Science Advice Tools
Tools for Science Advice Practitioners
Whether it’s engaging in the translation of knowledge to policy advice, or training others in techniques or skills to improve their effectiveness at the evidence/policy interface, it helps to have well-designed tools and resources to assist.
This list seeks to collate the best tools, toolkits, and practical resources to help practitioners increase the effectiveness of their work.
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Tools – Science Advice & Science Diplomacy
| Title | Summary | Author | Year | Geographic Region | Tags | Link | hf:tax:dlp_document_year | hf:tax:dlp_document_region | hf:doc_tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skills for the European Open Science Commons (Skills4EOSC) | Skills4EOSC ‘Skills for the European Open Science commons: creating a training ecosystem for Open and … | Skills4EOSC | 2024 | Europe | Europe, European Commission, Skills | 2024 | europe | europe european-commission skills | |
| European Union Science Diplomacy Alliance | The EU Science Diplomacy Alliance facilitates interactions and dialogue, training, institutional capacity building and coordination … | Europe | Europe, European Commission, Organisation | europe | europe european-commission organisation | ||||
| Trustworthy Public Communications – European Commission JRC | This report provides evidence-based insights and recommendations on how public communicators can strengthen the future … | Laura Smillie, Mario Scharfbillig | 2024 | Europe | 2024, Europe, European Commission, JRC | 2024 | europe | 2024 europe european-commission jrc | |
| An evaluation framework for institutional capacity of science-for-policy ecosystems in EU Member States | Abstract: This report sets out an evaluation framework to assess the institutional capacity of science-for-policy … | David Budtz Pedersen | 2023 | Europe | Ecosystem, European Commission, Evaluation, Framework | 2023 | europe | ecosystem european-commission evaluation framework | |
| Engaging with Evidence Toolkit – NESTA | This is a toolkit on how to utilise, synthesise, scrutinise, and engage with evidence and … | NESTA | Capabilities, Skills, Toolkit | capabilities skills toolkit | |||||
| Rapid Evidence Assessments: A guide for commissioners, funders, and policymakers – IPPO | This is a guide for policymakers on using REAs (Rapid Evidence Assessments) for policy and … | IPPO | 2023 | Europe | 2023, Demand side, IPPO, Models of Science Advice, Organization, Toolkit, Tools | 2023 | europe | 2023 demand-side ippo models-of-science-advice organization toolkit tools | |
| Practical tools to support evidence use in policy-making – Emily Hayter | Article collating practical resources on evidence in policymaking – Emily Hayter, On Think … | Emily Hayter | 2023, Principles, Tools | 2023 principles tools | |||||
| Global Young Academy Science Advice Resource Centre | The Global Young Academy also maintain a library of resources relevant to evidence-into-policy. There platform … | GYA | GYA, Principles, Tools | gya principles tools | |||||
| AfrED: Ground-breaking Evidence-base for Decision-making in Africa | Blog article recommending the use of the African Evaluation Database (AfrED), an evidence database meant … | Tebogo Fish | 2021 | Africa | Africa, Decision-making, Organization, Toolkit, Tools | 2021 | africa | africa decision-making organization toolkit tools | |
| Systematic evidence maps as a novel tool to support evidence-based decision-making in chemicals policy and risk management | An analysis of the potential of SEMs (systematic evidence maps) for chemical policy and risk … | Andrew Rooney, Crispin Halsall, Paul Whaley, Taylor Wolffe, Vickie Walker | 2019 | 2019, Report, Research, Risk, Technology, Tools | 2019 | 2019 report research risk technology tools | |||
| SUPPORT Tools for evidence-informed health Policymaking (STP) | This is a toolkit for those involved in health-policy … | SUPPORT Project | 2009 | Demand side, Health, Policy, Toolkit, Tools | 2009 | demand-side health policy toolkit tools |
