Brussels News Update - April 2021

Hey, welcome to the Brussels News Updates (BNU), EuChemS’ newsletter for policy makers, chemists, entrepreneurs and citizens who have an interest in chemistry. The BNU newsletter keeps you up to date on the latest chemistry-related and science-policy news, awards, consultations and upcoming events in Europe and beyond.

We are delighted to release the complete programme of our upcoming webinar ‘The Carbon element – Key towards a sustainable society’. You are all kindly invited to join us online on Thursday 22 April. This month, carbon was not the only element that monopolised EuChemS science-policy activities: we also answered to the Public Consultation of the European Commission on Mercury.

In this issue, you will also find news about the new Open Research Europe publishing platform, EFSA-related updates and information about the EU Chemicals strategy for sustainability. We also bring you the news about the ENVI committee recommendations on the pesticides ban in the EU and the inauguration of the UNESCO’s International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence (IRCAI).

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European Highlights

Complete programme for the upcoming webinar ‘The Carbon Element’ now available

The European Chemical Society, EuChemS, is organising a webinar ‘The Carbon element – Key towards a sustainable society’. The webinar … Read more

EuChemS answers to Public Consultation on Mercury

The European Chemical Society has recently answered to the European Commission’s public consultation with regards to the upcoming repeal on … Read more

The European Commission launched the Open Research Europe publishing platform for scientific papers

On 24 March 2021, the European Commission launched the Open Research Europe publishing platform. In its press release, the European … Read more

The Council of the European Union endorses EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability

On 15 March 2021, the Council of the European Union approved the conclusions on the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, … Read more

ENVI Committee meets on the EU pesticides ban export

In March 2021, the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI Committee) gathered to discuss several pressing … Read more

New Transparency Rules for EFSA’s Risk Assessment

As of 27 March 2021, the new Transparency Regulation (EU) 2019/1381, passed by the European Parliament and the Council of … Read more

UNESCO’s new International Research Centre on AI

On 30 and 31 March 2021, the UNESCO’s International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence (IRCAI) was inaugurated online by the … Read more

What’s new on GDPR?

The Federation of European Academies of Science (FEAM) has recently released its “International Sharing of Personal Health Data for Research” … Read more

Consultations & Roadmaps

If you would like to contribute to a EuChemS response to any of the below consultations, please drop us a line.

European Commission Public Consultations and Roadmaps

A number of consultations and roadmaps put forward by the European Commission are currently open: Public consultation on Healthy Soils … Read more

European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) public consultations

A number of consultations put forward by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) are currently open: Consultation on eight proposals to … Read more

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) public consultations

A number of consultations put forward by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) are currently open. Public consultation on the … Read more

Calls for Funding and Awards

ERC Grants

ERC Consolidator Grants The call for the ERC Consolidator Grants is currently open. ERC Consolidator Grants are designed to support … Read more

EIC Accelerator calls

As the European Commission has recently launched the new European Innovation Council, the first EIC Accelerator calls, which overall budget … Read more

EIT Raw Materials Call for projects 2022

The Call for Projects 2022 of the EIT Raw Materials is now open. Partners of the EIT Raw Materials are … Read more

Call for continuous collection of chemical contaminants occurrence data in food and feed

The European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) has received from the European Commission a mandate to collect all data available on … Read more

Call of Interest for CHESAR and EUSES combination

The European Chemical Agency (ECHA) has opened the call for the ECHA stakeholders on the combination of the CHESAR and … Read more

Call for tenders for framework contractors for EMA-funded-studies

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) opened a Call for tenders for framework contractors for EMA-funded-studies. The purpose of the Call … Read more

EuChemS Events

In the current environment and status of COVID-19, some events are being postponed or cancelled.

Please find below some of the EuChemS recognised events planned in 2021:

Sustainable Chemistry Lecture Series – SCLS

4th edition of the Sustainable Chemistry Lecture Series – SCLS Wednesday 21 April 2021 Online Website: https://bit.ly/3scY34vRead more

The Carbon element – Key towards a sustainable society

‘The Carbon element – Key towards a sustainable society’ webinar Thursday 22 April 2021, 10:00 to 16:30 CEST Online Website: … Read more

Cutting-Edge Homogeneous Catalysis – CEHC-1

The conference is organised in a hybrid mode, the physical venue being in Toulouse, France, and online participation being made … Read more

7th Portuguese Young Chemists Meeting – 7PYCheM

7PYCheM 19 to 21 May Online Website: https://bit.ly/2PmLYfgRead more

Eurovariety 2021

9th  European Variety in University Chemistry Education Conference 7 – 9 July 2021 Hybrid: Ljubljana, Slovenia & online Website: https://bit.ly/3qshEgBRead more

For more details on the upcoming events from the EuChemS calendar, please click below:

EuChemS Events Calendar

Other events

7th Slag Valorisation Symposium

The International Slag Valorisation Symposium Organised by EIT Raw Materials Online 27 April 2021 (08:00 CEST) to 29 April 2021 … Read more

EU Knowledge Valorisation Week

Online 27 to 30 April 2021 Website: https://bit.ly/3e2ZRrDRead more

Helsinki Chemical Forum

Organised by the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC) Online 27 to 28 April 2021 Website: https://bit.ly/3uMWLi6Read more

ERC: Celebrating 10,000 grantees

Online 6 May 2021, from 10:00 to 11:00 CEST Website: https://bit.ly/32aPYTjRead more

IUPAC World Chemistry Congress 2021 Virtual

Online 13 – 21 August 2021 Website: https://bit.ly/3sc5AR4Read more

Latest issue of EuChemS Newsletter

Some of the highlights are:

‘The Carbon element’ webinar
EC Consultation on Mercury
Open Research Europe
ERC Grants
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