title: Evidence based policy making in the European Union: the role of the scientific community.
abstract: In the times when the acquis of the European Union (EU) has developed so far as to reach a high level of technical complexity, in particular in certain policy fields such as environmental legislation, it is important to look at what kind of information and data policy decisions are based on. This position paper looks at the extent to which evidence-based decision-making process is being considered in the EU institutions when it comes to adopting legislation in the field of environment at the EU level. The paper calls for closer collaboration between scientists and decision-makers in view of ensuring that correct data is understood and taken into consideration when drafting, amending, negotiating and adopting new legal texts at all levels of the EU decision-making process. It concludes that better awareness of the need for such collaboration among the decision-makers as well as the scientific community would benefit the process and quality of the final outcomes (legislation).
authors.affiliation: Euro-Mediterranean University (EMUNI), Portorož, Slovenia. sp.majcen@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Špela
authors.initials: Š
authors.lastname: Majcen
mesh_terms: D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D058735:Environmental Policy; D005062:European Union; D006801:Humans; D011050:Policy Making; D012586:Science
keywords: EU; Environment; European Union; Evidence based; FP7; Horizon 2020; Policy making; Science and innovation