WP4

Creating impact

Task 4.1: Knowledge transfer
Activity number Activity description Partners (Lead in bold)
A4.1.1 M02 M36 VSL will establish (by M02) and manage a Stakeholder Committee (SC). The SC will advise and agree upon the needs of interested parties and help oversee the direction of the project, to ensure that outputs have impact on the stakeholder communities, and to maximise publicity. The terms of reference of the SC will be discussed during the establishment of the committee and agreed upon shortly afterwards. The SC will have at least 20 members (ideally from 12 organisations representing up to 6 EU countries, USA, Canada, Japan) from outside the consortium and it is expected to include:
  • Two representatives from EMRP ENV51 MeTra and two representatives from EMPIR 16ENV01 MercOx projects.
  • Representatives from policy relevant bodies/organisations: e.g. UNEP Chemicals and IECT (Minamata Convention); International Energy Agency and the Clean Coal Centre; Association of Cement Industry in Europe (CEMBUREAU); national Environmental Agencies.
  • Two representatives from NIST and from the US EPA.
  • Regional and global monitoring programmes: e.g. Group of Earth Observations, Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP).
  • Representatives from University of Reno, USA and from McGill University, Canada.
  • Representatives from industry, e.g. instrument producer Tekran from Canada.
The consortium will have strong interaction with the SC and it will be maintained via meetings alongside project progress meetings, information flow (including progress updates) via a central website (see A4.1.2), teleconferences and ad-hoc meetings where a quorum of the committee are in attendance, as appropriate.		 VSL, all partners
A4.1.2 M36 JSI, with the support from all partners, will create a project webpage on JSI website with public access (containing e.g. the publishable summary, workplan, partners, news & activities, deliverables & publications), and a part restricted for partners only (containing exchange information and reports, digital archive of all presentations, reports and papers from the project). The webpage will be regularly updated each 9 month(s). JSI, all partners
A4.1.3 M36 The partners plan to present at least 8 papers at the following international conferences;
  • GAS analysis event, Jun 2021, Jun 2023, The Netherlands.
  • International Conference on Mercury as Global Pollutant (ICMGP), Cape Town in 2021 and in Kochi, 2023. During the ICMGP a public open day is organised for the general public to get familiar with mercury as a global pollutant and the topic discussed during the conference.
  • European Geophysical Union meetings, 2022, 2023.
  • CEM – Continuous Emission Monitoring Conference, 2021, 2023.
  • Mercury Emission from Coal – MEC series of meetings, May 2021, May 2023.
  • International conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment (ICHMET), Oct2020, Seoul, Korea.
  • International Symposium on Biological and Environmental Reference Materials (BERM), 2021.
 JSI, all partners
A4.1.4 M36 The partners will submit at least 3 papers to open access peer-reviewed journals during the project. Target journals include areas of wider interest than metrology alone to increase the visibility and impact: Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, JAAS, The Science of the Total environment, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Atmospheric Chemistry, Metrologia, Measurement Science and Technology. The expectations are that at least 3 out the 3 open access publications will be the result of a collaborative effort from partners from different countries. The authors of the open access peer reviewed papers will clearly acknowledge the financial support provided through the EMPIR as required by EURAMET. The authors will ensure that the following meta data is submitted and included for each paper in accordance with Clause 29.2 of the Grant Agreement:
  • Funder name: European Metrology Programme for Innovation and Research
  • Funder ID: 10.13039/100014132
  • Grant number: 19NRM03 SI-Hg
The publications for this project are likely to come from the following activities:
  • A1.2.4 (VSL, TÜV Rheinland, PSA)
  • A2.1.4 and/or A2.2.5 (LGC, PSA, Lumex, TÜV Rheinland, JSI and VTT)
  • A3.1.5 and/or A3.2.5 (VTT, TÜV Rheinland, JSI, LGC and VSL).
 JSI, all partners
A4.1.5 M36 VSL, with the support from all partners, will submit 2 articles to the popular press or trade journals such as Analytical Instrumentation, Analytic News, Industrial Analytical Instrumentation, Envirotech. This will help inform the wider community about the project. VSL, all partners
A4.1.6 M36 LGC, Lumex, TÜV Rheinland and VTT, using the good practice guide generated in A2.2.5, will disseminate the document among stakeholders and collaborators such as calibration and testing laboratories and instrument manufacturers. LGC, Lumex, TÜV Rheinland and VTT
A4.1.7 M36 CNR, using the support from JSI, will share the resulting report from A1.4.4 to the participants from A1.4.2, the GMOS framework and the stakeholders’ committee during meetings of the international monitoring program. CNR, JSI
A4.1.8 M36 Information on the results of the project will be disseminated to a range of standards bodies and committees and feedback sought (see details below and in the table in Section B2.c).
Standards Committee / Technical Committee / Working Group Partners involved Likely area of impact / activities undertaken by partners related to standard / committee
CEN/TC264/WG8 (Mercury Emissions) PSA, VSL, Lumex PSA, VSL and Lumex are members of this working group and will disseminate D1 to D6 at the meetings for incorporation in new documentary standards through presentations and discussions. In particular, VSL will provide the certification protocol from A1.1.4 and the validation report from A1.2.4. The partners will also advise on the future development of EC legislation on mercury ensuring the standards produced by this committee are traceable to the SI, and methods used are validated. CEN/TC264/WG8 meetings are held approximately every 6 months
390030 – Emissiemetingen en Algemene Aspecten (Emission Measurements and General Aspects) VSL VSL will disseminate D1-D6 documents to the 390030 committee on Dutch mirror committee on stationary source standards by attending meetings or electronically. 390030 meetings are held approximately every 6 months.
UK BSI committee EH/2/1 on stationary source emissions PSA PSA will disseminate D1-D6 documents to the UK mirror committee on stationary source standards by attending meetings or electronically. UK BIS committee EH/2/1 meetings are held approximately every 6 months.
ISO TC146 SC1 (Stationary Source Emissions) PSA PSA will disseminate D1-D6 documents to the ISO TC 146 SC1 by attending meetings or electronically. ISO TC146 SC1 meetings are held approximately every 12 months.
VDI/DIN Kommission Reinhaltung der Luft, Fachbereich IV (Clean Air commission, Department IV) Lumex, TÜV Rheinland Lumex and TÜV Rheinland will disseminate D1-D6 documents to the German mirror committee on air pollution measurements by attending meetings or electronically. Meetings of Fachbereich IV are held approximately every 6 months.
International Monitoring Programs (i.e., Global Monitoring Plan of the Minamata Convention GMP-MC, EMEP, 4°Air Quality Directive) CNR, JSI CNR and JSI will disseminate D1-D6 documents to the EMEP steering body by attending meetings or electronically. Specifically, during these meetings the resulting report from A1.4.4 will be offered by CNR. EMEP steering body meetings are held approximately every 6 months.
Parties of the Minamata Convention (COP) JSI JSI will disseminate D1-D6 documents to the COP by attending meetings or electronically. COP meetings are held approximately every 2 years.
EURAMET TC-MC VSL, LGC, VTT, JSI VSL, LGC, VTT and JSI will disseminate D1-D6 documents to the European NMIs, in particular through the TCs Metrology in Chemistry’s, Inorganic sub-committee and Metrology in Chemistry’s Gas subcommittee by attending meetings or electronically. The project results will be presented ensuring participation in future comparisons and sharing of measurement protocols. EURAMET TC-MC meetings are held approximately every year.
Consultative Committee for Amount of Substance: Metrology in Chemistry and Biology (CCQM) Working Group on Gas Analysis (GAWG) VSL VSL will disseminate D1-D6 documents to the CCQM working group on Gas Analysis by attending meetings or electronically. The project results will be presented ensuring participation in future comparisons and sharing of measurement protocols. CCQM GAWG meetings are held approximately every 6 months.
Consultative Committee for Amount of Substance: Metrology in Chemistry and Biology (CCQM) Working Group on Inorganic Analysis (IAWG) LGC, JSI LGC and JSI will disseminate D1-D6 documents to the CCQM working group on Inorganic Analysis by attending meetings or electronically. The measurement protocols will be presented at a CCQM IAWG workshop in the form of presentation and/or organised workshop. CCQM IAWG meetings are held approximately every 6 months.
ISO/REMCO (Reference material) JSI, VSL JSI and VSL will disseminate D1-D6 documents to the ISO/REMCO by attending meetings or electronically. The project results will be presented, and measurement protocols will be shared. ISO/REMCO meetings are held approximately every 12 months.
The representatives on the corresponding committee or WG from the partners will jointly ask the chairperson to include a point in the agenda (and in some cases to include a written report) to briefly present the outputs of the project related to the WG activities. The main objective is to fine-tune the needs and ideas of standardisation committees, stakeholders and other attendees in order to maximise the impact of the project.		 VSL, all partners
A4.1.9 M36 JSI, with CNR support, will report on the status of the above standards by writing a report on the dissemination of scientific outcomes from this project through guidance documents for accurate field measurement and uncertainty assessment to support the development of a suitable calibration system for mercury measurements in the atmosphere, as part of the global mercury observation system used to measure the effectiveness of the implementation of the Minamata Convention. JSI will send the report to the coordinator. The coordinator will then submit it to EURAMET as D7 “Report on the dissemination of scientific outcomes from this project through guidance documents for accurate field measurement and uncertainty assessment to support the development of a suitable calibration system for mercury measurements in the atmosphere, as part of the global mercury observation system used to measure the effectiveness of the implementation of the Minamata Convention”. JSI, CNR, VSL
A4.1.10 M35 VSL will ask CENT/TC264/WG8 to write a letter confirming that the results from this project, related to the traceable certification of mercury gas generators, will be incorporated in documentary standards developed within the WG. VSL
A4.1.11 M36 Having the confirmation letter requested in A4.1.10, the coordinator will submit the letter to EURAMET as D8 “Letter from CEN/TC264/WG8 confirming that the results from this project, related to the traceable certification of elemental and oxidised mercury gas generators, will be incorporated in documentary standards developed within the WG“. VSL
Task 4.2: Training
Activity number Activity description Partners (Lead in bold)
A4.2.1 M36 JSI and VSL, with the support from all partners, will organise two workshops for stakeholders and they will be held during the project. They will be undertaken to support the acceptance of methods developed within the project; and to ensure that the methods, techniques and standards developed by the project are widely implemented. 1. JSI will organise with support from all partners in conjunction with the 16th ICMGP Conference, 2021, Cape Town, South Africa (around M10). This event will allow the wide participation of stakeholders, most of whom are from the science community, compliance monitoring bodies, instrument manufactures, representatives of international programmes within and outside of Europe, regulatory bodies and representatives of the Minamata Convention. The target number of participants is 50‑60. 2. VSL with support from all partners will organise the second workshop at VSL in the last year of the project. The workshop is intended for research laboratories and instrument manufacturers and stakeholders involved in regular monitoring programmes across Europe, including regulatory and standardisation bodies. During the workshop participants will be informed about the use of the developed protocols and validation results and performance evaluation data obtained within the project. The target number of participants is 40-60. Potential attendees among the project stakeholders will be contacted directly by e-mail. The speakers will include partners and external attendees, as needed. Workshop material, presentations and training material will be shared on the project’s website (A4.1.2). JSI, all partners
A4.2.2 M36 JSI, with the support from all partners, will identify training needs amongst the partners at the start of the project. JSI will organised at least 1 training under the GMOS-Trian project in February 2020 (Winter School 2: “Metrology in mercury measurements”). In most cases it is expected that small group training courses will be organised at the partners on specific technological issues as identified (for example the use of ID MS/MS). The exchange of technical experience and knowledge among partners and industrial settings will also proceed through research stays. Some partners already have advanced experience in the area of mercury measurements and research, while others have excellent facilities and instrumentation but less experience in the fieldwork and implications of sampling on mercury analysis and speciation. JSI, all partners
Task 4.3: Uptake and exploitation
Activity number Activity description Partners (Lead in bold)
A4.3.1 M06 VSL with the support from all partners, will create an exploitation plan at the beginning of the project. The exploitation plan will be reviewed and updated at least at each project meeting (which are five). VSL, all partners
A4.3.2 M36 VSL and TÜV Rheinland will introduce improved calibration and certification services for mercury in air based on the techniques developed in A1.1.6 and A2.3.3 to instrument manufacturers, testing and calibration laboratories and end users. VSL will also develop new draft CMCs for the new calibration and certification services for mercury in air and will submit these draft CMCs to EURAMET TC-MC. VSL, TÜV Rheinland

All IP and potential licencing/exploitation will be handled in accordance with the Grant Agreement and the Consortium Agreement.