Registrant : Organisation or self-employed individual
| Name/company name: |
Nanotechnology Industries Association |
| Acronym: |
NIA
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| Legal status: |
AISBL
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| Website address: |
http://www.nanotechia.org
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Sections
| Section: |
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/professional associations |
| and more precisely: |
Trade, business & professional associations |
Person with legal responsibility
| Surname, Name: |
Ms
Steffi Friedrichs
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| Position: |
Director General |
Permanent person in charge of EU relations
| Surname, Name: |
Ms
Steffi Friedrichs
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| Position: |
Director General |
Contact details:
| Contact details of organisation's head office: |
101 Avenue Louise
Ixelles (Brussels) 1050
BELGIUM
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| Telephone number: |
(+32) 23005933 |
| Fax number: |
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| Other contact information: |
Nanotechnology Industries Association
t: +32 2300 5933
f: +32 2300 5938
m: +32 493 158 959
e: steffi.friedrichs@nanotechia.org
w: www.nanotechia.org
Brussels:
Nanotechnology Industries Association (aisbl)
101 Avenue Louise
1050 Brussels
Belgium
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Goals / remit
| Goals / remit of the organisation: |
Our Mission
NIA - The Voice of the Nanotechnology Industries
The NIA, Nanotechnology Industries Association, is the sector-independent, responsible voice for the industrial nanotechnologies supply chains; it supports the ongoing innovation and commercialisation of the next generation of technologies and promotes their safe and reliable advancement.
The NIA stands for:
- a framework of shared principles for the safe, sustainable and socially supportive development and use of nanotechnologies,
- a publically and regulatory supportive environment for the continuing advancement and establishment of nanotechnology innovation
The NIA provides:
- Support to the nanotechnology industries through:
o identification, forecasting and roadmapping of unique areas of competitive advantage using nanotechnologies
o incorporation of nanotechnologies as enabling technologies that help advance existing markets and develop new market opportunities
o collaboration with sector- and market-specific industry interest groups
o information on global developments in nanotechnology policy, regulation, and legislation
o development and consolidation of timely industries perspectives
o publication of position papers and statements
- Support to regulators and policy makers through:
o development of consolidated positions and statement of the nanotechnologies industries
o assistance in developing nanotechnology policies through clarifying the potential of nanotechnologies as part of a net risk/benefit equation
- Support to the public and multistakeholder audiences:
o clarification and demystification of nanotechnologies in the public eye
o collaboration with key stakeholder groups to consolidate opposing views
o securing safe and responsible nanotechnologies innovation and commercialisation
o interaction with the media to secure an objective and balances representation of nanotechnologies.
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The organisation's fields of interests are:
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Number of persons engaged in activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register
| Number of persons: |
4
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Complementary information:
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Persons accredited for access to European Parliament premises
Activities
Main EU initiatives covered the year before by activities falling under the scope of the Transparency Register:
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- conduct of several research projects in nanomaterial risk/hazard assessment.
- conduct of European Commission contract work: REACH review
- support of Commission initaitives: stakeholder debates, regulatory reviews, etc.
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Fields of interest for e-mail alerts on consultations and roadmaps;
| Fields declared by the organisation: |
- Agriculture and Rural Development
- Communication
- Competition
- Consumer Affairs
- Customs
- Development
- Education
- Energy
- Enterprise
- Environment
- Food Safety
- Information Society
- Internal Market
- Public Health
- Regional Policy
- Research and Technology
- Trade
- Trans-European Networks
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Networking
Information on (i) organisation's membership of any associations/federations/confederations or (ii) relationships to other bodies in formal or informal networks.
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Financial data
| Financial year: |
04/2011
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03/2012
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Estimated costs to the organisation directly related to representing interests to EU institutions in that year:
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300000
€ - 350000
€
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Amount and source of funding received from the EU institutions in financial year n-1 of registration
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Procurement:
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0 €
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Grants:
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132,631 €
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Other (financial) information provided by the organisation:
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The NIA intiates and supports public private partnerships in nanomaterials risk/hazard assessment.
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