GreenFacts Foundation Newsletter - 24 March 2004

More Digests released online.

Having refined its publication process, GreenFacts is accelerating in the production of its publications. In the last three months, four draft Digests were published online:

Dioxins, a summary of the 1998 IPCS assessment,
Power Lines, a summary of the 2002 IARC monograph,
Aspartame, a summary of the 2002 European Commission Scientific Committee on Food report, and
Water Disinfectants, a summary of the IPCS 2000 report.

Digests on Mercury, Boron and Arsenic will be online shortly.
Also, the Endocrine Disruptor Digest has been peer reviewed and is awaiting final approval from the GreenFacts Scientific Board.

GreenFacts holds its annual General Assembly.

On 9 March 2004, the GreenFacts Board of Advisors and Board of Directors met for the annual general assembly. The 2003 accounts were approved and the vision and strategy for the coming years was elaborated. Download the GreenFacts Annual Report 2003 in PDF format or contact for a paper copy.

Scientific Board elects a new President and Vice-president.

The GreenFacts Scientific Board held its annual assembly on 16 March 2004. The revisions to the publication produre were accepted and the progress of the Digests was evaluated. Dr Douglas McGregor (former IARC director) was nominated as President and Professor Corrado Galli (University of Milan) as Vice-president.

EU Funding projects.

GreenFacts is actively engaging partners for consortia for several EU funding projects:

The Sixth Framework Programme Science and Society Call 7 on Governance and Communication. GreenFacts is proposing that the EU adopt a three-level Q&A structure approach for communicating the scientific documents to non-specialists, particularly for the publication of EU scientific reports, risk assessments and submissions to the European Parliament.

The e-Content fourth call to improve access to public sector information. GreenFacts is proposing to widen the access to scientific documents in the public domain, increase the number of languages and develop better tools for reading scientific documents on the Internet.

Parties interested in being involved with the GreenFacts consortia are encouraged to contact or consult the GreenFacts FP6 Expression of Interest.

Translation News.

GreenFacts.org is operational in English, French and Spanish. This is an important part of the GreenFacts strategy to increase the non-specialists' access to scientific information.

A limited German translation was published. GreenFacts is presently seeking funding to complete it and to produce an Italian and a Dutch translation.

The GreenFacts Consultation Report has been translated into French and can be downloaded from our Press Kit page.
A Dutch translation will be available soon.

GreenFacts in the News.

Visit the GreenFacts Press Book to see a selection of recent articles on GreenFacts.

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