CONTACTS FOR THE RENDE BRANCH
Tel: +39.0984 493213 – 493214
Fax: +39.0984 493215
Email: uosrende@@@iia.cnr.it
c/o UNICAL Polifunzionale, Rende (CS), Italy
Supervisor: Dott.ssa Francesca Sprovieri
It carries out research and technological development in the field of air pollution on a regional and global scale and has a leadership role in the context of international, European and national projects and programs.
It works in partnership with major institutes and universities in Europe, Australia, the East, North and South America.
It coordinates: in the current HORIZON 2020 Framework Program, the ERAPLANET program and the iGOSP project; the GMOS program and the GOS4M Flagship; the Italian National Mercury Reference Center.
It takes part in MercOx, SI-Hg, I-seed, e-shape projects; to the UNEP F&T Partnership; to the activity of the GEO.
It has prepared: for the European Commission, the European Directive on Mercury; for UNEP, for many years, technical reports on the Global Mercury Assessment.
It carries out technical-scientific support activities for European and international organizations on behalf of the MITE, collaborating in the drafting of laws and regulations.
It has developed ECHMERIT, a global model of the chemistry of mercury in the atmosphere.
It promotes the values of environmental sustainability through scientific research as a driving force for growth for the territories. It supports training and on-the-job training, with dissertations, doctoral scholarships and post-doc programs, such as the Marie Skłodowska-Curie GMOS-Train action.
