EU-ANSA Statement on Research Engagement

EU-ANSA commitment

• The EU Agencies within EU-ANSA and their networks have been established to produce and translate science  for policy. Agencies welcome the Opinion on One Health governance in the EU and consider to be an asset to support policy because of their science perspective, their networks, expertise and current or future tasks on research topics.
• EU-ANSA’s members are experienced knowledge brokers with insight into the challenges in translating and delivering science for policy, including identifying areas where current knowledge is weak or insufficient for definitive policy action.
• EU ANSA has a strong representation from Agencies from medicine, health, social science and humanities domains; the collective knowledge covers a vast range of scientific disciplines who regularly engage with each other to advocate for and deliver inter- and transdisciplinary research (e.g. One Health and bi-lateral collaborations).
• EU-ANSA is well placed to identify and implement multidisciplinary, collaborative research actions to improve the quality and use of policy-relevant research to address complex societal challenges and restore trust in science.
• The EU Agencies invite the European and national funding programmes and research policy makers to make active use of this large knowledge ecosystem and call for pro-active involvement of EU Agencies in the programming of future research agendas.