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Norman is an international network of reference laboratories, research centers and organizations active in the field of monitoring emerging substances in the environment. Ineris coordinates the network, having initiated its creation in 2005. Its 16th General Assembly was held in Italy in December 2024. Here's a look back at an event that brought together almost 200 participants from 23 countries, both on-site and in person.

From November 26 to 28, Ineris took part in Perth (Australia), the world's leading scientific event in the field of mine closure.

Completed this year, the OBERON European research project, of which the Institut was a partner, aimed to develop tests to identify potential links between exposure to endocrine disruptors and the onset of metabolic disorders. At the end of 5 years' work, he shares his results in video.

The Institute recently took part in the kick-off meeting of the European SIRIMA project in Katowice (Poland), of which it is a partner.
The aim of the project is to develop knowledge of localized collapses (fontis), in order to better manage this hazard in areas of shallow, abandoned coal mines.

The new European directive on ambient air quality was officially adopted on Monday October 14, 2024 by the Council of the European Union, following its adoption by the European Parliament in September.
The Laboratoire central de surveillance de la qualité de l'air (LCSQA) has mobilized the expertise of its three members (IMT-Nord Europe, Ineris, LNE), to support the air quality office of the ministry in charge of energy transition in the exchange processes with European institutions and within the European reference laboratory networks for measurement (AQUILA) and modeling (FAIRMODE).

On September 25 and 26, 2024, Ineris took part in the 3rd meeting of the European RFCS REECOL project, organized by the Technical University of Crete.

On June 17 and 18, Ineris participated in the annual meeting of CEN TC 264 Air Quality in Düsseldorf (Germany), organised by the VDI (German organization responsible for publishing standards).

The Institute has recently taken part in 2 working group meetings:
The 62nd meeting of the Working Group on Strategies and Review (WGSR) and the 53rd annual meeting of the Task Force on Integrated Assessment Modelling (TFIAM) of the Air Convention*, co-chaired by Ineris since this year.

Ineris announces the nomination of Didier Gay as Director of Strategy,
scientific policy, and communication, effective as of 2 May 2024.

Ineris, as a member of the French Central Laboratory for Monitoring Air Quality (Laboratoire central de surveillance de la qualité de l'air – LCSQA), took part in a European interlaboratory comparison (ILC) exercise organised recently by the JRC (Joint Research Centre/European Commission Centre for Scientific Research) for the measurement of gaseous inorganic pollutants (carbon monoxide [CO], nitrogen oxides [NOx], sulphur dioxide [SO2] and ozone [O3]).