Decision trees

Deliverable 2.3 contains the information on the vision of the RiskGONE Consortium for a holistic Risk Governance (RG) framework and describes in detail the incorporation of guidance and guidelines within the framework, through the design and implementation of decision trees, for assisting stakeholders in structuring their assessment of nanomaterials and nano enabled products.

Tailored information on the topic have been published in Isigonis et al. by the RiskGONE Consortium. The publication reviews the state-of-the-art, lists the identified challenges and opportunities for improvement and describes how the consortium aims to tackle the issues. In deliverable D2.3, the decision trees are presented in full detail. The decision trees have been developed by the Consortium in various forms, based on cross-work package collaboration and aligned with the development of the RG guidelines. These guidelines have been translated into functional tools that are easy to use and update, for guiding users and stakeholders through the various steps of the RG processes.

The decision trees and the guidance for users of the RiskGONE Cloud platform have been organised in various levels in order to allow a modular representation of the results and outputs of the research project towards the various types of stakeholders. In this sense, three main levels have been identified:

1. Level 1 – Expected experience level of the user


2. Level 2 – Specific topics of interest related to the RG framework of nanomaterials;
• Characterisation, Fate, and Dosimetry of NMs
• Human Hazard Assessment
• Environmental Hazard/Effect Assessment
• Exposure Assessment
• Risk Assessment
• Life Cycle Analysis
• Economic Assessment
• Ethical Impact Assessment
3. Level 3 – Contiguous topics of interest;
• Risk Governance
• SSbD, new methodologies and general innovation governance
• Technical guidance and standardisation
• Data quality, Open data and FAIR principles