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Role of the
EMCDDA Scientific Committee
Wolfgang Götz, Scientific Committee, Palmela, 14-15 February 2008
EMCDDA Regulation
Art. 13.2 of the recast Regulation
“The Scientific Committee shall consist of at most fifteen
well-known scientists appointed in view of their scientific
excellence and their independence…
and
…the members of the Scientific Committee shall be
appointed in a personal capacity and shall give their
opinions completely independently of the Member
States and the Community Institutions …”
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Old vs. new Scientific Committee
Old
New
Members nominated by
governments
Candidates responded to an
open call
Selection criteria not defined Defined selection criteria
Appointed members
Application for membership
1 representative per Member 15 members + observer
State + Norway
No defined fields of expertise Defined fields of expertise
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Selection procedure
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Process initiated early 2007
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Call for expressions of interest published in
September 2007
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103 applications received from 72 candidates
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Pre-selection committee assessed all
candidates
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Nomination of members and reserve list by the
Management Board
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Mission statement
The Scientific Committee members are
guardians and advocates of the scientific
integrity of the Centre
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Formal roles
• Opinion of the SC on the three-year work
programme and annual work programmes
• Risk Assessment of new psychoactive
substances
• Opinions on any scientific matters concerning
the Centre's activity at the request of the
Director or the Management Board
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Other roles
• Commentators
• Arbitrators
• Advisors
• Scientific experts
• Networkers
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Tasks – examples
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Annual report package
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Learning from the past, looking to the future:
identifying Europe’s information needs for
effective drug policy - conference
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Best practice portal
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Monograph on Harm reduction
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Risk assessment Guidelines
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Conclusions
• Advisory role
• Individual and collective tasks
• Regular meetings – twice per year
+ risk assessments
• Rules of procedure, strategy and work
programme – to be discussed
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www.emcdda.europa.eu
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