EuSANH

National Science advisory bodies have a lot to gain by joining the network:

• Share information and expertise with other science advisory bodies. They aim at coordinating work programmes, and seek cooperation in devising reports on health issues across national borders.
• Stay informed about science advisory reports on important health issues of partner organisations. In order to increase the quality and efficiency of scientific advice, it is important to learn from the work of other science advisory bodies and public health experts.
• Create a network for exchange of staff members (for a short time) working at similar subjects.
• Exchange and collaborate on the methodology of constructing science advisory reports.
• Collaborate in submitting project proposals for European funding. 
• Participate in the annual EuSANH conference.
• Gain access and be able to use the restricted information on the members’ page.  Here members can exchange information. 
• Use the EuSANH logo on the website of their organisation and science advisory reports

Policy makers also benefit from collaboration:

The participating science advisory bodies will expand their scientific cooperation to other European countries, to increase the transnational impact and benefits of science-based health policy making. Hence, EuSANH makes it possible to mobilise a large number of scientific organisations/experts and enrich further the knowledge base by involving experts with different backgrounds and coming from several disciplines (to cope with the multidisciplinary and a more complex nature of the issue at stake).

EuSANH convenes the best experts from Europe to make science based policy recommendations on major health issues. Through collaboration with EuSANH, policy makers at the European and national level can use the high-quality science advisory reports as input to evidence-based decision-making. In addition, policy makers can add health topics for science advice in their work plans and help to identify knowledge gaps as a priority for new health research programmes.

Policy makers or national science advisory bodies wishing to actively support these efforts towards more inclusive science advice or participate in the EuSANH network are invited to go to express their ideas and leave contact details here. You could also contact the EuSANH secretariat for more information.