Group of Chief Scientific Advisors

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Group of Chief Scientific Advisors

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Abbreviation:

Policy Area: Administration;Agriculture;Civil protection;Climate;Competition;Consumer affairs;Culture;Customs;Development;Economic and Monetary Affairs;Education;Employment and Social Affairs;Energy;Enlargement;Enterprise;Environment;External Relations;External Trade;Fisheries and Maritime Affairs;Food Safety;Foreign and Security Policy;Fraud prevention;Human rights;Humanitarian aid;Information Society;Internal Market;Justice and Home Affairs;Nuclear safety;Public Health;Regional Policy;Research and Innovation;Sport;Taxation;Transport;Youth

Lead DG: DG Research and Innovation

Type: Formal;Permanent

Scope: Broad

Mission: Provide the Commission with independent scientific advice on specific policy issues where such advice is critical to the development of EU policies or legislation and does not duplicate advice being provided by existing bodies. The advice provided by the group shall identify the most important and relevant evidence and empirical findings that can support decision making on the specified policy issues including an assessment of the robustness and limitations of the evidence and empirical findings. Support the Commission in identifying specific policy issues where independent scientific advice is needed. Provide recommendations for improving the overall interaction between Commission policy making processes and independent scientific advice concerning any field of Union policy making.

Task: Assist the Commission in the preparation of legislative proposals and policy initiatives

Contact: -

Publication in RegExp: 23/11/2015

Creating Act: -

Last updated: 12/05/2021

Additional Information

Activity report: The first meeting of the High Level Group of Scientific Advisors has been held on 29 January 2016. Agendas and summary minutes of this group could be found at the internet link mentioned hereunder as well as timetable for future meetings.

http://ec.europa.eu/research/sam/index.cfm?pg=meetings

Selection procedure: Identification Committee Activity Report

http://ec.europa.eu/research/sam/index.cfm?pg=committee

Identification_Committee_Activity_Report_for_WEB.doc (approx. 172 kb)

Rules of procedure: The Commission Decision C(2015)6946 foresees that the members of the High Level Group of Scientific Advisors shall adopt its rules of procedures (Article 4 - Operation, point 3).

C_2015_6946_F1_COMMISSION_DECISION_EN_V3_P1_827417.PDF (approx. 181 kb)

Rules of procedure: The internal Rules of Procedure have been revised by the members of the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors on the occasion of the plenary meeting that took place on 24 & 25 September 2020.

Rules of procedure_Group of Chief Scientific Advisors_Sep2020.pdf (approx. 626 kb)

Other: Commission Decision C(2015)6946 of 16.10.2015 on the setting up of the High Level Group of Scientific Advisors sets out its Terms of Reference. Commission Decision C(2018)1919 of 05.04.2018 amending the Decision of 16 October 2015 on the setting up of the High Level Group of Scientific Advisors. One of the consequences of this amendment is that the name "High Level Group of Scientific Advisors" is changed to “Group of Chief Scientific Advisors”.

C_2015_6946_F1_COMMISSION_DECISION_EN_V3_P1_827417.PDF (approx. 181 kb)

C_2018_1919_COMMISSION_DECISION_EN.pdf (approx. 145 kb)

C_2018_1919_COMMISSION_DECISION_FR.pdf (approx. 108 kb)

C_2018_1919_COMMISSION_DECISION_DE.pdf (approx. 112 kb)

Subgroups

No Subgroups assigned to this group.