Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) is a European Programme that provides for Third Party Verification, on a voluntary basis, of the performance of new environmental technologies.The objective of ETV is to:

� Increase the credibility of such technologies on the market

� Enable technology users and purchasers to compare technologies

� Identify eco-innovations suited to their needs � Ensure wider recognition of verification results, both

within the internal market and internationally.The end product is an ETV Statement of Verification, a document that ascertains the performance of new technologies and enables them to be differentiated from existing, competing technologies. All market-ready technologies with innovative and environmentally beneficial elements can be proposed for ETV verification. The scheme, presently in its initial pilot phase, currently covers the following technology areas:

� Water treatment and monitoring (e.g. monitoring water quality, treatment of drinking water and waste water)

� Materials, waste and resources (e.g. separation and sorting of solid waste, recycling of materials, end-of-life products and chemicals, biomass-based products)

� Energy (e.g. renewable energy, energy generated from waste, energy efficiency).

� Felice Alfieri RINA Services S.p.A.felice.alfieri@rina.org+39 010 5385730

� Erasmo CadenaVertech Grouperasmo.cadena@vertech-group.com+33 0981096862

� Juan L. Sobreira Seoane Instituto Tecnológico de Galicia - ITGjsobreira@itg.es

The training was co-organized by:RINA Services and Vertech Group

CONTACTS18Th November 2016

Technical training for Small and Medium-sized

Enterprises

ENVIRONMENTALTECHNOLOGYVERIFICATION

(ETV)

AGENDA � 9.30 - 10.00

Registration

� 10.00 - 10.15Welcome from RINA and Vertech Group

� 10.15 - 10.30The EU ETV pilot programme: how it works and how it can benefit technology manufacturers, users and purchasers - Felice Alfieri

� 10.30 - 10.50Is EU ETV the rights programme for your technology? - Felice Alfieri

� 10.50 - 11.15Coffee Break

� 11.15 - 11.45Being verified under the EU ETV Programme: the verification procedure step by step - Felice Alfieri

� 11.45 - 12.00Verification completed – What’s next? Using verifications in marketing at home, in Europe and globally- Felice Alfieri

� 12.00 - 12.30ETV Experience - GW Dryer- Felice Alfieri, Erasmo Cadena

� 12.30 - 13.00ETV Experience - WETNET- Felice Alfieri, Juan L. Sobreira Seoane

� 13.00 - 13.15ETV and funding opportunities- Felice Alfieri

� 13.15 - 13.30Wrap-up – Questions – Conclusion

VENUE: Hotel Leonardo Madrid City Center Madrid (Spain)*

WHEN: 18th November 2016

CONTACTS: Felice Alfieri RINA Services S.p.A.felice.alfieri@rina.org+39 010 5385730

Erasmo CadenaVertech Grouperasmo.cadena@vertech-group.com+33 0981096862

The training was co-organized by:RINA Services and Vertech Group

Language: English

*Calle de Alberto Aguilera, 18, 28015 Madrid, Spain

This event is organized with the support of the European Commission and financed under the 682771 Contract

ETV TECHNICAL TRAINING FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES

INFOTARGET PARTECIPANTS

- Organizations involved in an Environmental Technology Verification Process

- Technology developers introducing eco technologies into the market and aiming demonstrating their performance to their clients

- Organizations interested to submit HORIZON2020 proposals including ETV in the scope of the project

- Technology Providers / Technology Buyers / Manufacturers / Test Bodies and Laboratories as well regulators interested to learn more about the ETV

OBJECTIVESThe participants will receive information that will enable them to:

- Understand how technology performance can be verified through the ETV Process

- Discover how technology manufactures and technology users / purchasers can benefit from ETV results, both in the context of public markets and in industrial supply chains

- Get informed about ETV funding opportunities

LANGUAGEEnglish

REGISTRATIONParticipation to the ETV technical training for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises is free of charge, but registration is required. The event has a limited number of places available.

� Registration deadline: 01/11/2016 � Registration should be addressed to:

Mr. Felice Alfieri - felice.alfieri@rina.org � Please visit the BLOG ETV Experience at:

www.etvexperience.org

ETV TECHNICAL TRAINING FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES

RINA SERVICESRINA Services S.p.A. is the company in the RINA Group that delivers services of classification, certification, test and inspection (TIC Services) to guarantee excellence to organizations in the marine, environment and energy, infrastructures, transport and logistics, quality and safety and agri-food sectors. As a result of our ongoing investments in R&D and training, we have consolidated exceptional skills in certifying management systems, products, installations and personnel for companies of all sizes operating anywhere in the world. We have been accredited for ISO 50001 and for the main environmental and green certifications as well as ETV Verification Body covering the following technology areas: Water treatment and monitoring; Materials, waste and resources; Energy Technologies.

VERTECH GROUPVERTECH is a French High-Tech environmental engineering company that focuses its business on providing advanced environmental and sustainable solutions to different sectors. Vertech expects to be considered as an international leader in supporting micro-small-medium enterprises to formulate their own R&D capacities despite their company size and help them to become global innovative players inside the sustainable market. Vertech creates value by advising and supporting private and public organizations regardless of the sector they work in (e.g. Energy, waste treatment, agricultural), their location (France, Spain, Latin America) and their size (e.g. SMEs, Large, Universities). VERTECH is member of the French Life Cycle Assessment Platform AVNIR, The Forum for Sustainability through Life Cycle Innovation, the Indian LCA Alliance and the Ibero AmericanLife Cycle network. The staff of VERTECH hasover 10 years of experience on international cooperation, performing the referred activities.

With the participation of:INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE GALICIA – ITG

ITG, founded in 1991, is a National Technological Centre recognised by The Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. It is an entity with a private nature whose aim is to improve the competitiveness of the Companies, Organizations and Professionals through Research, Technological Development and the supplying of professional services in the fields of CONSTRUCTION & SUSTAINABILITY, ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY EFFICIENCY, and INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT).ITG has the inherent capacity to develop, manage and coordinate, supported by more than 70 R+D+I national and international projects; in addition ITGhas a strong customer focus a 347 different customers for the last three years.