Transcript RIVM - Cadaster

National Vaccin Institute
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Core facts
• Established in 1909
• Employs 1500 men and women
• Has a budget of € 180 million
• Consists of 30 labs/centres, 4 divisions
• Carries out independent research (laid
down in the RIVM Act)
• Boasts 300 projects annually
The RIVM is the National Institute for Public Health and
Environment
Research on
environment and
health protection
& policy support
Political
responsibility
and strategic
decisions
Mission of RIVM
• Development & integration of
actual scientific knowledge
• Makes this knowledge
accessible for policymakers
• Facilitates policymakers
and inspectorates
• Scope:
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Public Health
Infectious Disease
Environment and Safety
Nutrition and Food safety
Nature
RIVM organization chart
Director-General
Department of the Director-General and Communications
Department of Human Resources Management
Finance Department
Centre for Infectious
Diseases Control
Public Health and
Health Services
Division
Nutrition, Medicines
and Consumer
Safety Division
Environment and
Safety Division
Facilities,
Management
and Services
Research for Policy Support
• Environment and Health
- Measurement of air water and soil pollution
- Human and ecological exposure assessment
- Toxicological, human clinical and epidemiological research
- Health risk assessment
- Ecological risk assessment
- Risk management options
• Impact of contaminating substances
• Disaster control
The source-risk chain
Source
Emission
Dispersion
Exposure
Dose & effect
Risk
Our tasks within the safety chain
Pro-action Prevention Preparation Response
Aftercare
All environmental risks
Laboratory for Ecological Risk Assessment
(LER)
Personel LER december 2008:
43 permanent staff = 38 fte
6 temporary staff
trainees
Of whom :
40 academics
Most important policy dossiers
• Surface water and groundwater (EU Water
Framework Directive)
• Soil (Policy Letter Soil, European Soil Strategy)
• Plant Protection Products
• Biodiversity
• Soil sanitation
• Chemical compounds
Most important activities
• Development ecological risk assessment methodology
Partners SEC / Alterra / RIZA / universities / international
• Development proposals environmental quality criteria
Partners SEC / SIR / LVM / IMD / Alterra / univ. / international
• Inventarisation soil sanitation operation
Partners SenterNovem / local governments
• Development decision support systems
Partners Alterra / RIZA / international
LER tasks
Assessment and advice on effects of different types of
environmental stress, in their mutual coherence, on structure
and functioning of ecosystems.
Weigh up of human and ecological risks of contamination,
followed by proposals of environmental quality criteria
• experimental and model research
• development of decision support systems.
expertise areas:
• exposure assessment and environmental chemistry
• ecotoxicological effects
• ecological effects (foodwebs / multistress)
• risk assessment