Next Steps for sustainable science advice in Canada – Royal Society Canada 2018

A Royal Society of Canada Position Paper Executive Summary: We live in an epoch of human history when social, technological and environmental changes are accelerating in ways that increase exponentially the complexity of policy-making and regulation. It is therefore more urgent than ever for governments to obtain sound expert advice before acting, especially in formulating…

Evidence Synthesis for Policy: A Statement of Principles – The Royal Society 2018

Evidence synthesis supports well-founded policymaking and public debate. The common question ‘What is the evidence for that?’ could be usefully rephrased as ‘Has sufficient synthesis of the evidence been done in relation to that?’. While typically asked in the former way, it is really the latter that is of interest. Across disciplines and policy areas…

EVIPNet Europe: Situation Analysis Manual

The World Health Organization’s Evidence-informed Policy Network (‎EVIPNet)‎ has supported Member States in designing, implementing and institutionalizing efforts to support evidence-informed policy-making (‎EIP)‎. This experience has shown the importance of systematically and comprehensively identifying important contextual factors that can either support or hinder countries in identifying the organizational and operational niche of the future EVIPNet…

Broadening the scope of science advice: Engaging knowledge-creators beyond the academy – Workshop Report

Report based on the Global Young Academy – Joint Research Centre – International Network for Government Science Advice workshop ‘Broadening the scope of science advice: Best practices for engaging knowledge‐creators beyond the academy’ on 28 September 2016 in Brussels, Belgium. The workshop was generously supported by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and the International…

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