The European Science Advisors Forum (ESAF) is a non-formal network consisting of advisors, experts and scientists that hold advisory mandate from their Government and have a responsibility to provide scientific advice to their Government or help arranging it. The main goals of ESAF are: to provide a forum for EU countries’ main science advisors to exchange information and ideas to gain a broader perspective and be better equipped while advising their national governments or European Commission; to build sustainable capacity and capability across the range of different national science advisory organisations and systems in Europe; to improve science based political decision-making culture in the EU.

ESAF Annual Meeting 2023 

Meeting participants in front of the Art Centre of the Faculty of Art and Design of the University of West Timisoara

European Science Advice Forum (ESAF) Annual Meeting 2023 was held on 11.–12. September, 2023 in Romania, at the West University of Timișoara. Read more.

ESAF Annual Meeting 2022 (ESAF-8) „The role of science advice in rebuilding the society“

Participants of the meeting. Photo: Virginija Valuckienė

ESAF Annual Meeting 2022 (ESAF-8) „The role of science advice in rebuilding the society“ took place on  29–30 November in Vilnius at the Research Council of Lithuania. Read more.

ESAF General Assembly 2021 (ESAF-7) „From local advice to global benefit”

Virtual participants of the meeting. Photo: Aavo Kaine

ESAF General Assembly 2021 (ESAF-7) “From local advice to global benefit” took place on 30.11–1.12.2021 as a hybrid event at the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Tallinn, Estonia. Read more.

ESAF meeting on scientific advice during the COVID-19 crisis

On Wednesday 24 June 2020, the European Science Advisors Forum (ESAF) organized a virtual meeting in response to the COVID-19 crisis. The meeting focused on lessons that can be learned from the crisis for providing strategic scientific advice. Read more »

Joint ESAF/INGSA meeting 2019

 

Wednesday 26th June 2019. Joint ESAF/INGSA meeting in Trinity College Dublin. Picture Jason Clarke

On the 26th and 27th June, 2019 ESAF and the International Network of Government Science Advisors (INGSA) ran a joint meeting in Dublin. It brought together organisations in Europe with an interest in, and remit for, providing science based strategic policy advice and promoting the use of evidence in policymaking and government, including the EU group of Chief Scientific Advisors (EU GCSA) and the EU Joint Research Centre (EU JRC). Read more »