1. LIFE12 ENV/IT/356 «BIONAD» «Naturalised dyes replacing commercial colorants for environmentally friendly leather dyeing and water recycle» Start: 01/01/2014 End: 30/06/2016 29/01/2015 12 month meeting Torviscosa Serichim Premises

2. AGENDA 09:30 [Serichim] Welcome and opening of the meeting 09:35[All] Actions carried out by each partner and scheduled activities from June 2014 until the end of December 2014. 11:00 [All] Open discussion on actions carried out 11:15[All] Coffee break 11:30[All] BIONAD Technical future issues:  [ICCOMCNR] Technical activities scheduled in the next six months of the project  [All] Open discussion on actions to be carried out in the next six months of the project LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD»

3. AGENDA 12:30[ICCOMCNR] Management and dissemination issues 13:00[All] General questions 13:00End of progress meeting 13:00 Tour of Serichim premises and laboratories 13:30 Lunch LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD»

5. Technical Actions carried out by each partner in the last six months   B3 Demonstration of natural dyes as stable chemical substances   B4 Demonstration of naturalised dyes in leather dyeing at laboratory level   B5 Demonstration of natural dyes on kilo-scale synthesis   C1 Monitoring on the environmental impact of acid dyes within leather manufacture   C2 Monitoring of dyeing effluents depuration using bacteria at laboratory level

6. Presentations of: UNIFI ICCOMCNR BIOKIMICA INESCOP SERICHIM LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD»

7. [All] Open discussion on actions carried out LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD»

9. Dissemination actions D1 Naturalised dyes manual D2 Leather sample books of hides dyed with naturalised dyes D3 Training course for Italian tanneries D4 Training course for Spanish tanneries D5 Demonstration workshop in Italy D6 Demonstration workshop in Spain D7 Project website D8 Notice boards D9 Diffusion material preparation LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD»

10. Dissemination actions D10 Articles and press releases D11 Demonstration workshop, seminars, conferences and other events D12 Dissemination to Institutions and policy makers D13 International fairs and other events D14 Digital supports for international diffusion D15 Networking D16 Layman's report D17 After-LIFE Communication Plan LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD»

11. Dissemination actions carried out by each partner in the last six months D7 Project website D9 Diffusion material preparation D10 Articles and press releases D11 Demonstration workshop, seminars, conferences and other events D12 Dissemination to Institutions and policy makers D13 International fairs and other events D14 Digital supports for international diffusion D15 Networking LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD»

12. Dissemination actions carried out by each partner in the last six months D7 Project website BIONAD website in English and in Italian: www.lifebionad.com INESCOP is preparing the Spanish version Each beneficiary has implemented the link between the BIONAD website to the beneficiary website LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD»

13. Dissemination actions carried out by each partner in the last six months D9 Diffusion material preparation 5,000 BIONAD brochures 600 BIONAD pendrives INESCOP designed and produced 1,000 labels to identify leather samples as project gadget 1 BIONAD tissue poster 2 BIONAD specific posters by INESCOP 1 BIONAD roll-up 1 Italian project presentation 1 Spanish project presentation LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD»

14. Dissemination actions carried out by each partner in the last six months D10 Articles and press releases 3 articles directly related to BIONAD in INESCOP’s EnvironmentNewsletter Sep’13, Feb’14, June 14 4 indirect articles related to the participation of BIONAD to the CNR event (in local and web newspaper) 1 TV interview during the LIFE CNR event in CNR premises on 25 March 2014 2 articles (Italian and English) in Platinum journal 1 technical article in “Dyes & Pigments” LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD»

15. Dissemination actions carried out by each partner in the last six months D11 Demonstration workshop, seminars, conferences and other events Meeting Leonardo Project: Step to sustainability 16-17 July 2013, Barsov – Rumanía LIFE CNR event in CNR premises on 25 March 2014 University of Siena event about life, Siena 29 May 2014 Event in Parma 26-30 May 2014 Event in Lucca, 23-26 June 2014 Event in Novartis company in Siena on 8 May 201 UNIFI LIFE event at Firenze on 24 th October 2014 Workshop titled “Clean Technologies in the Tanning Industry”, Valencia (Spain), 7th November 2013 Workshop titled “Innovative Technologies in the Tanning Industry”, Valencia (Spain), 18th June 2014 LIFE+ Networking Event, 10 July 2014, Valencia (Spain) LIFE+ Networking Event,19 November 2014, Ibi -Alicante (Spain) LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD»

16. Dissemination actions carried out by each partner in the last six months D12 Dissemination to Institutions and policy makers All the BIONAD beneficiaries are responsible for the organisation of specific communication activities in order to disseminate the project actions and results to Institutions and policy makers. The following preliminary contacts with institutions have been taken: o Councillor for the Environment of Pisa City - Italy o Environmental Department of Pisa Area - Italy o Senator of the Italian Government - Italy o Meeting of the Leonardo project “Competences pour l’Europe” (reference: 2012-1-IT1-LEO05-02837), Brasov (Romania), July 2013 o Union for the Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on Environment and Climate Change, Athens (Greece), 13th May 2014 LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD»

17. Dissemination actions carried out by each partner in the last six months D13 International fairs and other events Green week in Brussels 2-5 June 2014 UfM Ministerial Meeting on Environment and Climate 13 May 2014, Athens – Greece Co-Shoes Fair, 22-23 October 2014, Alicante (Spain) LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD»

18. Dissemination actions carried out by each partner in the last six months D14 Digital supports for international diffusion Each beneficiary started to define the specific video of each beneficiary activity ICCOMCNR started to have some contacts with some expert video companies in order to organise the general structure of the video ICCOMCNR started to work on the video text LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD»

19. Dissemination actions carried out by each partner in the last six months D15 Networking Cluster with OXATAN, SHOELAW, ECOFATTING, PODEBA, MICROTAN, SHOEBAT, CO2SHOE, SOREME, RESAFE, ECODEFATTING (LIFE 9-10-11-12-13 projects) BIONAD specific presentation at the CNR LIFE event at Pisa on 25 th March 2014 Networking contacts at the CNR LIFE event at Pisa on 25 th March 2014 Networking contacts at the UNIFI LIFE event at Firenze on 24 th October 2014 LIFE+ Networking Event, 10 July 2014, Valencia (Spain) LIFE+ Networking Event,19 November 2014, Ibi -Alicante (Spain) LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD»

20.  ACTION E.1: Project management  ACTION E.2: Monitoring  ICCOMCNR has continuous contact with all project partners for monitoring project activities  ICCOMCNR prepares and sends a summary of the project activities carried out to monitoring team at the end of each month  ICCOMCNR receives from each beneficiary technical inputs for the monitor month summary  Definition of management structures  Definition of payment procedures of each beneficiary  ICCOMCNR organised the kick-off meeting in January 2014 in ICCOMCNR premises  Biokimica organised the 6 progress meeting in June 2014 in Biokimica premises LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD»

21.  ACTION E.1: Project management  ACTION E.2: Monitoring  ICCOMCNR uses project progress indicators for monitoring project activities  ICCOMCNR will revise the project progress indicators in each of the projects coordination meeting in order to check any irregularities  ICCOMCNR will check the number and type of people reached by each dissemination activity in order to check if the diffusion actions have met their goals LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD»

22.  ACTION E.1: Project management  Definition of management structures  Management and technical committe ICCOMCNR: Alessandro D’Ulivo UNIFI: Roberto Bianchini Biokimica: Marco Mazzoni INESCOP: Mercedes Roig SERICHIM: Pietro Delogu  Administrative committe ICCOMCNR : Manuela Cempini UNIFI: Silvia Borselli Biokimica: Sabrina Vastola INESCOP: Julio Gutierrez SERICHIM: Giuseppina Vassallo LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD»

23.  ACTION E.1: Project management  Definition of payment procedures of each beneficiary  Each beneficiary has a specific payment responsible ICCOMCNR: Alessandro D’Ulivo selects the project cost formally approved by department director UNIFI: Roberto Bianchini selects the project cost formally approved by department director or DISPAA council Biokimica, INESCOP and SERICHIM: Marco Mazzoni, Mercedes Roig and Pietro Delogu select the project cost formally approved by company director and administration department  ICCOMCNR and UNIFI have specific project code and tender procedures  Biokimica, INESCOP and SERICHIM have separated project cost management and respect best value for money rules LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD»

24. BIONAD Technical future issues for the next six months  B6 Demonstration of naturalised dyes in leather dyeing at pilot scale level  C3 Monitoring of quality improvement for leather dyed with naturalised dyes  C6 Monitoring of quality assessment for leather dyed with naturalised dyes LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD»

25. BIONAD Technical future issues for the next six months [All] Open discussion on actions to be carried out in the next six months of the project LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD»

26. BIONAD Dissemination issues balance  D3 Training course for Italian tanneries: start to organise  D4 Training course for Spanish tanneries: start to organise  D7 Project website: update  D8 notice boards (end M3): OK  D9 Diffusion material preparation: more posters (foreseen 25 Posters, 10,000 leaflets/brochures/factsheets, 2,500 various branded items, now 5,000 brochures, 1,600 gadgets, 3 posters, 1 roll-up, 2 presentations)  D10 Articles and press release: OK (foreseen 30 articles, now 10 and 1 TV interview)  D11 Demonstration workshop, seminars, conferences and other events: OK OK (foreseen maximum dissemination, now 11 events) LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD»

27. BIONAD Dissemination issues balance  D12 Dissemination to Institutions and policy makers: OK (foreseen successful communication, now 5 contacts/meetings)  D13 International fairs and other events: OK (foreseen maximum dissemination, now 3 fairs/events)  D14 Digital supports for international diffusion: start (foreseen project video)  D15 Networking: OK OK (foreseen 10 projects, now 10) LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD»

28. ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES  Inception Report evaluation  Mid-Term Report  Next Deliverables  Partner costs May 2014  Budget “movement”: Amendment?!  Next meeting LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD»

29. INCEPTION REPORT EVALUATION LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD» POSITIVE EVALUATION Some remarks:   In the Midterm Report:   Complete Deliverable B2 by highlighting some technical results   Complete Deliverable C1 with specific technical results   Complete Deliverable B4 with specific technical results   Complete Dissemination Annex with specific information   Website: texts more accessible   Cost accounting: private Beneficiaries cost centres   Unforeseen costs: quantify, detail and justify

30. MID-TERM REPORT LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD» ICCOMCNR will be responsible of the production of the Mid- Term report which will be made up by:   Progress report with the summary of technical, administrative and dissemination project issues   Administrative summary excel files of each beneficiary of project costs with signatures   Dissemination Annex   Deliverables (foreseen and EC requested)   Possible Technical Reports The Mid-Term Report deadline is 31 March 2015 The EC ok of the Mid-Term Report, with the demonstration to have spent more than the 150% (€ 435,428) of the pre- financing received (€ 290,285), will produce the second project payment from the EC

31. MID-TERM REPORT LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD»   Documents needed from each partner   Check of financial documents for final original versions with signatures

32. MID-TERM REPORT LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD» Deadline   ICCOMCNR will send to each beneficiary a form for technical and dissemination contribution for the Mid-Term Report no later than 10th of February 2015   Each beneficiary has to send to ICCOMCNR all the technical contribution no later than end of February 2015 (except some March activities)   Each beneficiary has to send to ICCOMCNR all the dissemination contribution no later than end of February 2015 (except some March activities)   Each beneficiary has to send to ICCOMCNR the draft of all the administrative excel documents no later than end of February 2015   ICCOMCNR will send to each beneficiary the comments on the draft of all the administrative excel documents no later than 7th of March 2015   Each beneficiary has to send to ICCOMCNR all the final administrative excel documents with signatures no later than 15th of March 2015   ICCOMCNR will send to EC and Monitoring agency all the Mid- Term Report documents no later than 31st of March 2015

33. NEXT DELIVERABLES LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD» All the following Deliverables will be annexes of the Midterm Report :   Natural dyes on kilo-scale synthesis: Action B.5   Deliverables requested by the Inception Report evaluation:   Updated Deliverable B2   Updated Deliverable C1   Deliverable Action B4: Demonstration of naturalised dyes in leather dyeing at laboratory level

34. PARTNER COSTS December 2014 LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD» PARTNERCLAIM Personne l Personnel December 2014Travel Travel December 2014 External assistanc e External assistance December 2014 Consuma bles Consumable s December 2014 Overhea ds Overheads December 2014TOTAL TOTAL December 2014 ICCOMCNR 244,000 138,140.26 9,140 326.04 87,400 18,550.33 105,000 20,738.96 30,000 12,442.89 475,540 190,198.48 UNIFI 143,000 58,219.84 9,140 564.80 20,300 1,382.26 105,000 29,954.76 20,000 6,308.52 297,440 96,430.18 SERICHIM 133,500 86,200.00 9,140 440.05 5,000 60,000 12,895.34 15,000 6,967.48 222,640 106,502.87 BIOKIMICA 175,500 84,165.92 9,140 15,400 30,000.00 80,000 16,110.48 20,000 9,119.35 300,040 139,395.75 INESCOP 118,500 58,850.05 7,790 1,814.18 16,000 4,524.00 20,000 7,285.56 11,106 5,073.17 173,396 77,546.96 TOTAL 814,500 425,576.07 44,350 3,145.07 144,100 54,456.59 370,000 86,985.10 96,106 39,911.40 1,469,056 610,074.23

35. Budget “movement”: Amendment?!  Each beneficiary has to evaluate internal project costs and define eventual budget movement  ICCOMCNR, as coordinating beneficiary, will collect all the beneficiary eventual budget movement and will analyse the possibility to prepare a project amendment LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD»

36. Projects MEETINGs LIFE12 ENV/IT/352 «BIONAD»   1st Kick off meeting in ICCOMCNR in Italy in January 2014   2nd Coordination meeting in Biokimica in S.Croce sull’arno (Italy) on June 13th 2014   3rd Coordination meeting in SERICHIM in Torviscosa (Italy) on 29th January 2015 Next Project meeting   4th Coordination meeting in INESCOP in Elda (Spain) on June 2015   5th Coordination meeting in UNIFI in Florence on January 2016   Final meeting in ICCOMCNR Italy on June 2016