The EU Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM) comprises a secretariat in the Commission’s research and innovation department, a group of seven Chief Scientific Advisory and an initiative called SAPEA:
The project “Science Advice for Policy by European Academies” (SAPEA) brings together 100 academies and societies from all scientific fields and from a wide variety of countries.
The Group of Chief Scientific Advisors is an expert group of the European Commission and provides independent scientific advice to European Commissioners to support their decision-making. They also work to strengthen connections between Europe’s academies and Academy Networks, and to stimulate debate in Europe about the role of evidence in policy-making.
The group is supported by a dedicated Unit staffed by the European Commission’s Research and Innovation and Joint Research Centre Directorates General.
Visit sites: https://ec.europa.eu/research/sam/index.cfm, https://www.sapea.info (for SAPEA) and https://ec.europa.eu/info/research-and-innovation/strategy/support-policy-making/scientific-support-eu-policies/group-chief-scientific-advisors_en (for the EU Group of Chief Scientific Advisory, GCSA). Infographic and Summary: https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/research_and_innovation/groups/sam/ec_rtd_how-the-gcsa-works.pdf
Further relevant knowledge resources: You might want to check Science Policy in Diplomacy and External Relations (SPIDER), the Science Policy in Diplomacy and External Relations (SPIDER) network which is a Special Interest Division (SID) of the INGSA network, the International Network for Government Science Advice.
Keywords: Science advice, Publications
