The Italian National Research Council Operations Within the EIT Raw Materials Framework

The adopted strategy and the results achieved by the Italian National Research Council within the Knowledge and Innovation Community “Raw Materials” of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (KIC EIT-RM) are presented in detail. We focus on activities dedicated to education as well as validation and acceleration actions of the EIT-RM. Regarding the former, activities tackling the awareness of citizens on the impact of RMs in our life, guiding pupils towards an informed engagement into RMs university carriers, and lifelong learning of professionals dedicated to methodologies to access, organize, and share scientific literature and data are presented. Regarding the validation and acceleration actions, two main activities are discussed: (1) development of Platinum–Group Metals free catalysts and the corresponding know-how transfer initiative towards East and South East Europe (ESEE) countries; (2) development of novel analytical logging tools and portable devices for real-time compositional analyses based on laser technologies.