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Nanomaterials may have brought many beneficial innovations with them in our daily lives and and have become indispensable for the society. However, one needs to be concerned of the risks which are still unknown and not sufficietly studied and therefore there is a need for a nanorisk governance. At the core of nanorisk governance is gathering, processing and analysing reliable data which will be used for decision making. The challenge is to assure data reliability and transform it into knowledge. To address this challenge, we used analogy to technology readiness level (TRL) approach (developed by NASA), and elaborated knowledge readiness level (KaRL). KaRL is a nine-scale system to categorize data and knowledge (documents) into levels of readiness for particular purposes and to enhance readiness level by using quality and completeness filters, compliance requirements, nanorisk-related tools, stakeholders’ input. By our approach we addressed key issues in nanotechnology such as societal and ethical concerns, circular economy and sustainability, traceability of data, knowledge and decisions.
Regulatory decisions require reliable data and knowledge derived from this. Among stakeholders in nanotechnology, however, there is often uncertainty about the quality of data for regulatory purposes. In addition, the general public often finds itself excluded from nanoregulation and policy decisions. This creates uncertainty in the nanotechnology field and also in other branches of technology and leads to concerns among the society.
To address these issues, NANORIGO elaborates a framework to support decision making as well as data, information and knowledge sharing and use. We refer to “reliability” of data and knowledge as a degree of readiness or maturity. According to these criteria we worked out a 9-level scale in analogy to TRL (technology readiness level), the KaRL system (Knowledge, Data and Information Readiness Level). KaRL allows assessment of knowledge readiness for decision making by applying defined quality criteria for each level. It also provides guidance on how to enhance the readiness level by the help of available tools and procedures. KaRL addresses SEIN[1] principles, circular economy and thus involves the public concerns in regulation. A specialized nanorisk governance council (being under development in NANORIGO) is suggested to perform quality check of an actionable document, thus, aiding in consensus on the reliability (maturity) of knowledge for decision making. Moreover, KaRL facilitates traceability of knowledge before its use in decision making. This enables the transparency demanded by all stakeholders.