Dissemination activities within COLOSSAL

DISSEMINATION TO GENERAL PUBLIC

  1. Talk to general public related to the Spanish Hearth Foundation. Impacto de la calidad del aire en la salud cardiovascular, Madrid, Spain, 26 November, 2018, Fundación Española del Corazón. By Alastuey, A. https://fundaciondelcorazon.com/
  2. Talk to general public related to the Naturgy Foundation. La contaminación urbana procedente del transporte. La situación actual en España, Barcelona, Spain, 10 October, 2018, Fundación Naturgy. By Alastuey, A. http://www.fundacionnaturgy.org/actividad/etiquetaje-ambiental-contaminacion-barcelona/
  3. Talk to students, professors and general audience from the University of Ljubljana. Air Pollution sources – local, regional and global aspects, measurements, monitoring and intervention, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 5 February, 2019, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. By Mocnik, G.
  4. Talk to general public organized by Ecologistas en Acción, within the workshop “Jornadas ¿Sin coches? Hacia ciudades respirables”. Medidas para mejorar la calidad del aire urbano. Resultados del proyecto AIRUSE LIFE+, Barcelona, Spain, 19-20 October, 2018. By Minguillón, M.C. https://www.ecologistasenaccion.org/?p=108080
  5. Talk to general public and relevant authorities. Medi Atmosfèric: perquè mesurem la contaminació atmosfèrica?, Barcelona, Spain, 26 June, 2018, Generalitat de Catalunya, Departamente de territorio i Sostenibilitat. By Alastuey, A. http://mediambient.gencat.cat/ca/detalls/Noticies/201800613jornada_informe_estatma
  6. Interview for the public journal for families: Zarja: Slovenska. “Firework of poisons” (Ognjemet strupov), Ljubljana, Slovenia, 5 December, 2017, Vol.3, No.49, p.11. By Remskar, M.
  7. Online note for communication about the Marseille-Longchamp supersite. Document with the description of the Marseille-Longchamp monitoring supersite. By Marchand, N. and Chazeau B.

DISSEMINATION TO STAKEHOLDERS

Austria
– Ambient air monitoring networks in Austria: “Bundesländer-Arbeitskreis”. Presentation of the Action in a meeting with representatives from the network. By A. Kasper-Giebl.

Bulgaria
– Sofia municipality. Two working meetings with Y. Hristova (Deputy Mayor) and experts on ecology in 2018. By B. Veleva and E. Hristova.

France
– AtmoSud: French regional association for air quality monitoring. Several meetings organized by Laboratoire de Chimie de l’Environnement, Aix- Marseille University, CNRS, to present the Action’s achievements. By N. Marchand and B. Chazeau.
– French reference laboratory for air quality monitoring (LCSQA), from the French Ministry of Environment and towards regional air quality monitoring networks. Communication and meetings. By O. Favez

Ireland
– Solid Fuel Regulations Local Authority Implementation Group meeting, Cavan, Ireland, 2018. Invited Presentation. The results from the paper by Lin et al. (2018) in Nature Sustainability about Extreme air pollution from residential solid fuel burning were presented. By J. Ovadnevaite.
– EPA workshop on the impact of residential heating with solid fuels on air quality, June 2018 Dublin, Ireland. Invited Presentation. The results from the paper by Lin et al. (2018) in Nature Sustainability about Extreme air pollution from residential solid fuel burning were presented. By J. Ovadnavaite.

Italy
– Regional Environmental Agency of Emilia Romagna Region. Meeting with policy maker and administration in charge of air quality control in the region. Presentation of the Working Group 3 Black Carbon source apportionment workshop discussion. By S. Gilardoni and A. Marinoni.

Lithuania
– Lithuanian governmental Commission formed by decree of Ministry of Environment for an investigation of extreme air pollution events in a highly industrialized area in the south of Klaipeda during the autumn of 2018. Participation in the Comission of J. Pauratite and V. Dudoitis.

Spain
– Unit of Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Contamination, Catalan Government, Spain. Meeting with Deputy Director General Isabel Hernández Cardona. 12 November 2018. By A. Alastuey.
– Air Quality Area, D.G. Quality and Environmental Assessment, Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition. Meeting with Head of the Area Irene Olivares Bendicho. 21 November 2018. By. A. Alastuey.

Turkey
– Istanbul Climate Change Symposium, held by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, within the scope of Improving Climate Change Awareness and Engagement project funded by the European Union and the Republic of Turkey. Ministry of Environment and Urbanization personnel, local administrators and academicians were among the participants of the symposium. 11 Dec 2018. Talk: Investigation of Air Pollution by Using Model in Dilovasi, Gebze Region: A New Approach. By Yılmaz M., Toros H., Incecik S., Öztürk Z., Kirkil G., Öztaş D., Akçay M., Dinç U., Gültekin M., Emanet H., Arslantaş O.A. https://www.ibb.istanbul/en/News/Detail/1235.

United Kingdom
– UK Air Quality Expert Group (AQEG), providing expert advice to the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA). It is supported by 33 agencies and public bodies. Advice from the science community to the Policy makers agents. Membership to the Expert Group of J. Allan. https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/library/aqeg/

DISSEMINATION TO SCIENTISTS AND EXPERTS

  1. World Resources Institute and OpenAQ, Fighting for Clean Air around the Globe, Washington DC, USA, 11-13 April 2018, By Dzepina, K. https://www.wri.org/publication/fighting-clean-air-around-globe-air-quality-workshop-outcome-document
  2. Time series analysis, Time series of aerosol absorption optical properties in the Arctic and Mediterranean region, and investigation of measurement artefacts (Poster), Tromsø, Norway, 28 January-01 February 2019, By Kalogridis, A. http://envri.eu/event/time-series-analysis-conference-and-training-school-in-tromso/
  3. 1st Informal Workshop in Atmospheric Aerosol Research between the Eötvös University and University of Vienna, Budapest, Hungary, 1 March 2018. By Salma, I.
  4. Joint meeting of the Hungarian Meteorological Service and Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service, Budapest, Hungary, 23-26 April 2018. By Salma, I.
  5. Invited presentation at Engineers Ireland Breakfast Meeting, Nature sustainability about extreme air pollution from residential solid fuel burning, Dublin, Ireland. By Ovadnevaite, J.
  6. 9th Symposium on Chemical Safety for All: Safety handling with hazardous substances for healthy working place and environment, What can be done to reduce exposure to nanoparticles in the air of the workplace and in the environment?, Laško, Slovenia, 23-24 October 2018. By Remskar, M.
  7. Invited talk at Chamber of Commerce of the Republic Slovenia, Properties of nanoparticles and their detection in the working environment, Republic of Slovenia, 22 March 2017, Chamber of Commerce Republic Slovenia. By Remskar, M.
  8. Online note for communication about the Marseille-Longchamp supersite. Document with the description of the Marseille-Longchamp monitoring supersite. By Marchand, N. and Chazeau B.