Good practice guidelines
Monday 11 February 2008
The committees have recently drawn up Good Practice Guidelines to show how they work. They are based around the Code of Practice for Scientific Advisory Committees, as produced by Government Office for Science. This code is aimed at committees, their chairs, members and secretariats, and provides a framework for scientific advisory committees to operate within.
It addresses all aspects of a committee's work, including its role and remit, responsibilities of members, chairs and secretariats, working practices, publication of documents and public consultation. The code ensures that high levels of openness and transparency are maintained throughout the vast network of relationships between scientific advisory committees and Government.
