CEEAM Centre of Excellence in Environmental Analysis and Monitoring

Country: EU Projects
Start Date:   31/12/2002         Duration: 36 months         Project Type: RTD
Contract Number: EVK1-CT-2002-80010
Organisation Type:  EC Project
Topics: 
Groundwater protection-->Groundwater protection overview
Water and sanitation-->Water and sanitation Overview
Water resources and their management -->Water resources and their management Overview
Project objectives:
The centre should become a leading research and training institution in the field of environmental analysis and monitoring in Eastern and Central Europe. 
It should serve as a link between the scientists from the ERA and the NAS in addressing key environmental issues that concerns the overall European Continent,
particularly problems with pollution of its water resources. Simple, standardised and cheap procedures for water analysis and monitoring, should become
indispensable tools, as stated under EESD-2000-1.5.1 Key Action of the 5 Framework Programme, that can provide information required for a reliable evaluation
of the state of environment and the changes taking place, as well as create foundations for the decision making process for improvement in environmental protection,
particularly in Poland. The centre should also serve the purpose of including Polish researchers into the leading edge research activities of the ERA and improve management quality
up to ERA standards.
Project Summary:
The CEEAM will be a leading centre in Central and Eastern Europe focusing on development of new analytical and monitoring tools in the field of water pollution 
and air-to-water/water-toair transfer of pollutants. It will be principally dedicated to proper procedures of collection of environmental samples (passive
dosemeters and. other cheap methods), their pretreatment, storage and preparation for analyses (preconcentration, isolation, etc.) by analytical techniques
such as: GC, HPLC (both coupled with MS), and ECZ. The key is sue is an observable trend in environmental analysis towards more and more complicated matrices
(living organisms, tissues, etc.), requiring strengthening of the aforementioned stages of the analytical process. The Centre intends to act as a contact
point between the ERA and PL and other NAB. It will also concentrate on increasing networking both to boost the research and implement the results.
Achieved Objectives:
The 'CENTRE OF EXELLENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS AND MONITORING' was established. The mission statement of the institute is:   
   
the advancement of teaching and research work in the field of environmental analysis and monitoring, particularly related to water pollution, up to the 
standards of the European Research Area through: Networking, study visits, exchange programmes, and other suitable means with leading research, academic, and other scientific institutions within the
European Research Area to promote free exchange of concepts and ideas between the ERA, Poland and other Newly Associated States, Continuous improving of our educational efforts by concentrating them on the doctoral studies programme, facilitating participation of young scientists
in leading research projects and their co-operation with their counterparts in other ERA and East European countries, Raising public awareness in the field of our activities by extensive information and promotion of these activities both in the academic circles and the society,
Improvement in our managerial skills and style, especially targeted on better understanding the requirements of the end-users of our products and implementation
of our results in service of the industry, local authorities and the society as a whole, Elaboration of new analytical procedures for analyses of water and related environmental samples (sediments, aquatic biota), bioanalytics, and design
of new, dedicated analytical instruments. By carrying out and gradually achieving these tasks we would like to become a leading research centre, meaningful in Poland and Central Europe. Furthermore an International PhD studies programme and a Summer school 'Chemometric Aspects of Environmental Analysis and Monitoring' was established.
Product Descriptions:
The centre should become a leading research and training institution in the field of environmental analysis and monitoring in Eastern and Central Europe. 
It should serve as a link between the scientists from the ERA and the NAS in addressing key environmental issues that concerns the overall European Continent,
particularly problems with pollution of its water resources. The public available products are: -International Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB) meeting short talks -New Horizons and Challenges in Environmental Analysis and Monitoring (book) -'New Horizons and Challenges in Environmental Analysis and Monitoring' workshop lectures -Wojciech Chrzanowski, Patrycja Szpinek, Jacek Namieśnik, Poland in the European Research Area (ERA) GLOBALIZATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF EU ENLARGEMENT. POSSIBLE SCENARIOS, Gdańsk, 27.05.2004 - J.Namieśnik, P.Konieczka, A.Świtaj-Zawadka, New Approach in the Field of Preparation of Reference Materials of Volatile Measurands METROLOGY IN CHEMISTRY, CITAC WORKSHOP ON TRACEABILITY AND UNCERTAINTY, Wellington, New Zeland, 3-4 May 2004 QUA-NAS: Improving the Infrastructure for Metrology in Chemistry in the Candidate New Member States 5-8 V 2004 Jacek Namieśnik GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (GUT), CHEMICAL FACULTY, DEPARTMENT OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY - History, Organisation, Education
(5 V 2004) P.Szpinek, W.Chrzanowski, J.Namieśnik, 'Centre of Excellence in Environmental Analysis and Monitoring at the Chemical Faculty of the Gdańsk
University of Technology'
Additional Information:

            
Project Resources:

Application of Proecological Pretreatment Techniques for Solvents Residues Determination in Food and Drug Matrices

Ecotoxicological Tests. Impact of Leachates from Municipal Landfills on the Underground Waters Quality

TLHS-DAI-GC-ECD Technique – practical application. Determination of Volatile Organohalogen Compounds in Drinking Water and Human Urine

Inorganic Pollution Biomonitoring with Sphagnum palustre - Urban Area of Gdańsk

Determination of carbonyl compounds in spirits and spirits products

Passive sampling in indoor air quality

New Horizons and Challenges in Environmental Analysis and Monitoring

Poland in the European Research Area (ERA)

New Approach in the Field of Preparation of Reference Materials of Volatile Measurands

Centre of Excellence in Environmental Analysis and Monitoring at the Chemical Faculty of the Gdańsk University of Technology
Weblink:
http://www.pg.gda.pl/chem/CEEAM/
Funding Programme(s): 
EC Framework Programme 5
Link to Organisations:
Submitted by: EUGRIS Team Prof Paul Bardos  Who does what?  03/07/2003 17:48:00
Updated by: EUGRIS Team Professor Paul Bardos  Who does what?  29/09/2006 16:05:00