EuSANH

The project management and coordination is the key to the success of the Coordinating Action project. The Coordinator has overall responsibility for project management, the coordinating actions and the dissemination of information. He is also responsible for all communication with the Commission.

The Consortium consists of the following six beneficiaries – all scientific advisory bodies and members of EuSANH:

• Health Council of the Netherlands, (GR), Coordinator
• Institute of Health Carlos III, Spain
• The Superior Health Council Belgium
• Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care, Sweden (SBU)
• National Institute of Public Health – National Institute of Hygiene, Poland (NIPH-NIH)
• National School of Public Health and Health Services Management, Romania (SNSPMS)

The Steering Committee consists of one senior representative from each of the beneficiaries in the consortium, and is chaired by the Coordinator. It is responsible for all technical, strategic and management decisions in relation to the EuSANH-ISA Coordinating Action Project and for reviewing the work programmes and approving any changes. It is also responsible for reviewing the project progress and the technical quality and timely delivery of all project results.

Furthermore, an External Advisory Committee is invited to comment on the work programme and progress, and advise the Steering Committee. This committee will enable EuSANH-ISA to optimise its added value in science advice for health at the European level. This committee consists of scientific advisory bodies from European countries (all EuSANH members) and international (mostly European) organisations in the field of health: Czech republic, National Institute of Public Health; Finland, National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL); France, Haute Autorité de Santé; Germany, Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care/German Institute of Medical Documentation and Information; Portugal (Ministry of Health advisory body in establishment); Switserland, Swiss Federal Office of Public Health; The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC); The Health Evidence Network (WHO Europe, HEN); The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA); The Federation of Europaen Academies of Medicine (FEAM); The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies; and the European Academies’Science Advisroy Council (EASAC); The European Network for Health Technology Assessment (EUnetHTA); The Institute of Medicine (IOM, USA) and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).