Division 3.2.2.2 Scientific advice and risk assessment (Annex — point 1.2.1)

Providing the Commission with high quality, independent advice on health risks. To ensure the functioning of Scientific Committees in accordance with Decision 2008/716/EC: special indemnities. The special indemnities are paid to experts for their work on scientific opinions.

[Scientific Committees]

Dialogue on Risk Assessment through a Nano Workshop — Conference. The aim is to bring together scientists, risk assessors, public authorities, industry and consumer and environmental NGO's to examine and discuss the scientific state-of-the art, regulation, international developments, risk governance and communication and to identify appropriate means to strengthen guidance in support of the safe, integrated and responsible development of nanotechnologies.

[Call for tenders]

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Dialogue on Risk Assessment through the 2nd International Conference. The aim is to facilitate a global dialogue on risk assessment, among risk assessment practitioners, with the involvement of bodies dealing with risk analysis in the EU and its main partners internationally. It is related to and builds upon the Transatlantic Risk Assessment Dialogue of the European Commission with the US and Canada. It is the second international bi-annual conference on risk assessment, and follows the 1st Conference held on 13-14 November 2008.

[Call for tenders]

Risk communication through lay language summaries of scientific opinions. The aim is to prepare web-based texts transcribing selected opinions of the non-food Scientific Committees into a form and language that will allow lay persons to readily understand the issues.

[Call for tenders]

Technical assistance to Scientific Committees. The aim is the search and retrieval of scientific critical mass and editorial support for and quality control of scientific opinions. This will allow the Scientific Committees to focus purely on scientific matters and scientific data evaluation.

[Call for tenders]

Collaborative advisory reports on risk assessment methodological aspects and on emerging health risks, supporting or complementing the activities of the EU Scientific Committees and Panels, jointly prepared by several science advisory bodies in the Member States.

[Call for proposals for projects]

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Risk communication through publishing the results and the work carried out by the non-food Scientific Committees in scientific journals and other media. The aim is to enhance visibility and recognition of this work, both in academic circles and among the general public.

[Call for tenders]

Risk communication through revising and updating the web pages of the Scientific Committees and related web pages (e.g. on Nanotechnologies, Electro Magnetic Fields). The aim is to enhance visibility and improve communication to journalists, stakeholders and the general public.

[Call for tenders]

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