Communications update Barbara Gallani Head of the Communication, - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

76 th Advisory Forum meeting Virtual meeting, 1-2 July 2020 Engagement and Communications update Barbara Gallani Head of the Communication, Engagement and Cooperation Department

Outline  Update on EFSA Contribution to General Plan on Risk Communication  Highlights: Recent Communications; Social Media; Media  World Food Safety Day – a joint effort  Highlights: Stakeholder Engagement  Ongoing external evaluations: EU-FORA and Focal Points

Update on EFSA Contribution to General Plan on Risk Communication

4 EC mandate I Risk Communication EC request (received 26Feb20) : Technical assistance in the field of risk communication in support of the EC’s implementation of the General Plan for Risk Communication Deadline: 31Mar21

How are we addressing the mandate? Under the Relationships Management Project with input and advice from the Steering Group on Coordinated Communications including DG SANTE, Croatia, Germany, Netherlands By end 2020 Draft scientific report on the Science of Risk Communications by WG on Social Research and Methods (expertise in psychology, sociology, economics and communication science) Early 2021 Reports from three outsourced tasks:  Communication capacities, processes and linkages through fora and networks (RAs & RMs)  Communication Product Catalogue & Dissemination Best Practice  Large-scale engagement methods

Progress I Science of Risk Communication

Recent Communications

Communication highlights (April – June 2020) Animal health and welfare Pesticides  Rift Valley fever: risk low but EU must remain  Pesticides: first cumulative risk reports published vigilant  Pesticide residues in food: track trends with our  Welfare of pigs at slaughter browsable charts Biological hazards and contaminants Plant health  Listeria in frozen vegetables: how to reduce  Xylella: 37 new plant species added to host list risks  Protecting Europe’s plants: pest survey cards go  Ochratoxin A in food: public health risks digital assessed

Social Media Highlights

Social Media Highlights (April - June 2020) Listeria in frozen Protecting Europe’s Pesticides: first vegetables: how to plants: pest survey cumulative risk reports reduce risks cards go digital published 20 April 23 April 29 April

Social Media Highlights (April - June 2020) Europe Day 2020 Risk assessment of Farm to Fork ochratoxin A in food Strategy 20 May 9 May 13 May

Media Highlights

Media Highlights (April – June 2020) Sicurezza alimentare al tempo del coronavirus EFSA’s FAF Panel member Sabina Passamonti interview 13

World Food Safety Day (WFSD) 2020

World Food Safety Day, 7 June 2020  Objectives:  draw attention & inspire action  drive home message: “Food safety, everyone’s business” across the EU  underline value of EU food safety  Key messages:  shared responsibility  “One Health” approach  sustainable food systems  Partners:  discussions with IRCLG and CEN, e.g. address COVD-19 issue  coordinated plans with CEN

WFSD 2020 – Communication activities Live Q&A Social media session with focus Codex (8 Jun) Background Mutual feature on promotion of website CEN and EFSA

CEN Sharepoint Homepage

CEN Sharepoint Homepage

WFSD Sharepoint Homepage

Stakeholder Engagement Highlights

List of stakeholder events (April - June 2020)  Webinar : Rapid Assessment of Contaminant Exposure (RACE) tool - 27 April  Discussion group : Bee Partnership - 28 April  Webinar : Sharing data with EFSA: a simple guide - 29 April  Roundtable with NGOs - 26 May  Stakeholder Bureau - 27 May  Webinar : Horizon scanning for plant health - 9 June  Discussion group : Emerging Risks - 11 June  Webinar : High-risk plants – how does the EU carry out risk assessment of plant commodities? 26 June

EU-FORA and Focal Points External Evaluations

Ongoing External Evaluations May 2020 May 2020 Kick off Kick off FOCAL POINT September 2020 September 2020 Involvement of AF and FP EU-FORA Final Report December 2020 December 2020 Interim Report Report back to MB March 2021 March 2021 Implementation phase EU-FORA 2.0 to AF December 2022 October 2021 New FP agreements Launch 2.0 EU FORA calls

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EU-FORA Evaluation Timeline Meeting(s) AFDGCB-EU- Meeting(s) FORA 76 th AF AFDGCB-EU- FORA 1-2 July Request EU-FORA for offer Final report 2.0 to AF Dec. 2020 June 2020 Oct. 2021 Sept. 2020 March 2021 May 2020 Kick-off Launch Report back meeting EU-FORA to MB 2.0 calls Refinement 77 th AF EU-FORA 2.0 1-2 December Involvement of all parties

Focal Points External Evaluation Timeline 78 th AF 77 th AF 3-4 March 28-29 October 76 th AF 78 th AF 79 th AF 1-2 July 1 December 7-9 June New FP Request Interim September March agreements for offer report 2020 2021 December December May 2020 Involvement Implementation 2022 2020 of AF and FPs phase 42 nd FP Meeting 44 th FP Meeting 46 th FP Meeting 6-7 May 3 December 7-9 June 43 rd FP Meeting 45 th FP Meeting 23-24 September 10-11 February