European Academies' Science Advisory Council
| Abbreviation | EASAC |
|---|---|
| Type | Regional Association of National Academies of Science |
| Headquarters | Vienna, Austria |
Area served | The European Union, Norway, Switzerland and the UK |
| Membership | National Academies of the EU Member States, the Academia Europaea and ALLEA |
President | Lise Øvreås (NO), |
Vice presidents | Lise Øvreås (NO), Birgitta Henriques-Normark (SE), Brian Norton (IR), Hanna-Leena Pesonen (FI), Mirko Orlić (HR). |
| Website | https://easac.eu |
The European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC) is a regional association of National Academies of science. EASAC comprises 29 member institutions: the national science academies of the European Union (EU) Member States, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the pan-European organisations Academia Europaea and ALLEA. EASAC was founded in June 2001 and since 1 January 2024 it is hosted by the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna.
EASAC was set up as a mechanism of collaboration for its member Academies, in particular for providing “science-for-policy” advice to the institutions of the EU. This means that through EASAC scientific advice is offered jointly by the Academies to the European Commission and the European Parliament EASAC's work also aims to help inform national policy-making across Europe, and engage European media and societies. EASAC aims to provide science-based analysis and recommendations on questions that are of relevance to EU policy thinking and development, e.g. on plastics in the circular economy, genetically modified crops, climate change and health, forest biomass for energy, or decarbonisation of transport.
The association is funded by EASAC member Academies. Since 2012 the IAP - The InterAcademy Partnership has also provided funds to EASAC which functions as IAP’s regional affiliated network for Europe.