Report: EU Focus Workshops on "Who should communicate with the public and how?"

This report summarises the key findings and suggestions from four focus workshops on ‘Who should communicate with the public and how?’ held in Warsaw, Brussels, Copenhagen and Madrid respectively from Autumn 2002 to Spring 2003. Participants comprised leading scientists, industrialists, government officials, ethicists and social scientists, public interest (consumer and environmental) organisations and the media.

The workshops aimed to distil from the experience of the participants who have been centrally involved during the last fifteen years or so of the debate their views on biotechnology communication, the effectiveness of activities thus far, and novel and innovative methods to be explored.

The workshops have been organised by the European Federation of Biotechnology Task Group on Public Perceptions of Biotechnology. Funding was provided by the Research Directorate of the European Commission.

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