Transparency, Reliability, Accessibility, Applicability, and Completeness framework
Updated 2026-03-25
The TRAAC framework is designed to quantify the readiness of different tools and methods towards or their compatibility with regulatory frameworks and their usefulness for end-users through a calculated TRAAC score. It diagnoses barriers that hinder regulatory acceptance and usability based on five pillars: Transparency, Reliability, Accessibility, Applicability, and Completeness.
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Transparency, Reliability, Accessibility, Applicability, and Completeness framework
Abbreviation
TRAAC
Description
The TRAAC framework is designed to quantify the readiness of different tools and methods towards or their compatibility with regulatory frameworks and their usefulness for end-users through a calculated TRAAC score. It diagnoses barriers that hinder regulatory acceptance and usability based on five pillars: Transparency, Reliability, Accessibility, Applicability, and Completeness.
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2024
Bibliographic citation
Shandilya N, Barreau MS, Suarez-Merino B, Porcari A, Pimponi D, Jensen KA, Fransman W, Franken R. TRAAC framework to improve regulatory acceptance and wider usability of tools and methods for safe innovation and sustainability of manufactured nanomaterials. NanoImpact 2023; 30: 100461.
Project
The development of TRAAC was supported by the EU NMBP-13 H2020 Gov4Nano project (grant number 814401). Online tool implementation was realised within Harmless (EU-funded H2020 Research & Innovation Action addressing Safe-by-Design of multicomponent nanomaterials).
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The framework could be, in principle, adapted and extended to the evaluation of other type of tools & methods, even beyond the case of nanomaterials.
Created: 2026-03-25
Last updated: 2026-03-25