23rd meeting of the Management Board

The Management Board of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) considered today EFSA’s 2006 Management Plan and approved a budget of EUR 46.6 Million required to pursue its comprehensive work programme and support further developments in 2006. Enhanced commitment to transparency (notably through further development of EFSA’s on-line Register of Scientific Questions), continued focus on priority setting to address an increasing workload and the establishment of the Authority’s internal audit capacity are some of the key items addressed in the 2006 Plan.

• Minutes of the 23rd Management Board meeting(46.2 KB)

Draft Agenda

1. Welcome to members and observers
   • Adoption of Agenda(16.48 KB)
   • Adoption of draft minutes of the previous meeting and matter arising from the minutes
2. Management Matters
   • For discussion and provisional adoption: Management Plan 2006(195.8 KB)
   • For information: State of Play: EFSA evaluation(19.09 KB)
   • For information: Key issues emerging from the Stakeholder Platform and Stakeholder Colloque(50.87 KB)
   • For discussion: Proposed new Progress Indicators 2006 (40.13 KB)
   • For discussion: The role of the EFSA Internal Audit Committee(26.09 KB)
   • The role of the EFSA Internal Audit Committee - Annex 1(36.84 KB)
   • The role of the EFSA Internal Audit Committee - Annex 2(36.04 KB)
   • The role of the EFSA Internal Audit Committee - Annex 22(69.06 KB)
   • For information: Outline for Annual Report 2005 (17.52 KB)
3. Science Matters
   • For information: Report on the use of Scientific Opinions
4. Financial matters
   • For adoption: Budget 2006 for approval(100.5 KB)
   • For adoption: Amendment to the decision concerning the establishment and operations of the Scientific Committee and the Scientific Panels(18.94 KB)
   • For information : Transfers in the EFSA Budget(86.62 KB)
5. Other matters
   • General update on developments(28.47 KB)
6. Any other business
   • The 29 March 2006 Away Day
   • Update on input from the Scientific Committee and the Advisory Forum to the paper on the Functioning of the Scientific Committee and Scientific Panels