On May 20, 2013, just before the 5th iNTeg-Risk Conference 2013, the course 'ISO 31000 Principles and Management' will be held. The course is offered to everyone interested in the International Standard of ISO 31000:2009; the complex relationship between risk management principles, frameworks and processes and the applications in industry and in general. more

For the upcoming 5^th iNTeg-Risk Conference to be held on May 21-22, 2013 in Stuttgart, Germany, over 60 papers have been submitted for presentation at the conference and more than 120 participants have registered to attend this event of the year for iNTeg-Risk project! Click here to find out more details about this exciting event. more

A summary paper on iNTeg-Risk project was prepared for the upcoming 5^th iNTeg-Risk Conference to be held on May 21-22, 2013. Click here to download the paper! more

The SHB/iNTeg-Risk course 'Decision Aid Approaches for Risk Management' is organized on April 22 - 26, 2013 in Stuttgart, Germany. The participants benefit from the course by acquiring the basic knowledge about 1) main concepts related to decision making in risk management; 2) key decision making moments of risk management frameworks; and 3) tools available to improve the way managers are dealing with decision making.
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The 60-day public comment phase for the draft iNTeg-Risk CWA "Managing emerging technology-related risks” has closed, with the comments implemented and consolidated. more

Two courses have been held in the first half of April on the topics of Risk Assessment techniques, frequency and consequence assessment, risk index calculations and advanced applications by case studies. The courses were lectured by recognized professors of chemical and safety issues from the CONPRICI group of Italian universities. For detailed description, click on more

The Parliament Magazine is the magazine for the European Parliament and it is published every fortnightly to all MEPs, as well as senior officials in the Commission and others EU institutions. In its Issue 336 of April 2, 2013, a one-page feature is specially dedicated to the iNTeg-Risk project! Click here to read it. more

A paper on the iNTeg-Risk ERRA A1 -- Wilday, J., et al. (2011). Addressing emerging risks using carbon capture and storage as an example, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, vol. 89, no. 6, pp. 463-471, has won the Frank Lees medal for 2012 which is awarded by the UK Instituation of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)! more

The event was part of the series of courses belonging to the joint effort of iNTeg-Risk project (represented by EU-VRi and other partners) to set a modern, modular and distributed model of education and certification in the area of Risk Engineering and Management, with particular emphasis on the issue of emerging risks. The HSSE course took place in Paris, January 14 - 17, 2013 and was hosted by the iNTeg-Risk partner, INERIS.  more

The Science and Technology Options Assessment (STOA) workshop on European Emerging Risk Radar (E2R2) Initiative, which took place in November 2012 at the European Parliament in Brussels, received very positive support from the industry, academia and public sector. This Initiative aims at providing policy makers and the industry a scientifically robust and independent mechanism for an adequate assessment of emerging risks. Click here to download the special news release dedicated to this workshop! more

EU-VRi (www.eu-vri.eu) and iNTeg-Risk Consortium (www.integrisk.eu-vri.eu) prepared this workshop together with Science and Technology Option Assessment Committee of the European Parliament (STOA, http://europarl.europa.eu/stoa). Read more about the results of this workshop by clicking here to access the summary report! more

Prof. Ortwin Renn, President of EU-VRi, has received several important awards, in particular the "Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany" (Bundesverdienstkreuz erster Klasse). more