D6.1 – Strategic Communication Plan (SCP) and Plan for Exploitation and Dissemination of Results (PEDR) - Initial

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: Lara Oppelt and Nicole Heine (DECHEMA) Lead Beneficiary: DECHEMA Type of delivery: R Dissemination Level: PU Filename and version: D6.1 – Strategic Communication Plan (SCP) and Plan for Exploitation and Dissemination of Results (PEDR) - Initial Website: www.promisces.eu Due date: 30 April 2022 D6.1 – Strategic Communication Plan (SCP) and Plan for Exploitation and Dissemination of Results (PEDR) - Initial PROMISCES D6.1 – SCP and PEDR 2 © European Union, 2022 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. Reproduction is authorized provided the source is acknowledged Disclaimer The information and views set out in this report are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Neither the European Union institutions and bodies nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained therein. PROMISCES D6.1 – SCP and PEDR 3 Document History This document has been through the following revisions: Authorisation Distribution This document has been distributed to: Version date Author/Reviewer Description 0.1 (sent 01.04.2022) 22.04.2022 L. Oppelt/M. Lembke-Özer, V. Zhitneva First draft for review 0.1 (sent 20.04.2022) 25.04.2022 L. Oppelt/ All partners (primary contacts) First draft for review (parallel review due to short time) 0.2 27.04.2022 J. Lions/R. Stead Report compilation (PEDR+SCP) 1.0 28.04.2022 J. Lions Final Version for distribution Authorisation Name Status Date Review N. Heine WP6 leader 31.03.2022 Review M. Lembke-Özer, V. Zhitneva (KWB) WP6 partner, TMC member 22.04.2022 Validation N. Heine WP6 leader 27.04.2022 Quality Control V. Badajoz Administrative and financial manager 28.04.2022 Approval Ph. Negrel Project coordinator 28.04.2022 Name Title Version issued Date of issue All partners (primary contacts) Steering committee V. 0.1 20.04.2022 All partners (primary contacts) Steering committee V. 1 29.04.2022 PROMISCES D6.1 – SCP and PEDR 4 Executive Summary The PROMISCES project, “Preventing Recalcitrant Organic Mobile Industrial chemicalS for Circular Economy in the Soil-sediment-water system” is funded by 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. Specifically, the SCP and PEDR present: • The process used to identify and analyse relevant stakeholder groups • Communication and Dissemination channels, including online and social media presence • 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 Both the SCP and PEDR will be updated every six months. PROMISCES D6.1 – SCP and PEDR 5 Table of Contents 1 Strategic Communication Plan ............................................................................................ 6 1.1 The context of the project ........................................................................................... 6 1.2 Communication objectives .......................................................................................... 6 1.3 Identification and analysis of target and stakeholder groups ..................................... 8 1.3.1 Procedure ............................................................................................................. 9 1.3.2 Communication aimed at strategic/ technical managers and practitioners from related industries .............................................................................................................. 13 1.3.3 Communication aimed at policy makers and regulators ................................... 13 1.3.4 Communication aimed at the general public ..................................................... 14 1.3.5 Communication aimed at the scientific community .......................................... 14 1.3.6 Communication aimed at associations and networks ....................................... 14 1.4 Developing PROMISCES’ key messages ..................................................................... 16 1.5 Communication and networking activities ................................................................ 17 1.5.1 Visual Identity ..................................................................................................... 17 1.5.2 Website .............................................................................................................. 17 1.5.3 Social media........................................................................................................ 18 1.5.4 Project releases and materials ........................................................................... 18 1.5.5 Online seminars .................................................................................................. 18 1.5.6 Publications ........................................................................................................ 18 1.5.7 Face-to-face and online events .......................................................................... 20 1.5.8 Additional opportunities for networking ........................................................... 22 1.6 Monitoring and assessment ...................................................................................... 24 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 .............................................................................................. 28 2.3.1 Target audience .................................................................................................. 28 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 Transfer and application of results via the CEN Workshop Agreement ............ 34 2.4.4 Close cooperation with associated partners ...................................................... 35 PROMISCES D6.1 – SCP and PEDR 6 1 Strategic Communication Plan 1.1 The context of the project The PROMISCES project - 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 will identify how industrial pollution, specifically industrial persistent, mobile and potentially toxic (iPM(T)) substances prevent the deployment of the circular economy and which strategies help overcome key bottlenecks. This will directly contribute to the targets of the Sustainable Chemicals Strategy and the Zero Pollution Action Plan. Part of work package 6 (Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation) is a Strategic Communication Plan (SCP). Complemented by the Plan for Exploitation and Dissemination (PEDR), the SCP will ensure that the project consortium has a clear communication guideline and mission. The plan will be updated every six months. 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; and 5. outlining an assessment and monitoring plan 1.2 Communication objectives The overall objective of the communication, dissemination and exploitation activities is to reach the greatest possible impact from the PROMISCES project 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 which role 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). PROMISCES D6.1 – SCP and PEDR 7 Figure 2: Communication Strategy Figure 1: Overall strategy to maximize the impact (Communication & dissemination) PROMISCES D6.1 – SCP and PEDR 8 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. Since the boundary between communication and dissemination activities is fluid, the communication and dissemination objectives and strategies presented in the SCP and PEDR will partially overlap and 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 plays a crucial role in 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 are defined: 1. PROMISCES participants (the whole consortium consisting of 27 partners); 2. Stakeholders attached to the project (External Advisory Board EAB and associated partners); and 3. External stakeholders The knowledge and individual networks of the PROMISCES participants are very valuable for PROMISCES’ communication activities. Their networks can be used to contact relevant external stakeholders, e.g. for sending out targeted questionnaires to explore the demands and views of stakeholders (subtask 5.1.1). To give an overview of the networks of each partner, several steps have been/will be taken. As mentioned below, the general public is also considered an important target group. PROMISCES will therefore reach out to society, especially to explain the health risks of PFAS. PROMISCES D6.1 – SCP and PEDR 9 1.3.1 Procedure The first step was to hold a stakeholder identification activity, which took place during the PROMISCES Kick-off meeting in November 2021. The participants were divided into five groups according to the five circular economy routes and they discussed the stakeholders relevant for their route. Table 1 shows the results from these discussions and forms a preliminary identification for relevant stakeholder groups. All groups agreed that regulators and authorities at the European, national and local scales belong to the focus group, especially considering PROMISCES’ aim to provide policy advice and to contribute to regulations. Strategic/technical managers and practitioners in the industries related to the circular economy route were identified. The scientific community was also identified as relevant, as it can take up findings for further research and problem solving. In addition, several networks were brought up in the groups, since they can act as a multiplier for communication and dissemination activities. General society as a water consumer was also identified as another key stakeholder. The second step was to further elaborate upon these initial findings by sending out communication questionnaires to the entire consortium with the request for the following information: • Each partner’s contact information including communication channels (website, social media, newsletters, and press department), asking whether these channels can be used for PROMISCES’ dissemination purposes; • Relevant events and publications for targeting stakeholders - the involvement of each partner throughout the project will be recorded in a “Dissemination monitoring table”; and • Relevant networks, which will be used for stakeholder outreach. The third step was to summarise the information collected on potential stakeholders in a “stakeholder list” which the consortium can access internally, where every partner can add additional institutions and contacts. Based on this inventory, suitable stakeholders for planned activities can be selected and contacted in a coordinated approach which respects data protection rights. This procedure avoids overlaps in communication which could result in stakeholder fatigue and helps identify gaps in the stakeholder networks of the consortium partners. Personal data of potential stakeholders will be handled according to the principles laid out in the Protection of Personal Data Plan (D.8.1). If important stakeholder groups are missing, existing events and conferences will be 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 2.4.4 Close cooperation with associated partners). PROMISCES D6.1 – SCP and PEDR 16 1.4 Developing PROMISCES’ key messages For clear and effective communication, it is necessary to formulate key messages. The content and language of the messages should be matched to the respective target group. For instance, when addressing the general public, it makes sense to avoid technical terms and to create links between the project goals and people’s daily habits. This will help raise awareness and ensures that the goals of the project are better received. Examples for key messages targeted at the general public are importance of the circular economy, risks of PFAS in water cycles and for human health, and how small changes in behaviour can mitigate risks. The consortium will jointly discuss and agree on key messages to be used throughout the project for communication, dissemination, and other purposes. This process already started at the PROMISCES kick-off meeting in November 2021, where project partners brainstormed potential key messages in groups. Below is a collection of ideas that the consortium will use as a basis for further elaboration. • "Promisces will help you to prevent new PMTs becoming a problem” • "Combined efforts are needed in reducing PMT emissions, EVERYBODY can do something to make things better (everybody part of the solution, establishing trust)" • “Every decision cause costs. Prevention is usually less expensive than regaining." • “New pathways allowed for sediments reuse, boost for new material recovery options” • “New insights on measuring the extent of the PFAS issue (identification, quantification)” • “Have a holistic view across environmental compartments” • “Use of improved QSPR, QSAR and grouping method in a strategical way in R&D have high potential to prevent use of "dangerous" PMs by smarter design” • “EU minimum requirements for RA of PMs proposed (principles)” • “No new chemicals should be registered/produced without a risk-assessment for semi-closed water cycles (now not part of REACH)” • “Strategy for healthier PFAS remediation approach” • “Safer umbrella developed for known and unknown (i)PM(T)s” • “New ways to gain insight in source - pollution pathways help to define smart solutions, examples for case studies” • “First suggestions for fertilizers regulation” • “Communicate the outline of the DSF” • “New insights on how to manage legacy contaminations” • “New insights on how to prevent future potential legacy contaminations” • “The project should have helped to know if we can reuse those recovery materials safely” • “Offer a clear picture of the problems and solutions that can be solved” • “First list of solutions and remediation technologies, specify substances and media” • “Provide benchmark data on project results” • “Approach based on risk assessment” • “Proposed technology trains for each CE route” • “PFAS safe ground water and drinking water / your water is safe to use" • “New tools to reduce PFAS contamination available” PROMISCES D6.1 – SCP and PEDR 17 • “Innovative green and cost-effective (PFAS) remediation technologies exist for soil, water, ...” • “Efficient monitoring for early warning (PMT)” • “Tools to help decision making on best remediation solutions available” • “Changing habits can avoid contamination” • “Public administrations are aware of this kind of industrial pollution” 1.5 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. 1.5.1 Visual Identity A visual identity of PROMISCES is very important for homogenisation and branding of the 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 1.5.2 Website The PROMISCES website (www.promisces.eu) will serve 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 item). The section “News and Events” provides information about dissemination activities (seminars, meetings and conferences) and the section “About us” gives information concerning the partners and external stakeholders (e.g. EAB). Information on the project's work packages, objectives and case studies are presented in the "Project" section. 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. PROMISCES D6.1 – SCP and PEDR 18 For high visibility and dissemination, the website link will be included in all communication materials. 1.5.3 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/77030448/admin/ as it is the most widely used international professional network covering many different sectors. In addition, DECHEMA will set up a Twitter account for also reaching citizens and non-experts. DECHEMA will be responsible for creating posts and obtaining the required input from project partners. 1.5.4 Project releases and materials Dedicated materials for creating awareness and promoting project events will be created. At this stage, the following materials are planned: • Project leaflet giving an overview of the project; • A PROMISCES project poster and a short presentation slide deck introducing the project; • Laymans report, fact sheets; and • Materials provided by the massive open online course (MOOC) (Need for further materials will be determined during the lifetime of the project). 1.5.5 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 (4-6 weeks), examination and self-assessment tests will be held in English and will be available even after the project concludes. 1.5.6 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 3 and Table 4 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 7). PROMISCES D6.1 – SCP and PEDR 19 Table 3: 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 Table 4: 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 L'usine Nouvelle Industry 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 PROMISCES D6.1 – SCP and PEDR 20 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 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 1.5.7 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 aim at participating in several events for networking activities to give presentations and distribute material. A first summary of potential events is depicted in Table 5. PROMISCES D6.1 – SCP and PEDR 21 Table 5: Potential events Name Date Location Participating partner Potential activity Kongress Spurenstoffe in der Aquatischen Umwelt 04.-05. 05.2022 Bad Cannstatt, Germany KWB Presentation, attendance, networking CHEMSPEC 31.051.06.2022 Frankfurt, Germany QSAR Lab Presentation attendance, networking, stand IFAT 30.05. – 03.06.2022 Munich, Germany BWB, DECHEMA Attendance, networking, DECHEMA Watermanagement booth SETAC Europe 15.- 19.05.2022 Copenhagen, Denmark RIVM Presentation, attendance, networking Fira Economia Verda i Circular 05.2022 Granollers CBT Presentation, information site AquaUrbanica 2022 Somewhere in DACH KWB, others welcome German conference EGU 05.2022 Vienna BRGM, KWB, EURECAT, TU Wien Convener, attendance, networking, presentation Micropol & Ecohazard Conference 6.-10.06.2022 Santiago de Compostela (Galicia, Spain) TU Wien Presentation, attendance, networking ECOMONDO 8.-11.11.22 Rimini, Italy UNIVPM, SIMAM Material distribution, presentation, attendance, networking RemTech Europe 19.- 23.09.2022 online IPGP Presentation, attendance, networking Pollutec 10.-13.10. 2023 Lyon, France BRGM Networking - material distribution AQUACONSOIL 2023 TBD BRGM dedicated parallel PROMISCES session (to be discussed with Deltares) Presentation (WP3) Goldschmidt 07.2023 Lyon, France BRGM Presentation (WP2) 13th IWA International Conference on Water Reclamation and Reuse 15.-19. 01.2023 Chennai, India KWB, others Presentation, attendance, networking IWA International Conference on Urban Drainage 19.-23. 06.2024 Delft, the Netherlands KWB, others Presentation, attendance, networking IAH conferences Various KWB, others Many options for participating AIH 2023 BRGM Presentation - material distribution PROMISCES D6.1 – SCP and PEDR 22 EUROTOX 2023 10.-13.09. 2023 Ljubljana, Slovenia International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants Liege, Belgium EXPOQUIMIA 2023 Barcelona CSIC Presentation, attendance AquaConsoil 2023 unclear Deltares Presentation SHARPER ? Ancona UNIVPM Attendance BATELLE 2023-2024? USA BRGM Presentation (WP3) Intersol 2023-2024? France BRGM Presentation (WP3) AQUAREF annual meeting ? BRGM AGU – fall meeting 2024? USA BRGM Presentation - material distribution ISMAR 2023-2024 Long Beach, CA, USA KWB, others Held annually or biannually (2023-2024) Fachsektion Hydrogeologie e.V. in der DGGV (e.V.) 2024 Jena, Germany KWB, other German partners Held bi-annually (next in 2024) 1.5.8 Additional opportunities for networking In addition to the topics named above and the collaboration with associations and networks as important target group (see Table 2), 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 Table 6. Table 6: 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 D. Guyonnet 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) PROMISCES D6.1 – SCP and PEDR 23 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 substituting SVHC with safer alternatives; etc. Sandrine Andres (Ineris) 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 Farmacologiche 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 Nordwestschweiz 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 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 (IDAEACSIC) NATURE CSIC Invitation to events, sharing of information Víctor Matamoros (IDAEACSIC) PROMISCES D6.1 – SCP and PEDR 24 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) 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) WATERMINING 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) 1.6 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) will be 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: • Number of conferences/workshops/exhibitions organized and number of attendees • Number of publications in peer reviewed journals with high impact factors • Number of publications in technical magazines • Number of reference documents produced • Number of project newsletters/ contribution to newsletters of the partners/contribution to external newsletters • Number of participants in project-linked seminars • Number of lectures linked to PROMISCES • Number of followers in social media channels/ social media statistics Concrete numbers for most categories are summarized in Table 7. PROMISCES D6.1 – SCP and PEDR 25 Table 7: Overview of PROMISCES communication and dissemination activities and the respective KPIs PROMISCES D6.1 – SCP and PEDR 32 agreements for the CALUX bioassays with partners and/or customers (up to five additional case studies and/or commercial analysis contracts). EURECAT Exploitation will be used and conducted by providing scientific consultancy services to the industrial and the urban water sector on remediation technologies for polluted GW, water treatment technologies for water reuse, and human health and environmental risk assessment. Follow-up activities will focus especially on up-scaling the developed technologies to TRL 7-8. COLAS Integration of novel treatment techniques in their own package of remediation solution, first by piloting and later by implementing a fullscale treatment (up to five commercial projects and/or remediation installations). DECHEMA Implementing results in at least two DECHEMA expert groups with industry, research, and authority representatives. Further exploitation support via at least three applied conference series (nationalinternational) with >100 participants each. Enhanced consultancy services for the process industries water sector (up to five related consultancy services). RIVM Increased knowledge of multimedia fate and transport modelling of PM(T)s for improved risk assessment resulting in publicly available models; increased knowledge and operationalisation of novel in silico similarity tools and AI/ML approaches for prediction of PM(T) properties for single and groups of iPM(T) chemicals for improved risk assessment; increased experience with the multi-actor approaches and its use in defining solution strategies from a system perspective to be applied on both chemical and (non)chemical dossiers. CSIC Improved lab competences for analysis of PFAS, and suspect and nontarget screening of organic pollutants. Improved knowledge on plant uptake of pollutants. Contributing to updating regulatory policies. Producing professionals highly qualified in the water technologies of interest for the industry and/or in education. DELTARES Improved experience with analytical and passive samplers for PM(T) (focus on PFAS) monitoring. Improved experience on fate and transport modelling of iPM(T)s. Increased consulting activities for adapting open source fate and transport modelling software for clients, e.g. industry, government, research institutes and SME (up to five follow-up open source and consulting contracts). TU WIEN Improved predicting capacity of fate and transport modelling for PM(T) (focus on PFAS). Integration of outcomes in upcoming national and basin wide River Basin Management Plans and Water Safety Plans of water supply utilities using bank filtration along the Danube River (up to five related management and safety plans). The exploitation will be facilitated via the International Commission for Protection of River Danube (ICPDR) and the network of the International Association of Water Service PROMISCES D6.1 – SCP and PEDR 33 Companies in the Danube River Catchment Area (IWAD). Follow upresearch (up to five related research projects on national and European level). BAFG Increased consulting and monitoring activities related to mission from German ministries, follow-up research (up to five related research projects on national and European level). UNIVPM Increased consulting activities on landfill leachate treatment and nutrient/sediments recycling projects for WWTPs, industry and municipalities (up to five related commercial consulting contracts), followup research in the field of circular economy (up to five related research projects on national and European level). The results will be managed by the technology transfer office of UNIVPM to support the creation of startups. CBT Integration of improved PFAS and iPM(T) knowledge in the water management strategies in the Besos and Tordera rivers basin; including water reuse technologies for industrially affected wastewater in the basinwide water reuse strategy. DELFLAND Integration of PFAS and iPM(T) knowledge gained in PROMISCES in i) wastewater and sewage sludge treatment/management strategies in the selection of future advanced treatment technologies able to limit PFAS transfer to recovered CE materials and reclaimed water, and ii) the dredged sediments pre-treatment/valorisation technologies for sediment material recovery and safe reuse. ESOLVE Upscaling and commercialisation of groundwater remediation technology (T2). Through the project, ESOLVE works with administrations and other key stakeholders related to emerging contaminants. Additional turnover up to 8% expected within three years (up to five commercial contracts). ACEA Commercialisation of analytical methods and procedures for routine checks of project matrices. The experience from the project will strengthen ACEA’s scientific visibility and follow-up research (up to three related research projects). UNI SOFIA Follow-up research within the Bulgarian Clean Circle innovation cluster and potential patenting (up to five related research projects on national and European level). SIMAM Upscaling and commercialisation landfill leachate treatment. Improved knowledge to increase visibility and services related to the landfill leachate treatment (up to three research or commercial contracts). MLS Upscaling and commercialisation of groundwater remediation treatment follow-up research on fungal enzyme-based bio-treatment on additional compounds and/or novel applications, such as industrial wastewater. ISB WATER Consolidation of knowledge, know-how and characterisation of hydrodynamic cavitation simultaneously increased by micro-bubbling, galvano-Fenton and UVC radiation. Upscaling and commercialisation of PROMISCES D6.1 – SCP and PEDR 34 hydrodynamic cavitation technology for PFAS contaminated water treatment. New products and treatment solutions to be possibly patented. BUWW Integration of catchment scale modelling and models of bank filtration in Water Safety Plans for Budapest’s water supply. Understanding the fate of PFAS in the water cycle and benchmarking the applied technologies with innovative, new technologies. IEIC Increase knowledge and consulting activities for PFAS, LCA and market study activities (up to five related consultancy services). 2.4.3 Transfer and application of results via the CEN Workshop Agreement To ensure the exploitation, transfer and replication of PROMISCES’ results and to maximise the impact beyond the project’s lifetime, a CEN Workshop Agreement (CWA) on “Implementing Zero Pollution Solutions: Realising Circular Economy routes within a toxic free environment” will be created (D6.11). A CWA is an agreement developed and approved via a European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) Workshop (WS). It offers 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 WS 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 are encouraged to contribute to the CWA. Table 9 outlines how the individual work packages and different stakeholder groups could contribute to the CWA. PROMISCES plans to work together with other projects of the EU GD 8.1 and 8.2 framework. Furthermore, CEN launched the “Joint Group on Circular Economy (JG-CE)” to support standardisation activities related to the circular economy. During the CWA procedure, PROMISCES will work closely with this joint group. The CWA could include standardisation guidance on: • Zero-pollution technology solutions (WP3/4) • Governance tool and policy recommendations (WP5) • Management recommendations in the water sector (WP2/3/4/5) • Human health risk assessment (WP2) • New analytical methods and monitoring strategies (WP1/2) • Advanced toxicity assessment tool and concept (WP1/2/3/4) PROMISCES D6.1 – SCP and PEDR 35 Table 9: Overview on PROMISCES input, stakeholders and exploitation as part of the CWA 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. 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 already stated their interest either via a letter of support (LoS) or by accepting an External Advisory Board position. Table 10 outlines how PROMISCES will capitalise on its extensive AP network to broaden the exploitation of its innovations. PROMISCES D6.1 – SCP and PEDR 36 Table 10: Overview of associated partners and exploitation ambitions The APs will assist 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.