Life KTE Envhealth Network
Life Med Hiss joined the “Life KTE Envhealth Network”
Knowledge Transfer and Exchange in Environment and Health
The Life KTE Envhealth network was established after the LIFE National Thematic Meeting “Participation, risk perception, knowledge transfer and exchange in environment and health” held in Florence, Italy, on 13 April 2016.
During the meeting, LIFE projects discussed about governance issues related to the environment and human health. The questions related to Knowledge Transfer and Exchange (KTE) among researchers, public administrators and other stakeholders are a priority for each of the participating LIFE. LIFE projects in fact, share the ambition and the imperative to contribute to evidence informed public decisions, taking into account scientific knowledge and demands of the whole society.
The network aims at exchanging experiences and enhance the work in progress, promoting the integration of scientific competences.
The goal is to enhance both the process of evidence-based decision-making and the policy uptake of the outcomes of EU-funded research in the field of environmental science and public health.
During the meeting held in Florence, the participants shared their experience and knowledge and discussed the best communication channels and tools to reach policy-makers, stakeholders and professionals. The knowledge of different “publics”, an analysys of their information needs and risk perception is a pre-requisite for enhancing engagement and participation to improve governance in the environment and health governance.
A number of proposals emerged during the thematic meeting, including the organization of a Thematic Platform Meeting on Knowledge Transfer and Exchange (KTE) for Environment and Health in 2017, as well as ideas for further analysis and studies.
13th April 2016, The LIFE GIOCONDA (LIFE13 ENV/IT/000225) project organized a LIFE national thematic meeting in Florence, Italy, to discuss governance issues relating to the environment and human health. The meeting was organized with the collaboration of the Office for Participation Policies of the Tuscany Region, and support from the Italian LIFE monitoring team (NEEMO).
14th November 2016, The KTE LIFE EnvHealth Network, with external experts in Rome, National Research Council, P. le Aldo Moro 7, Sala Silvestri.
During the meeting, the working group recalled the main assumptions of the topic and deepened the role and the use of questionnaires and tools to promote participation; we took them as examples of the integration of the theoretical and practical tools created by the social sciences into projects where the natural sciences have a major role.
The last part of the workshop has been dedicated to raise concrete proposals for the network’s continuation and have been carried out splitting the participants into two sub-groups.
23 May 017 In the second national meeting the KTE EnvHealth Network participants have discussed on goals achieved and planned future activities. This meeting was part of the LIFE 25 YEARS celebration.
To celebrate this milestone the LIFE community organised a series of events around Europe during May 2017, a date that also marks a quarter century of the EU Habitats Directive and Natura 2000 network of protected areas.
Here it is a list of LIFE projects presently involved in environmental and health issues to establish a KTE EnvHealth Network.
- GIOCONDA, I GIOvani CONtano nelle Decisioni su Ambiente e Salute
- MAPEC, Monitoring air pollution effects on children for supporting Public Health Policy
- PERSUADED, Phthalates and bisphenol A biomonitoring in Italian mother-child pairs: link between exposure and juvenile diseases
- HIA21, Participatory evaluation of the health, environmental and socioeconomic impact of urban waste treatment
- MED HISS, Mediterranean Health Interview Surveys Studies: long term exposure to air pollution and health surveillance
- AIS, Aerobiological Information Systems and allergic respiratory disease management
- CROME, Cross-Mediterranean Environment and Health Network
- GHOST, Techniques to reduce the impacts of ghost fishing gears and to improve biodiversity in north Adriatic coastal areas
- MERMAIDS, Mitigation of microplastics impact caused by textile washing processes
- BrennerLEC, Brenner Lower Emissions Corridor
- CLEAN SEA LIFE, tutti insieme per un mare pulito
- Festival dell’Innovazione in Sanità Pubblica, PisaOn 25-28 ottobre 2017, during the festival Giovanna Berti presented “Utilizzo dei risultati del progetto LIFE MED HISS nelle strategie regionali di riduzione dell'inquinamento atmosferico: dal piano di comunicazione all'uso dei dati progettuali”
- Convegno “Il dialogo e la condivisione per la tutela della salute e dell’ambiente”In Pisa on 21-22 settembre 2018, three presentation will be shown:
1. Berti, Il progetto CCM EpiAmbNet ed i casi studio reali: il PRQA della Regione Piemonte inserito in una attività di trasferimento delle conoscenze
2. Rowinski, Raccomandazioni per la tutela dell’ambiente e della salute dai danni dell’inquinamento atmosferico
3. Scarinzi, Relazione Ambiente e Salute: la sfida comunicativa della mappa per il progetto EPIAMBNET
Other LIFE projects are invited to join the network by writing to liliana.cori@ifc.cnr.it, GIOCONDA Project Manager.
For more complete information please consult the page of the Rete KTE Knowledge Transfer and Exchange