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Stakeholder Relations and Relations with Institutional partners

Stakeholder Relations and Relations with Institutional partners. Christine Majewski Head of External Relations and the Management Board. Committed to the safety of Europe’s food Bratislava, 28 June 2007. Stakeholder Relations and relations with institutional partners. Institutional

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Stakeholder Relations and Relations with Institutional partners

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  1. Stakeholder Relations and Relations with Institutional partners Christine Majewski Head of External Relations and the Management Board Committed to the safety of Europe’s food Bratislava, 28 June 2007

  2. Stakeholder Relations and relations with institutional partners • Institutional • Civil society

  3. Stakeholder Relations and relations with institutional partners • Institutional Partners • European Parliament, Council (Member States), Presidency, European Commission, ECOSOC, risk managers eg CVOs • Stakeholders - Civil society • Representatives of the food and feed chain • Environmental NGOs, • Animal welfare organisations

  4. Stakeholder Relations and relations with institutional partners • Institutional • Civil society

  5. Institutional partners Role within the EU system EFSA part of the overall system of food and feed law in the EU Provides the scientific basis for legislation in these areas Integral part and accountable within the system Role - to provide risk managers with scientific excellent advice Work closely with risk managers to deliver this advice while maintaining our independence Responsive and timely Emerging risks

  6. EFSA’s Relationships Member States - National Agencies • Part of our Networks • Scientific Cooperation and networking • Members of the Advisory Forum • MSs may ask EFSA to look at scientific questions • Try and resolve scientific differences of opinion • Linked by Videoconferencing • Linked by IT Extranet

  7. EFSA’sRelationships Other Institutional activities Member States • Council • e.g Working groups on pesticides, COREPER • Presidency • Risk manager group’s • e.g. CVOs, CPHO

  8. EFSA’s Relationships European Parliament • Strong presence in the EP • ENVI, CoBu, CoCoBu, AGRI • To inform EP about our scientific findings • Advice on legislation which may have an • impact on EFSA • EP has asked us some scientific questions • Major say in EFSA’s budget

  9. EFSA’s Relationships European Commission • Independent but our main ‘customer’ • Provision of scientific opinions to the Commission • to enable it to develop risk management measures • Director General on MB of EFSA • Close liaison: • - exchanges of staff, • - regular meetings to review priorities • Work together in a food or feed crisis

  10. Stakeholder Relations and relations with institutional partners • Institutional • Civil society

  11. EFSA’s Stakeholder Relationships Stakeholders (food chain, industry consumers, distributors) • EFSA Stakeholder Consultative Platform • EFSA Consultations – web or meetings • EFSA Stakeholder Colloques • EFSA scientific Colloques • Regular Bi-laterals with key EU based stakeholder • organisations – CIAA, BEUC, Copa Cogeca, NGOs

  12. Stakeholder Relations and relations with institutional partners • The Stakeholder Consultative Platform (SCP) made ‘permanent’ in 2006 • Working Groups on Transparency in risk assessment and criteria for consulation • Special technical meeting of SCP 11 June on Nutrition – Guidance on claims • An independent review of the functioning EFSA’s policy so far towards Stakeholder • Stakeholder strategy (to be developed in 2007)

  13. Stakeholder Relations and relations with institutional partners New approach to sensitive issues to develop further a social dialogue without impinging on EFSA’s scientific excellence or independence

  14. International partners • OIE, WHO, FAO • CODEX • FSANZ - Food Standards Australia New Zealand • USDA, FDA • Japanese Food Safety Commission • Chinese FDA INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS EFSA will communicate and exchange information with et al:

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