EFSA EU‐ANSA Crisis Preparedness Training, 2023 August 2
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Date
2023 August 2
Summary
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) chose, for 2023, to use its annual external crisis preparedness training to benefit members of the European Union Agencies Network on Scientific Advice (EU-ANSA). With its crisis training contractor, Instinctif Partners, EFSA developed a one- and-a-half-day crisis preparedness training event, which was hosted at the offices of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) in person in Bilbao, Spain. The training aimed to, and achieved several objectives, including enhancing the preparedness and collaboration of EU-ANSA Agencies in supporting evidence-based policymaking during crises, fostering mutual understanding of the different roles and mandates of the Agencies, setting the scene for future sharing of crisis-related knowledge and information, testing the EU-ANSA concept through the draft Framework for Interagency Coordination & Scientific Cooperation In Times Of Crisis, and exploring flexible and proactive approaches to interagency collaboration during crisis response.