EU launches EU ETV pilot programme

The EU ETV programme covers the technology areas of 1) water treatment and -monitoring, 2) materials, waste and resources and 3) energy technologies.

DANETV will apply for accreditation under the EU ETV pilot programme, but will continue to offer verification under the original DANETV technology areas; water, air, energy and agriculture.

For more information on the EU ETV pilot programme visit: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/etv/index.htm

DANETV participation in AquaMatch during Amsterdam Water Week
If interested you can meet DANETV at the matchmaking event during Amsterdam Water Week, AquaMatch on 3 November. Homepage of AquaMatch.

Newsletter from AdvanceETV, October 2011
Read the latest news from AdvanceETV, an EU-supported project promoting the international cooperation about ETV. Read newsletter.

Newsletter from AdvanceETV, April 2011
Read the latest news from AdvanceETV, an EU-supported project promoting the international cooperation about ETV. Read newsletter.

News about EU ETV from an international conference in Brussels
At the AdvanceETV conference 24th to 26th of May 2011 the European Commission presented the plans for the upcoming ETV pre-programme, which is launched in autumn 2011. Another issue discussed at the conference was how to improve the cooperation and coordination between the ETV initiatives in Asia, North America and Europe. Approximately 75 people from 13 different countries participated in the conference demonstrating a broad interest for the ETV concept.  

See presentations from the AdvanceETV conference here

Contact Thorkild Q Frandsen for questions or comments. Phone: +45 2171 7761. E-mail: tqf@agrotech.dk.

ETV in a global perspective
Change of wings on the scene of international ETV cooperation The environmental technology verification (ETV) program run by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has withdrawn from the international co-operation on ETV. With the current establishment of new ETV programs in Europe and in Asia, the emphasis in international ETV cooperation is accordingly changing to achieve mutual recognition of ETV data among the programs remaining in the cooperation and supporting the exploitation of innovative environmental technologies in Asia, Canada and Europe. The program for the upcoming workshop on international ETV cooperation in Bilbao has been adjusted accordingly.

Improved cooperation on environmental technology verification, ETV

An international workshop with participants from Europe, the US, Canada, the Philippines, Japan and Korea scheduled for October 2010 in Bilbao, Spain, will test road maps for cooperation on ETV between different ETV programmes. Road maps for co- and joint verification will be tested with case data aiming at improved and internationally acceptable cooperation models. See the programme for the workshop here. Participation in the meeting is by invitation only, but meeting reports and final road maps will be published.

First phase of a European Environmental Technology Verification program is now decided
The European Commission has now decided that a European Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) pre-program will be launched, expected to be operational from early Summer 2012. The EU ETV program will operate in parallel with the existing ETV programs in e.g. the US, Canada, the Philippines, Japan and Korea.
The EU ETV pilot program will initially be covering 2-3 broad environmental technology areas and be based in volunteering member states, but allowing for environmental technologies from all parts of the EU being verified. During early 2010, member states will have the opportunity to offer their participation in the pilot program, primarily through support to accreditation of verification bodies for operation of the EU ETV pilot program. Concurrently, the final selection of technology areas will be done.

The EU Commission is expecting to provide partial funding for initiating the EU ETV pilot program and in particular for supporting small and medium sized enterprises entering the ETV program.  The EU ETV pilot program will be reassessed after a period of operation for potential expansion with respect to numbers of member states and technology areas involved, and also to the need for EU legislation supporting the EU ETV acceptance by the member states.

The launching of the EU ETV initiative will support verification of environmental technologies according to harmonized European methods, it also will enhance the cooperation on joint verification and mutually accepted technology verifications already established on a project basis with the US and Canada, and will accordingly provide additional opportunities for Danish environmental technology providers for entering new markets supported by credible documentation for the performance of their products.

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Nordic Innovation Centre, an organization under the Nordic Council of Ministers, has decided to etablish a Nordic scheme for Environmental Technology Verification, ETV.

Click here for more information.