Project Cyted – IberoArsan network – Project for the constitution of a network involving Iberian Countries and Iberoamerica: “El arsénico en la Península Ibérica e Iberoamérica: mapa de distribución en aguas y suelos, determinación analítica y tecnologías económicas de abatimiento (Arsenic in Iberia and Iberoamerica: maps of distribution in waters and soils, analytical determination and low-cost mitigation technologies”; Acronym: IBEROARSEN. General coordinator for the Portuguese participation. Research centers involved: CIGAR, INETI, FCUP.

R&D groups involved in the problematic of arsenic in three specific areas will be interconnected: a) origin, transport and distribution of arsenic in waters and soils of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain, Portugal) and Iberoamerica; b) analytical methodologies for arsenic determination and speciation in waters and soils; c) low-cost technologies for arsenic abatement in waters.
The main result shall be the Network itself: once it is established through the seeding action of CYTED, the high interest in the subject guarantees its activities as sustainable, thus giving rise to the existence of an international consultancy bureau to advise governmental groups, institutions and community. As more immediate products of the Network, three monographs corresponding to each one of the points in the preceding paragraph, one integration monograph, formation of highly capacitated human resources through courses and stages in laboratories, and elaboration of didactic and informative material will be promoted. The activities will be the basis for CYTED precompetitive technological projects, IBEROEKA and similar enterprises, pointing to the resolution of the dramatic situation due to arsenic in the regions of interest.