Recommendation for future actions in research and developments

The Sustainable Chemistry Issue Team has been active within the OECD Environment Health and Safety Programme since 1998 and has held many meetings in Germany and in Italy. Although Italy has organized two meetings (Venice, 1998 and 2001) and has an excellent scientific and technological background in the field, the coordination among research, academy and industry, necessary to undertake actions among the leader countries of this area, has not yet been activated. At this end the University Ca’ Foscari of Venice, in collaboration with the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS – Italian Institute for Health) that co-ordinates in Italy the OECD activities in the framework of the Environment, Health and Safety Programme, has organized this Workshop aimed to the establishment of the Italian network on green and sustainable chemistry. The connection with EU achievements and with the recently instituted OECD Green Growth Knowledge Platform has been highlighted. The first part of the Workshop has addressed European activities carried out in this field. OECD, EuCheMS, UNESCO have participated. The second part, organised in collaboration with pertinent Italian ministries, universities, public research institutes and industries has highlighted the different point of views inherent to the sustainable development and in particular the state of art of the green and sustainable chemistry in Italy in connection with its international perspectives.