and will thus remain available after the project concludes. 1.4.6 Publications Technical and scientific publications are an important channel to raise awareness about the project, foster public acceptance and disseminate information for the uptake of solutions. Table 2 and 3 show a selection of scientific journals and journals targeted at experts from policy and industry as well as magazines for the general public, which could form a channel for diffusion of PROMISCES results. The KPI targeted at the end of the project are ≥ 10 publications in peer-reviewed journals and ≥ 8 publications in technical magazines. Table 2: Scientific journals Name of the scientific journal Chemical Engineering Journal Earth System Governance Environment International Environmental Pollution Environmental Science and Technology ES&T Water Green Chemistry Hydrogeology Journal Journal of cleaner production Journal of Environmental Management Journal of Hazardous Materials Journal of Hydrology Urban Water Journal Waste Management Water Water International Water Policy Water Research D6.2 – SCP and PEDR Final 20 Table 3: Technical magazines Name of the magazine Target audience Language Vallès Visió General public Catalan Vallès Oriental TV General public Catalan Diari SOM General public Catalan Nació Digital General public Catalan Fundació Rivus General public Catalan El Periódico Digital General public Catalan, Spanish Speciality Chemicals Magazine Fine and speciality chemicals industry English Freshwater Blog General public English Danube Watch Management in water pollution control English Le Moniteur Construction magazine French Journal du Geek New technology magazine French Géosciences or Géorama Earth sciences magazine French Techniques Sciences et Méthodes (TSM) Environment technology magazine French Actu-Environnement Global environmental concerns (cross target) French Environnement Magazine Global environmental concerns (cross target) French L’Usine nouvelle Industrial, energy and chemical scopes for decision maker French Science et Avenir Popular science – cross target French Environnement, Risques & Santé All disciplines converging between environment and health French L’actualité chimique Chemical sciences, and its relations with other sciences, industry, society and education French Revue Techniques Sciences Méthodes Water and wastewater stakeholders French DECISIONS DURABLES Environment French AEF DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE Environment French L’eau l’industrie les nuisances Environment French Green Univers Environment French KA (German magazine of DWA) Management in waste and water industry German wwt Wasserwirtschaft Wassertechnik Management in waste and water industry German GWF Wasser | Abwasser Management in waste and water industry German Vom Wasser Testing laboratories; authorities; water supply and disposal companies; environmental monitoring in industry and for applied research German Wasserspiegel Employees of Berliner Wasserbetriebe German Der Standard Non-scientific community German Die Presse Non-scientific community German Analytik News Analytical laboratories German HyWa – Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung Hydrology and water resources management German ÖWAW Fachzeitschrift Management in waste and water industry German, English Ilsole24ore.com Professionals in the technological and environmental sectors Italian D6.2 – SCP and PEDR Final 21 Name of the magazine Target audience Language Recycling demolizioni & riciclaggio (Edizioni PEI S.r.l.) Industry Italian Servizi a rete Professionals Italian Ingegneria dell’ambiente Professionals Italian RETEMA Management in environment Spanish La Vanguardia Digital General public Spanish Aguasresiduales.info Management in waste and water industry Spanish Tecnoaqua Management in waste and water industry Spanish FUTURENVIRO Environmental technologies Spanish, English 1.4.7 Face-to-face and online events Face-to-face, online or hybrid events are an important communication channel to reach experts, build trust, and encourage technology providers, utilities, and decision-makers to trust, promote and use PROMISCES results. The partners of the PROMISCES consortium participate in several events for networking activities to give presentations and distribute material. Additionally, PROMISCES organizes events of different formats including joint events with sister projects. 1.4.8 Additional opportunities for networking In addition to the topics named above and the collaboration with associations and networks as important target group, the connections the consortium has established through related projects are also an important communication channel. Related projects and the respective contacts of each partner are depicted in the table below. Table 4: Related Projects Name of the project Coordinator Possible synergies & opportunities for cooperation Contact partner within PROMISCES ZeroPM NGI (Stiftelsen Norges Geotekniske Institutt) Cluster meetings, invitations to workshops/events, CENWorkshop agreement SCENARIOS UPO Cluster meetings, invitations to workshops/events, CEN Workshop agreement PFASTwin HORIZON-CSA Invitation to events Julie Lions (BRGM) ULTIMATE KWR Valorising resources within the water cycle, water and industry, joint communicating events Ulf Miehe (KWB) Francesco Fatone (UNIVPM) (Nicole Heine, DECHEMA) NextGen KWR Circular water solutions Ulf Miehe (KWB) IMPETUS EURECAT Climate change, circular economy Hella Schwarzmüller (KWB) FlexTreat RWTH Aachen Agricultural water reuse (German project) Michael Stapf (KWB) Life AskReach UBA Raising consumer awareness about substances of high concern (SVHC) in articles; improving supply chain communication processes with the aim of Sandrine Andres (Ineris) D6.2 – SCP and PEDR Final 22 Name of the project Coordinator Possible synergies & opportunities for cooperation Contact partner within PROMISCES substituting SVHC with safer alternatives; etc. PARC (Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals) Anses Task 4.2 on « Environmental and multisource monitoring » est very relevant. One aim is to “Set up the overall process of environmental and multisource monitoring in PARC with the help of a pilot study on PFAS and endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs)” Valeria Dulio, Sandrine Andres (Ineris) Life VERMEER Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologich e Mario Negri IRCCS VERMEER developed software which integrates hazard evaluation with exposure assessment for human and environment Enrico Mombelli, Sandrine Andres (Ineris) PROTECT UFZ Persistent mobile organic chemicals in the aquatic environment: Sources, occurrence and technical processes for their removal in the drinking water supply Jochen Kuckelkorn (UBA) TrinkWave TU München Dr. Thomas Track (DECHMA) AquaNES FH Nordwestschw eiz Dr. Alexander Sperlich (BWB) Dr. Ulf Miehe (KWB) SOuRCE EURECAT Invitation to events, use of project website for communication, etc. Share of results about tech performance in PFAS removal. Carme Bosch (EURECAT) USETOX UNEP/SETAC Global consensus tool for using output for Life Cycle Impact Assessments of products and product systems Leo Posthuma (RIVM) Life cycle Initiative UNEP/SETAC Global consensus process to develop methods foroutput for Life Cycle Impact Assessments of products and product systems Leo Posthuma (RIVM) Sunshine Work together on case study (e.g. alternatives for PFAS coatings) Willie Peijnenburg (RIVM) MAGO CETAQUA Invitation to events, sharing of information Miren López de Alda (IDAEA-CSIC) NATURE CSIC Invitation to events, sharing of information Víctor Matamoros (IDAEA-CSIC) FATERISK Aqua TU Wien Joint stakeholder workshops Matthias Zessner / Julia Derx (TU Wien) Danube Hazard m3c TU Wien Joint stakeholder workshops Matthias Zessner WATERUN AIMEN Invitation to events FRANCESCO FATONE (UNIVPM) ECOSEDRA SOGEIN Invitation to events, joined research activities FRANCESCO FATONE (UNIVPM) BLUE LAKES LEGAMBIENTE Invitation to events FRANCESCO FATONE (UNIVPM) D6.2 – SCP and PEDR Final 23 Name of the project Coordinator Possible synergies & opportunities for cooperation Contact partner within PROMISCES DIGITAL WATER CITY KWB Invitation to events FRANCESCO FATONE (UNIVPM) Emerging contaminants project CBT Knowledge /results sharing Josep Pascual (CBT) Microplastics project CBT Knowledge / results sharing Josep Pascual (CBT) WATER-MINING DELFT University of Technology Invitation to events, results sharing, networking Nicole Heine (DECHEMA) Josep Pascual (CBT) Center of Competence Clean&Circle Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski Use of website and social networks for communication, invitation to events, etc. Albena Varsano (Sofia University) BioICEP Technical University of the Shannon, Ireland Invitation to events Tjalf de Boer (MLS) LIFE Capture ABO CEN Workshop agreement Nicole Heine (DECHEMA) LIFE Pristine ACCIONA AGUA SA Communication purposes to maximise the outreach Aleksandra Jurewicz (DECHEMA) 1.5 Monitoring and assessment Monitoring and assessment of the communication, dissemination and exploitation activities is an important aspect for the communication strategy. It requires a structured procedure to ensure that the right messages have reached the right stakeholders and to measure the effectiveness of the communication activities. Key performance indicators (KPIs) are used to compare the original goals with what has been achieved in the end. Suitable procedures for project-internal monitoring will be applied. PROMISCES will use the following categories to measure performance in terms of number of: • conferences/workshops/exhibitions organized and number of attendees • publications in peer reviewed journals with high impact factors • publications in technical magazines • reference documents produced • project newsletters/ contribution to newsletters of the partners/contribution to external newsletters • participants in project-linked seminars • lectures linked to PROMISCES • followers in social media channels/ social media statistics Concrete numbers for most categories are summarized in Table 5. D6.2 – SCP and PEDR Final 24 Table 5: Overview of PROMISCES communication and dissemination activities and the respective KPIs Type of dissemination (Target Audience) Examples of targeted dissemination channels What we want to achieve KPI (targeted at the end of the project) Conference / workshop / exhibitions (Policy makers, industry, public organisations & associations, utilities, researchers) Conferences Conferences: AquaConSoil, IWA DWA, SedNet, EGU and AGU, SETAC, Aqua Urbanica, Water World Forum, World CE Forum, World Resource Forum Workshops by NICOLE, Micropol, JRC, ICPDR Exhibitions: Remtech Expo, Pollutec National expert groups: ÖWAV, French AQUAREF Parallel session at AquaConSoil Dissemination of schemes and of PROMISCES scientific results among technical experts. Spread knowledge about novel RA approaches. Contribute to best practice documents on various topic (via ESPP, DWA, JRC). Connect local decision makers in water management with PFAS topic. ≥ 10 (by academic/research partners) workshops sessions organised by partners with minimum 2080 participants ≥ 15 by R&I partners) proceedings / communications accepted at international conferences Scientific journals (Researchers, industry) Environmental Science and Technology, Environmental Pollution, Water Research, Journal of Hydrology, Journal of Cleaner, Production and others, Environment International, Water Policy, Water International, Earth System Governance Diffusion of PROMISCES scientific results. Acceptance of PROMISCES results as part of the State of the Art ≥ 10 publications in peer reviewed journals with high impact factors Technical magazines (Industry, researchers, general public) Bodem, Retema, Futurenviro, KA (German magazine of DWA), Danube watch, Servizi a rete, Ingegneria dell’Ambiente, Géologues, Techniques Sciences et Méthodes, Pour la science, Industri Diffusion of PROMISCES scientific results. Update design guidelines for advanced WW treatment. Acceptance of PROMISCES’ results as part of the State of the Art ≥ 8 publications in technical magazines D6.2 – SCP and PEDR Final 25 Type of dissemination (Target Audience) Examples of targeted dissemination channels What we want to achieve KPI (targeted at the end of the project) Ambiente, Industria Química Reference documents (Researchers, industry, public organisations & associations) Enhancement of existing guidelines (e.g. UBA guidelines) Contributions to national reference documents Highlight the potential to included PFAS removal in utility planning Raise Awareness on the usage of new methods for assessment ≥ 2 reference documents PROMISCES partners & newsletter (Researchers, public organisations and associations, industry, utilities) Dissemination on partners’ websites and newsletters. Webpage dedicated to PROMISCES (in French and English) on the institutional website of partners with pertinent links (PROMISCES website, more info, etc.) Present PROMISCES challenges and innovations, raise awareness around the project, extend the reach of the project Project descriptions on each partner’s website ≥ 3 project newsletters ≥ 5 contributions to partners newsletters ≥ 5 contributions on external newsletters Online webinars (Researchers, universities, industry, public organisations & associations) MOOC on the partners’ website & PROMISCES webpage Webinars PROMISCES related guestlectures at universities Young Researcher’s Forum Outreach to young professionals and future end-users to present and promote PROMISCES innovative technologies, analytical methods, monitoring concepts and advances, raise awareness of iPM(T) substances and their fate ≥ 150 participants in project-linked webinars by academic/research partner At least 1 MOOC organised by DELFLAND ≥ 5 lectures linked to PROMISCES D6.2 – SCP and PEDR Final 32 o Water suppliers and plant operators can utilize the new, cost-effective analytical methods and passive samplers for routine monitoring of water resources. o The developed treatment and remediation technologies for PFAS-contaminated water and soil, such as the "E-Peroxone" strategy or thermal solutions, can be integrated into existing and new facilities. o A "DSF Substitution portal" will be available to economic operators to support them in replacing hazardous substances. • Policy Advice and Risk Assessment: o The models for assessing human health and environmental exposure and risk will serve as a foundation for policy decisions. o A "CEN Workshop Agreement" summarizes best practices and solutions for managing PMT substances, serving as a public guidance document that has the potential to be developed into a formal standard. In summary, the project's outcomes will see wide application, ranging from enhancing analytical detection capabilities and developing new remediation technologies to directly supporting the creation of future environmental standards and regulations. To ensure the exploitation, transfer and replication of PROMISCES results and to maximise the impact beyond the project’s lifetime, specifically the CEN Workshop Agreement (CWA) on “Soil-sedimentwater system - Solutions to deal with PMT/vPvM substances" (D6.11) can be considered a great platform to discuss project results with different stakeholders (including the sister projects), synthesize results and formulate key messages for future standardisation. This supports the overall exploitation of PROMISCES results and increases the impact beyond the project duration. The CEN Workshop is open for the direct participation of all parties interested in the development of the agreement. Hence, both relevant stakeholders (e.g., decision makers, academics, municipal and industrial actors) and civil society within and beyond Europe were encouraged to contribute to the CWA. Furthermore, two sister projects, ZeroPM and SCENARIOS, were invited to participate and present their aims and topics of concern and are included in the draft process. The resulting CWA will represent the consensus of the involved stakeholders, as the document will be prepared collaboratively. The integrative approach will support broad acceptance in civil society and expert communities. Once completed, the CWA will be made accessible (open access) via the CEN and the EU standardisation bodies and will be valid for three years. Although the CWA does not have the status of a European Standard, future standardisation needs will be included in the PROMISCES CWA. Future standardisation of zero pollution CE strategies is crucial for ensuring transferability, as well as application, interoperability, and replication both within Europe and internationally. The CWA document is collaborative work, with six online meetings held. The kick off meeting for this task took place on 15th February 2024 and outlined the workshop's aim: defining optimal practices, solutions, and guidelines for managing PMT/vPvM substances. These solutions were categorized into areas of Prevention/Substitution, Monitoring, Risk-assessment, Measures/Remediation, and Prioritization for Remediation Goals. As part of the categorized solutions, a special focus is placed on the following five circular economy routes: semi-closed water cycle for drinking water supply, D6.2 – SCP and PEDR Final 33 wastewater reuse for agricultural irrigation, nutrient and energy recovery from treated sludge for fertilisers, material recovery from dredged sediment for eco-materials, and groundwater and soil remediation to protect water cycle. Leadership roles for the CWA were confirmed, with Dr. Thomas Track (DECHEMA) as Chair, Dr. Veronika Zhiteneva (KWB) as Vice-Chair, and Dr. Madlen Schmudde (DIN) as Secretary. An online survey was made available so that participating members identified their categories of interest within the CWA and registered in core teams for each solution category (SC). Finally, the Chair appointed team leaders for each SC: Sarah Hale (TZW) for Prevention/Substitution, Veronika Zhiteneva (KWB) for Measures/Remediation, Hans Peter Arp (NGI) for Prioritization for Remediation Goals, Anne Togola (BRGM) for Monitoring, and Martine Bakker (RIVM) for Risk-Assessment. At the beginning of April, all officially registered participants (40) were granted access to a SharePoint folder where they can work on the CWA document in parallel. Finally, at least 10 of the participants are external to the PROMISCES project, fulfilling KPI 6.4 (KPI 6.4: Number of project external stakeholders included in the CEN workshop agreement for the co-creation of the DS. Target: 5-15). To highlight the importance of this document, it is important to mention that also another European project ARAGORN contributed to the work. All CWA meetings have taken place, and the official work with the participants concluded on January 29. Small changes, such as adjusting the chapter titles, have been made. Currently, the CEN Workshop Agreement is under revision by the Workshop Secretariat (DIN). Its publication is planned for March 2025. It will be made available to the public on the official CEN-CENELEC website. PROMISCES will disseminate the publication via PROMISCES social media and the website. Moreover, the participants are encouraged to promote the document within their networks. 2.4.4 Close cooperation with associated partners Not only will PROMISCES improve the innovation capabilities of its partners and introduce them to new or larger markets, but numerous other entities (listed below), interested in high performance and competitive innovations, also support and will benefit from PROMISCES. These associated partners (APs) have stated their interest either via a letter of support (LoS) or by accepting an External Advisory Board position. Table 7 outlines how PROMISCES will capitalise on its extensive AP network to broaden the exploitation of its innovations. D6.2 – SCP and PEDR Final 34 The APs supported via the following activities during the project lifetime: • Consult on up-scaling potential and market entry; • Provisional installation/experiments with innovations, model testing and referral of other water utilities; • Advise on technology development, uptake of regulatory tools, market, regulatory needs and considerations; • Foster connection with academia; • Advise on uptake of regulatory tools; • Lobby for (new) national policies; and • Provide deeper understanding of circular economy considerations After the project is completed, the continued support of the exploitation activities by the APs is foreseen, such as: • Supporting the potential market entry of technologies; • Applying the solutions within industry; • Conducting subsequent research collaborations; • Supporting the uptake of regulatory and decision-support tools and new national policies; and • Recommending other public authorities for subsequent collaborations. D6.2 – SCP and PEDR Final 35 Table 7: Overview of associated partners and exploitation ambitions Category Associated partners (AP) Exploitation destination & timeline Technical and industrial innovations VEOLIA, MEWT, WAPULEC LTD, GRAFORCE, GCI, VIVA SERVIZI, WITTEVEEN+BOS, MAWV, DANONE During: Consultation on upscaling potential and market entry After: Potential market entry of technologies, application in industry Water utilities and agencies CATALAN WATER AGENCY, VIENNA, WATER, ASPMA, PORT OF DUNKIRK, Alto trevigiano servizi spa During: Provisional installation/experiments with PROMISCES’ innovations, testing F&T models, referral of other water utilities After: Subsequent research collaboration or implementation of PROMICES’ innovations Research and development BGS, CRCCARE, TU DELFT During: Technical advice on technology development, connection with academia After: Subsequent research collaboration Public authorities L’Agence de la transition écologique (ADEME) (FR), L'Office français de la biodiversité (OFB) (FR), Senatsverwaltung für Umwelt, Verkehr und Klimaschutz - Berlin (Sen UVK) (DE) During: Advice on uptake of regulatory tools, lobbying for new (national) policies After: Uptake of regulatory and decision-support tools, new national policies, referral of other public authorities for subsequent collaboration NGOs CAN, ICPRD, BUND During: Deeper understanding of CE considerations After: Subsequent collaboration Sectors and networks NICOLE Network, NORMAN, WATER EUROPE, WATER REUSE EUROPE, SEDNET, IAWD, VEWIN, ESPP, EUROGEOSURVEYS, DBU, COMMON FORUM During: Advise on technical, market, lobbying, regulatory needs and considerations After: Subsequent research collaboration 2.5 Plans for post-project dissemination and use of results As a lot of work was finalized in the last months of the PROMISCES project, thus, dissemination and exploitation of these results will evidently proceed after project end. On top of further collaboration between the partners and, cooperation with the associated partners as laid out above, each partner institution has defined a strategy for the use of results, complementing the definition of the Key Exploitable Results and their potential uses. In addition, PROMISCES plays an important educational role by raising awareness about pollution and the circular economy. It offers capacity-building activities through open-access training, D6.2 – SCP and PEDR Final 36 webinars, social media campaigns, and educational resources such as MOOCs, the videos produced by BWB and consensus-based documents (CWA). These efforts target a broad audience, including local authorities, water managers, students, young professionals, civil society, and environmental NGOs, contributing to the development of a more informed, active, and resilient population. The focus of post-project dissemination lies on dissemination of results at events, by publications, further communication and networking activities as detailed further below. For enhancing the impact of the PROMISCES policy brief and policy recommendations in D5.8 «Modular recommendations for evaluation and implementation of relevant EU directives, strategies and action plans» a specific dissemination strategy has been devised. 2.5.1 Dissemination of PROMISCES outcomes at conferences and events PROMISCES partners keep on disseminating project results at numerous national, European and international conferences, workshops and networking events, targeting various stakeholder groups such as the scientific and technical community, industry and policy stakeholders. Below are a few examples of events were PROMISCES partners present the project outcomes after project lifetime: - SETAC Europe 35th Annual Meeting, 11-15/05/2025, Vienna, Austria - Groundwater Quality, 10-13/06/2025, Bordeaux, France - AquaConSoil 2025, 16-20/06/2025, Liège, Belgium - Österreichischer PFAS-Tag, PFAS in der Wasserversorgung, Abwasserwirtschaft und Abfallwirtschaft, 24/06/2025, Vienna, Austria - International Conference on CHEMICAL AND PROCESS ENGINEERING, 29/06/25-02/07/25, Florence, Italy - RemTech Europe, 15-19/09/2025, Ferrara, Italy - Aqua Urbanica, 21-23/09/2025, Rapperswil, Switzerland - ZeroPM workshop „Achieving Zero Pollution of Persistent and Mobile Substances”, 78/10/2025, Mytilene, Greece - Dioxin 2025, 1-6/11/2025, Antalya, Turkey - An event to present the PROMISCES CWA to several standardization committees and expert groups is in planning by DIN (Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V., German Standardization Institute) and DECHEMA for 2026, date and venue tbd. 2.5.2 Publications After PROMISCES’ lifetime, partners’ efforts to disseminate the technical project outcomes and engage with the scientific community are ongoing. Several further articles in peer-reviewed journals have been published between April en October 2025: - Presence of perand polyfluoroalkyl substances in untreated leachate from regional municipal waste landfills: A first assessment for Bulgaria Journal of Ecological Engineering, 2025, 26(7), 93–105 D6.2 – SCP and PEDR Final 37 Irina Ribarova, Dobril Valchev, Gioia Valentina, Alessandro Frugis - Investigating the extent of PFAS contamination in the Upper Danube Basin across environmental compartments Environmental Sciences Europe Volume 37, Article number: 99 (2025) Meiqi Liu, Ernis Saracevic, Thomas J. Oudega, Ali A. A. Obeid, Zsuzsanna Nagy-Kovács, Balázs László, Steffen Kittlaus, Ottavia Zoboli, Jörg Krampe, Julia Derx & Matthias Zessner - Effect of Hydrophobic Cross-Linkers in Strong Base Gel-Type Resins on the Adsorption Kinetics and Capacity for Perfluoroalkyl Substances ACS EST Water 2025, 5, 8, 4435–4447 Florian Junge, Fiona E. Rückbeil, Regina Gnirss, Rainer Haag, Alejandro Lorente, Fabio Lorenz, Sunil P. M. Menacherry, Aki S. Ruhl, Alexander Sperlich, Ana Zidar, Olaf Wagner - Plasma-assisted reduction of toxicity of landfill leachate, spiked with PFOA Journal of Water Process Engineering, Volume 76, August 2025, 108190 Mihaela Kirilova, Yovana Todorova, Plamena Marinova, Todor Bogdanov, Ivaylo Yotinov, Irina Schneider, Nora Dinova, Yana Topalova, Evgenia Benova More than ten additional papers have either been already submitted to peer-reviewed journals or are still in prepration, including topics on - PROMISCES modelling results related to WP2 and Case study 2 (Danube case) - Technologies and results related to WP1 and Case study 1 (Berlin case) - Further results from WP1 and WP4 - Results from WP5 co-creation workshop - Policy recommendations (WP5) 2.5.3 Dedicated dissemination of policy related results To ensure maximum efficiency and impact of the PROMISCES policy recommendations defined in D5.8, a number of planned dissemination activities were compiled and assigned to partners. A twopage flyer summarizing the policy recommendations for easier access and for promotion of the full deliverable was developed during the project and distributed at the PROMISCES final event for the first time. Four of the nine recommendations were included in the PROMISCES response to the draft of the EU Water Resilience Strategy. The D5.8 summary flyer was distributed at the Water Resilience Strategy stakeholder consultation meeting in Brussels. In addition to promoting them via social media channels and on the project website, PROMISCES policy recommendations have directly been distributed to EC officials (DG ENV) in July 2025, including participants to the WaterProjectEurope event co-organized by PROMISCES in Brussels in December 2024. D5.8 has also been shared with several other European projects, including the five other projects of the Health project cluster as well as project UPWATER. Distribution to EurEau (European Federation of National Associations of Water Services) is equally part of the plan. Common Forum expressed interest in organizing an event about the recommendations in D5.8, the discussion is ongoing. D6.2 – SCP and PEDR Final 38 Two publications, one on the policy recommendations and one on the outcomes of the co-creation workshops are currently in preparation by the WP5 partners. Drafts are already available, submission is planned before the end of 2025. Furthermore, the policy brief and the policy recommendations were promoted within the GD-SO newsletter. 2.5.4 Communication, Networking and other activities The PROMISCES LinkedIn channel remains operational after project end. In addition to sharing news, the pFAS points series was completed as well as a series highlighting the results of all case studies. The LinkedIn channel is also a good tool to continue collaborating with the sister projects ZeroPM and SCENARIOS which are still running. PROMISCES partners continue to deliver contributions to events organized by them. Using EC services to boost the outreach, an articles on PROMISCES results were published on CORDIS (September 2025) and one on the GD-SO newsletter (October 2025), highlighting major results like the DSF, the policy recommendations and the CWA. PROMISCES was asked to support a study on PFAS contamination and transfer pathways in the river Elbe catchment areas on behalf of the River Basin Community Elbe (https://www.fgg-elbe.de/fggelbe-en.html) consisting of all regions in Germany that the river Elbe or rivers that feed into the Elbe pass through, involving the German national as well as several regional governments. As this includes the Berlin area, KWB was able to confirm that in the frame of CS1 relevant measurements took place and the data will be shared for this purpose. D6.2 – SCP and PEDR Final 39 2.6 Annex: Table of PROMISCES Key Exploitable Results Key Exploitable Result (KER) Description How results can be used Potential Users Analytical methods for global measurement of PFAS and other fluorinated compounds Analytical methods developed by TOP assay in waters and solid, AOf for waters and EOF/TOF for solid Concrete feedback and contribution/recommandations on the applicability of methods in the ongoing normalisatin actions and Interlaboratory Trial organisation. Contribution on the Technical Guidelines regarding methods for monitoring PFAS under the recast DWD Contributions to: CEN TC 444 WG3 (EOF), POLMO program - (organisation of ILT). Transfer to CEN standardisation. All laboratories, regulations for new prescriptions of moniotring; Revision of directives Analytical methods for targeted PFAS Analytical methods developed for targeted PFAS in water and in effluent Concrete feedback and contribution/recommandations on the applicability of methods in the ongoing normalisatin actions and Interlaboratory Trial organisation. Contribution on the Technical Guidelines regarding methods for monitoring PFAS under the recast DWD Contributions to: WG2 (target analysis for soils and sludge); POLMO program - (organisation of ILT). Transfer to DIN and CEN standardisation. All laboratories, regulations for new prescriptions of moniotring; Revision of directives Analytical methods for targeted PFAS Analytical methods developed for targeted PFAS in complex matrices (e.g leachate and biochar/bio-oil by pyrolisys treatment) Concrete feedback and contribution/recommandations on the applicability of cost-effective methods extendable to various complex matrices for routine analisys All laboratories for routine monitoring Analytical methods: Target analytical methods for PMTs in water and lettuce New methods for analysis of target PMTs with focus on industrial chemicals in water and lettuce Methods reproducible by other scientists/analysts. Methods of interest to water managers and regulators and plant operators (contracts already signed by CSIC). Scientifc community, laboratories, water managers, WWTP operators, industries, policy makers In vitro biotest battery for risk assessment of PFAS Cell-based bioassays for fast and sensitive testing of water samples to detect possible effects of PFAS in drinking water Risk assessment of complex water samples in the drinking water catchment area or directly in the drinking water Risk assessors, water suppliers, regulators D6.2 – SCP and PEDR Final 40 Workflows for suspect and nontarget screening of PMTs in water followed by prioritization New tools for identification and priotization of PMTs in evironmental matrices Methods reproducible by other scientists/analysts to identify sitespecific pollutants of concern in their areas of study. Tools of interest also to regulators and water managers (contracts already signed by CSIC). Scientifc community, laboratories, water managers, WWTP operators, policy makers Demonstration of passive sampler implementation for PFAs monitoring in water Different passive samplers tested and refined Passive samplers as supportive method for monitoring of urban pathways (e.g. groundwater or indirect discharge) Water authorities, water utilities Aquatic persistence dashboard in SimpleBox model The SimpleBox – Aquatic Persistence Dashboard (SB-AP Dashboard) has been developed as a new tool to study the extent to which PMT substances persist in water bodies as a function of their chemical substance properties and emission distribution over different water bodies. The output of the tool gives the aquatic persistence of the organic chemical in water bodies. This is an indication of the mobility of a chemical and the likelihood that it will end up in oceans. Risk assessors for PMT substances Guidance Document on Emission-, fateand transport modeling for exposure assessment of surface and groundwater Gives guidance (D2.4) for the applicaton of model trains for emissions, fate, transport and exposure for PMTs in the environment, which specific focus on global models, soil – groundwater interaction and the catchment– river – river bank filtration – drinking water transort route It provides guidance for applications of models with specific focus on model trains. • tiered approach • part of risk assessment • best use of specific models in model trains • best combination of model trains • modeling limitations of model trains Stakeholders to be adressed • industries, utilities, environmental authorities, and consultancies to use models • decision makers and regulators -> policy implications • Industries, utilities, NGOs environmental authorities, consultancies and researchers to use models • Decision makers and regulators D6.2 – SCP and PEDR Final 41 Generic approach for deriving soil risk limits in complience with groundwater criteria This model is for prediction of leaching of chemicals from the soil surface to groundwater. The numerical models to be used for the modelling of vertical transport (Hydrus 1D) and lateral transport have been parameterized for two scenarios: 1)) Shallow groundwater tables combined with emissions to surface water. 2) Deeper groundwater bodies combined with drinking water extraction. Risk limits for PFAS for surface water and groundwater in compliance with the proposals for the EU groundwater directive and the SCHEER have been adopted in the model. These values have been used to calculate corresponding soil concentrations. The modelling approach can be adopted by risk assessors to a specific locale, e.g. a country or a catchment area. In line with the sample calculations, risk limits taylored to a specific situation can be derived Risk assessors for PMT substances Human Health Exposure Assessment model The HHEA model is a probabilistic tool developed to evaluate the exposure for humans in 4 circular economy (CE) routes investigated in 6 of the 7 case studies in the project PROMISCES. The HHEA was applied to the following routes: 1) semi-closed drinking water cycle; 2) groundwater remediation; 3) water reuse for agricultural irrigation; and 4) nutrient recovery. Exposure assessments can be performed with the tool for the routes described in the previous column. Utilities, environmental authorities, consultancies, decision makers and regulators In silico models for physico-chemical properties of PFAS Web application for predicting Sw, VP, LogP, BCF of PFAS The web-application can be used to predict 4 physico-chemical properties of PFAS. Risk assessors New in silico similarity tools other than QSPR/QSAR for identification of PM(T) properties, and new AI/ML approaches focusing on grouping approaches. A model has been developed that predicts the aquatic toxicity of organic chemicals including PFAS. Aquatic toxicity can be predicted based on the chemical structure of the PFAS Risk assessors D6.2 – SCP and PEDR Final 48 Soil-washing treatment to remove PFAS from dredged sediments Definition of the technological solution and pilot design for treating Scientific community, environmental consultancies, engineering companies, public authorities, port authority Drinking water treatment and design tool for design of drinking water treatment trains supportive modelling tool to optimize adsorptive treatment The PPM fate and transport component simulates time dependent water concentrations that allowed a validation of the model by a comparison to observed in-stream concentrations. Water utilities, scientific community E-peroxone based electrochemical strategy for PMT degradation Knowledge on operation conditions and pilot design of this tech to treat wastewater effluents with focus on iPMT reduction New funding opportunities (pubic and private) Scientific community, environmental consultancies, engineering companies, landowners, public authorities New data on the occurrence and risk of PMTs in the water cycle and crops Improved knowledge on input of industrial chemicals in the water cycle through WWTP effluents, and on plant uptake of industrial pollutants. New data on the environmental occurrence and risk of PMTs made published through different means (scientific publications, public repositories, open access databases) Data of interest for mulitple stakeholders (scientists, water managers, policy makers, municipalities, farmers, citizens...) . Support to regulators for directives update (water reuse, Watch List, etc.) Scientifc community, laboratories, water managers, WWTP operators, industries, policy makers, municipalities, farmers, citicens, etc. Novel treatment trains for adsorptive PFAS removal from drinking water with high DOM content Pilot-scale experience with novel treatment trains Results are directly transferable to potential large-scale appilcations and can help to optimize drinking water treatment Water utilities D6.2 – SCP and PEDR Final 49 Thermic solution to remove PFAS from landfill leachate sludge and concentrates Development a technological solution to reduce the PFAS in the leachate and to manage the concentrate with thermal treatment in order to obtain the complete destruction of PFAS. The new solution can be operated in the site of landfill leachate production/treatment 1) Definition of the technological solution and pilot design for treating the leachate with focus to PFAS reduction 2) Definition of the best process condition for the treatment 1) To evaluate the possibility to integrate this solution in the existent plant dedicated to th leachate treatment 2) To propose the solution for new plants 3) New funding opportunities (public and private) Scientific community, environmental consultancies, engineering companies, leachate treatment plant operators, public authorities DSF Decision Support Framework for the risk management of PM(T) substances in soil, sediment and water. Stakeholders (e.g. water utilities, chemical industry, national authorities) can use the tool to identify, prevent, monitor, assess and mitigate PM(T) substances in soil, sediment and water. Water utilities, chemical industry, national authorities Substitution portal (D5.2) A website providing support to economic operators engaged in a substitution approaches. A section of the portal is dedicated to PMTs and PFAS. The section on PMTs and PFAS will include the results of the project in relation to substitution. The site also compiles results and resources relating to the substitution of pFAS or PMTs from other sources. Economic operators, national authorities CEN Workshop Agreement on "Soilsediment-water system - Solutions to deal with PMT/vPvM substances" The CWA aims to establish best practices, solutions, and recommendations for managing PMT/vPvM substances. It provides a collection of approaches from potential preventive measures to end-ofpipe solutions. Through the CWA, our objective is to interconnect similar initiatives and external parties, ensuring credible exploitation, transferability, and replication of results. Another key objective is to maximize the impact beyond the project's duration, thereby facilitating knowledge transfer. Public guidance document. Could potentially be developed into a standard. NGOs, Water utilities, Manufacturers of PMT/vPvMrelated products, Research Institutes