Final Remarks

SINPHONIE Project kick-off meeting

10-12 November, REC Conference Center, Szentendre Hungary

Eduardo de Oliveira FernandesIDMEC-FEUP

Outline

• On the policies• On the challenges• On the organization of the work• On the deliverables

&• Thanks

• To fill the knowledge gap concerning IAQ in schools and childcare settings.

• To produce risk management options for remedial measures and EU guidelines on healthy school environment to cover a wider array of situations in Europe.

On the policies

On the challenges• To value all previous information available on the field. This will require an in depth “background” (WP2)

• To undertake a wide spectrum of field studies (WP3, WP4), respectively in the physical/chemical and biological aspects and on the health effects.

• To cross analyse the results of the field studies while integrating the WP2 contributions. A special attention o the potential of a database (WP5).

• To undertake a comprehensive risk assessment of what is at the core of the problematic of IAQ in schools today (WP6).

• To come up with a set of proposals regarding policies and guidelines to be transferred into practice (WP7).

• To assure the adequate dissemination of the project’s outcome (WP8).

On the challenges

On the organization of the work

• WP leaders protagonism to reach final decisions only subject to formal confirmation from the Coordination

• Fluid communication between partners within WPs. Initiative welcome top down as well as bottom up

• Coordination between WP leaders of interrelated WPs

• Rigorous respect of deadlines, plans and protocols

• Coordinating Committee to be kept informed and to confirm options

• Statements on the informal meetings held at REC to be sent to the coordination members

Background Study

Field studies and lab analysis of E&H

effects

Health Risk assessment

Guidelines/recommendations for improving IAQ within schools

Outdoor environments (traffic and climate changes

Health effects related to indoor

air

Indoor environmen

ts

Database on IAQ

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Work PlanWP

WP 1

WP 2

WP 3.1

WP 3.2

WP 3.3

WP 3.4

WP 4.1/WP4.2

WP 5

WP 6

WP 7 Risk management & development guidelines

WP 8

Meetings Technical committee meeting

Field studies

1 2 3 4 5 6 11

YEAR 1 YEAR 2

7 8 9 10 21 22 23 24

FEB MAR

19 2013 14 15 16

OCT NOV DEC JAN JAN FEBAPR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP

17 1812

MAY JUN AUGJULOCT NOV DEC APR

Motivation document on the school selection Contacts w / schools

Field studies

SEP

Coordination & management

Background report

Checklists

Inspection/charact. schools

Protocols & list of equipment

MAR

Courses

Analysis & technical reports

Courses

Analysis & technical reports

Protocols & list of equipment

Courses

Analysis & technical reports

Analysis of transport (traff ic) and climate change

Protocols

Questionnaires

Translations

Field studies

Health risk assessment

OCT

Brochures

OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB SEP

Reporting

DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAYAUG

Preparation of f ield studies

APR MAYMAR

Field studies

JUN SEP NOV

Specif i. database structure Implementation database structure & functionalities Source & epidemiol. analysis; Recommendation-design tool

Kick-off meeting General meeting Final meeting

JUN JUL AUGJUL

On the deliverables

• Background material for policy development and

implementation

• Policy proposals on IAQ in schools

• Remedial measures to be implemented, specially in

problematic cases

• Database on health effects, exposures, sources and IAQ

agents

• Scientific knowledge and correlated ‘products’

Next Meeting & Training Courses

General Meeting

Venue: JRC (Italy)

Date: April-May (to be defined)

In connection with training courses (WP3)

Thanks

SINPHONIE Project kick-off meeting

10-12 November, REC Conference Center, Szentendre Hungary

Eduardo de Oliveira FernandesIDMEC-FEUPeof@fe.up.pt