Article 6 Working methods
United Kingdom
In order to ensure the provision of objective, reliable and comparable information, the Agency shall, drawing on the expertise of a variety of organisations and bodies in each Member State and taking account of the need to involve national authorities in the collection of data:
set up and coordinate information networks and use existing networks;
organise meetings of external experts; and
whenever necessary, set up ad hoc working parties.
In pursuing its activities, the Agency shall, in order to achieve complementarity and guarantee the best possible use of resources, take account, where appropriate, of information collected and of activities undertaken, in particular by:
Union institutions and bodies, offices and agencies of the Community and the Union, and bodies, offices and agencies of the Member States;
the Council of Europe, by referring to the findings and activities of the Council of Europe's monitoring and control mechanisms and of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights; and
the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the United Nations and other international organisations.
The Agency may enter into contractual relations, in particular subcontracting arrangements, with other organisations, in order to accomplish any tasks which it may entrust to them. The Agency may also award grants to promote appropriate cooperation and joint ventures, in particular to national and international organisations as referred to in Articles 8 and 9.