Mobilising Evidence for Good Governance

Annex A. Overview of the principles for the use of evidence across jurisdictions

Table A.1. Principles for the Good Governance of Evidence

Country	Organisation	Framework	Appropriateness	Ensuring Integrity (Honest Brokerage)	Accountability	Contestability	Public representation in decision making	Transparency	Quality	Rigour	Effective Resource Management
EU	EuroScientist	The Brussels declaration on ethics & principles for science & society policy-making			YES	YES		YES
EU	Commission of the European Communities	Communication from the commission on the collection and use of expertise by the commission: principles and guidelines Improving the knowledge base for better policies						YES	YES
EU	European Food Safety Authority	Promoting Methods for Evidence use in Scientific assessments,				YES		YES	YES
EU	European Food Safety Authority	Application of systematic review methodology to food and feed safety assessments to support decision-making,				YES		YES	YES	YES
EU	European Food Safety Authority	EU-ANSA agencies' engagement in the EU research knowledge cycle
Japan	Science Council of Japan	Proper relations between science and the government in policy making and implementation	YES		YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
Malawi	Ministry of Health	Guidelines for Evidence Use in Decision-Making in the Health Sector in Malawi	YES					YES	YES
New Zealand	Royal Society of New Zealand	Public Engagement Guidelines		YES			YES	YES
New Zealand	Peter Gluckman	The Art of Science Advice to Government		YES			YES
OECD	OECD	Scientific Advice for Policy Making				YES	YES	YES
OECD	OECD	Recommendation of the OECD Council on Health Data Governance		YES		YES		YES
UK	Justin Parkhusrt	The good governance of evidence	YES		YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
UK	Louise Shaxson	Uncovering the practices of evidence-informed policy-making	YES		YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES
UK	The Royal Society	Principles for good evidence synthesis for policy						YES		YES
UK	National Insitutute for Health and Care Excellence-NICE	Principles for putting evidence-based guidance into practice			YES				YES
UK	Government Office for Science	Guidelines on the Use of Scientific and Engineering Advice in Policy Making	YES					YES
UK	Bond	An introduction to the principles for assessing the quality of evidence				YES		YES	YES	YES
UK	Alliance for Useful Evidence	Evidence vs Democracy				YES				YES
UK	Palgrave Communications (University of Oxford)	Three lessons from evidence-based medicine and policy: increase transparency, balance inputs and understand power	YES			YES		YES
UK	Society for Prevention Research	Ethical Challenges in Promoting the Implementation of Preventive Interventions	YES	YES		YES
UK	Committee on Standards in Public Life	The 7 principles of public life		YES	YES			YES
UK	Government Office for Science	Principles of scientific advice to government		YES			YES	YES
UK	Nuffield Council on Bioethics	Emerging Biotechnologies: technology, choice and the public good				YES	YES	YES
USA	Office of Management and Budget (OMB)	Building the capacity to produce and use evidence	YES	YES			YES	YES		YES
USA	Institute of Medicine	Bridging the Evidence Gap in Obesity Prevention: A Framework to Inform Decision Making	YES					YES	YES