1. EFSA Communication on Risks Barbara Gallani
Head of Communications and External Relations
Tallinn, 2 October2017

2. EFSA’s mandate is to
Food and feed safety advice to its principal partners, stakeholders and the public at large in a clear and accessible way.
Unlike other agencies of the EU, EFSA’s communication mandate is enshrined in its founding regulation – it is not an optional add-on!

3. ECDC ECHA EEA EMA EFSA EU AGENCIES
EFSA is one of more than 40 decentralised agencies in the EU, which contribute to the implementation of EU policies. They also support cooperation between the EU and national governments by pooling technical and specialist expertise from both the EU institutions and national authorities. They work on issues and problems affecting the everyday lives of the 500m people living in the EU. They have a major impact, providing EU institutions and countries with specialised knowledge in areas as diverse as:
the food we eat
our medicines
the chemicals we come into contact with
our education
the quality of our working lives & environment

4. Established cooperation IPA/ENP countries
outside Europe...
Partners (with MoU) – 3 international bodies : FAO, WHO, EPPO and 11 experienced risk assessment bodies FSANZ, Health Canada, CFIA, China (CFSA), Chile, Japan, USDA, USFDA
Established cooperation: Russia, S. Korea, India, Asean countries, Taiwan
IPA/ENP countries: EFSA has extensive contacts with the food safety authorities in Candidate countries under the EFSA Pre-Accession Programmes funded from the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA).  Current candidate countries are: Montenegro, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey and Albania. EFSA cooperates also with EU neighbouring countries with funding from the European Neighbourhood Policy Instrument (ENPI). Through this Programme EFSA is actively pursuing greater integration of the following countries into its work: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Egypt, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Moldova, Morocco, Palestine**, Tunisia and Ukraine.
Partners
Established cooperation
IPA/ENP countries

5. OUR STAKEHOLDERS Consumer organisations Distributors & HORECA
Practitioners’ associations
Farmers & primary
producers
EFSA’s stakeholders are representative organisations that have an interest in the Authority’s work or in the wider food and feed sector.
Registered stakeholders can engage with EFSA through a combination of standing and ad-hoc platforms, led by the Stakeholder Forum and the Stakeholder Bureau.
EFSA divides stakeholders into seven major groups (pictured)…
NGOs &
advocacy groups
Business & Food Industry
Academia

6. KEEPING FOOD SAFE IN THE EU
The three elements of food safety
The scientific element is a risk assessment. In the EU system it is kept separate from…
Risk management, which uses the output from the assessment to put in place actions to control hazards
Risk communication is the dialogue between interested parties regarding the outputs of the above

7. CONCERNED INDIVIDUALS
EFSA’s AUDIENCE
POLICY MAKERS
RISK MANAGERS
RISK ASSESSORS
efsa
SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY
STAKEHOLDERS
PARTNERS
CONCERNED INDIVIDUALS
MEDIA

8. HOW?

9. Efsa journal
All EFSA’s scientific outputs are gathered together in the EFSA Journal, hosted by Wiley Publishing, on a state-of-the-art publishing platform: authoring, citation etc

10. Main account launched in 2012 Thematic accounts launched 2016
Social media
Main account launched in 2012
Followers: +16k
Thematic accounts launched 2016
@Plants_EFSA
@ Methods_EFSA
Channel opened in 2012
+200 videos
+500k views
LinkedIn account launched in 2012
+20k followers

12. What can be done to reduce the use of antibiotics in animals?

14. CAN WE DO SCIENCE WITHOUT ANIMAL TESTING?

15. Sharing expertise: communication experts network
EFSA’s Communication Experts Network promotes coherence and consistency in the communication of risks in the food chain across Europe
Network of communication units from EFSA, Member States and European Commission
Co-ordination of risk communications; exchange of information; evaluation of efforts; development of best practices
Shares early warnings on emerging/topical issues

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