1. MATRIX REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS Dr. Alper İŞLEYEN JRP-Project Coordinator alper.isleyen@tubitak.gov.tr TÜBİTAK UME (National Metrology Institute of TURKEY) 24.09.2015 IMA 2015, Kalamata, GREECE www.envcrm.com

2. EMPIR & Research Potential Projects https://www.euramet.org/research-innovation/ msu@npl.co.uk https://www.euramet.org/research-innovation/ msu@npl.co.uk E uropian M etrology P rogramme for I nnovation and R esearch The EMPIR calls, launched between 2014 and 2020, have an allocated total budget of 600 M €, with 300 M € from the participating states and up to 300 M € from the European Commission using Article 185 of the European Treaty. EMPIR Joint Research Projects (JRPs) from these calls will focus on priority areas, known as Targeted Programmes (TPs), to address the EU's Grand Challenges in Health, Energy, Environment and Industry, and to progress fundamental measurement science. Research Potential TPs will underpin the coherent, efficient, sustainable and integrated development of a European metrology capacity landscape through joint research projects designed to build capacity for research in less developed NMIs and DIs.

3. Need for the Project Drinking water, agricultural soil, plant and animal habitats are all at risk of environmental pollution. Increased industrialisation, the use of chemicals in agriculture and the consumption of fossil fuels drive a greater need for monitoring such pollution. Sometimes it is difficult and even impossible for the laboratories to find CRMs representing their real samples. Reliable analysis of water, sediment and soil samples for the purpose of environmental pollution assessment is a significant challenge due to the complexity of samples and the low concentrations of pollutants. Laboratories performing sampling need certified reference materials (CRMs), representative of real samples, to demonstrate traceability of measurements and ensure a quality-controlled process.

4. Aim of the Project This project aims to develop the capacity to produce CRMs for environmental analysis according to ISO Guide 34 by transferring the theoretical and practical know-how between project partners and combining their skills. Project partners are aiming to develop individual and/or joint strategies for future CRM research and development. Laboratorie’s CRM needs are increasing and changing. This project is aiming to develop strategies to produce CRM’s according to the needs.

5. Expected Short and Long Term Impact of the Project Reference materials will be developed to be used for much reliable monitoring of environmental pollutants especially in the project partnering countries. Developed reference materials will improve the traceability of the measurements. Laboratories will have new quality control materials that they can easily reach and control their performances. In long term, better monitoring of natural resources like water and soil will increase the quality of life by increasing the quality of drinking/irrigation water and as a consequence increasing the quality of agricultural products. More accurate, reliable and comparable analysis results will minimize the unnecessary repetition of analysis, thus will reduce the costs.

6. Project Summary Project Start-End: 01 June 2015- 31 May 2018 Project Duration: 36 Months Project Budget:  0.5 MEUR Total Work: 127 Man.Month Project Partners: 8 Country, 9 partners (4 National Metrology Institutesi 3 Designated Institutes and 2 Universities) Project Products: 3 Candidate Certified Reference Materials CRMs:  Elements (As, Cd, Hg, Ni, Pb) in River Water,  Elements (As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sb, V, Zn) in Soil,  Organic pollutants (PFOS and PFOA) in Ground Water.

7. Project Partners Turkey Poland Greece Slovenia Germany Finland Bosnia-Herzegovina Serbia

8. Project Work Packages WP-1 (Organic) and WP-2 (Inorganic) (36.4 man.month) Planning, Sampling, Preliminary Measurements,Material Processing, Homogeneity and Stability Tests for CRM candidates will be done. WP-3 (58 man.month) Characterisation of candidate CRMs: Method development/transfer (Primary methods, i.e: ID MS), validation and interlaboratory comparison study between project partners will be done. WP-4 (17.9 man.month)  Certificates and Certification Reports will be preparared.  Future CRM Research-Development and production strategies will be developed.

9. Project Work Packages WP-5- Creating Impact (9.5 man.month)  Project website: www.envcrm.com is prepared. www.envcrm.com  Knowledge exchange with the environmental analysis laboratories will be established (via website, workshops, conferences).  CRM needs of laboratories can always be updated through this website.  Proficiency tests (using the newly developed CRMs) will be organized for the environmental analysis laboratories.  Possibility for creating a new brand for the commercialization of the products of the project consortium will be pursued. WP-6- Project Management and Coordination (5.5 man.month) Project Coordination: TÜBİTAK UME, Turkey WP1-Organic-CRM Development-Leader: SYKE, Finland WP2- Inorganic-CRM Development- Leader : TÜBİTAK UME, Turkey WP3-Characterisation-Leader : IMBIH, Bosnia-Herzagovina WP4-Certification&Strategy Development Leader : BAM, Germany WP5-Impact-Leader : MoE-DMDM, Serbia

10. Project Home Page and Contact Information http:// envcrm.com alper.isleyen@tubitak.gov.tr If you want to hear more about:  our project developments,  news about the candidate CRMs  information about Proficiency Tests to be organized If you want to give us feedback & suggestions about:  your CRM needs: Matrix/Analyte/Concentration

11. Project News Workshop: “Matrix Reference Materials for Environmental Analysis” & Kick-Off Meeting were organized on 10-12 June 2015 in TÜBİTAK UME, Gebze, Kocaeli, TURKEY  CRM Planning documents for processing, homogeneity and stability tests will be finalized in September 2015.

12. Acknowledgment Süleyman Z. CAN, Mine BİLSEL, Betül ARI, Burcu BİNİCİ, Murat TUNÇ, Taner GÖKÇEN Jochen VOGL Nicola SCRUNDRIC, Luka GAŽEVIĆ Agnieszka ZOŃ Milena HORVAT, Radojko JACIMOVIC Aida JOTANOVIC, Katarina HAFNER, Šemsa SULJAGIĆ, Lejla KOVAČEVIĆ Teemu NÄYKKI, Noora PERKOLA Maria OCHSENKUHN-PETROPOULOU Fotis TSOPELAS Klaus OCHSENKUHN Ewa BULSKA www.envcrm.com