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.