European Biosafety Association
Budget
€282,499
EP Access
0
accredited persons
Staff
7
0.7 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
EBSA’s vision is a world where biological safety- and security are integral to all relevant organisations and facilities handling of biological materials. Our mission is to: - Enhance biological safety and security and promote its awareness through better understanding of biological risks and their management. - Establish and communicate best laboratory biosafety and laboratory biosecurity practices among members and encourage dialogue and reflection on developing issues in biological risk management. - Influence and support the development of emerging legislation and standards, with the objective of ensuring the prevention of harm to humans, animals, plants and the environment from biological materials while advancing biological science.
EU Legislative Interests
Legislation regarding Biocides Legislation regarding Biosafety and Biosecurity Legislation regarding animal by-products Legislation regarding transport of biorisk material
Communication Activities
We have a yearly conference in the EU where we have had speakers working at the EU Commission. We have been invited to meetings regarding Biocide legislation but we want to be recognized as a concerned party.
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
We are member of IFBA (International Federation of Biosafety Associations)
Organisation Members
https://www.ebsaweb.eu/about-ebsa/ebsa-partner-organisations We have over 600 individual members (no organisations) they are all biosafety professionals. This list is not public. If needed I can send a login so you can check this. We have 22 organisations/corporate members, their main objective is to get in contact with our members, we do not provide any extra services to them. https://www.ebsaweb.eu/about-ebsa/ebsa-corporate-members
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.