The main aim of the statement is to provide guidance for giving advice in pandemic situations that are characterised by complexity and uncertainty. It draws on previous work by the Advisors and SAPEA in the form of the Making Sense of Science report.
The statement also announces that SAPEA will work with the Advisors in 2021 to develop specific advice about crisis resilience for the EU.
The European Commission’s independent Group of Chief Scientific Advisors, the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE) and Peter Piot, special advisor to the President Ursula von der Leyen on the response to COVID-19, published a joint Opinion on Improving pandemic preparedness and management.
SAPEA is funded by the European Union. The activities of associated partners Academia Europaea and Cardiff University are funded by UKRI (grant number 10033786).
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