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12 November 2021, Dr. Pavadee Aungkavattana, NANOTEC Deputy Executive Director and Dr. Waluree Thongkam, senior researcher, Nano-Safety Alliance Section attended a virtual INISS-nano meeting. The participants discussed the implementation of a concept paper “International Network Initiative on Safe and Sustainable Nanotechnologies (INISS-nano)” which was published on the ZENEDO website on 21st June 2021 (http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5004929). This concept paper prepared the ecosystem for global collaboration in selected fields of action which consist of 4 pillars: 1) Harmonization pillar: a) Standardization efforts b) Transfer of science into policy, regulation 2) Support industrial understanding 3) Sharing Facilitate/infrastructures (e.g. laboratories, human resources, skills & knowledge, capacity building, etc.) 4) Ethical aspects Based on the idea of a “network of networks”, the “international network initiative on safe and sustainable nanotechnology” (INISS-nano) was formed, aiming to bring together science, industry and government from partners all over the world, not duplicating structures but connecting with them (e.g. European NanoSafety Cluster, Asia Nano Forum, European Commission, etc.) his initiative focused on the collaboration in different fields pertaining to nanotechnology research in general and nano-safety research which include collaboration in terms of training, standardization efforts, test-guidelines development, metrology, commercialization, ethical aspects, sustainability, and joint research, supporting governance, and regulatory guidance.
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