The Stakeholder Advisory Board (SHAB)
The stakeholder advisory board has been established to advice the JPI and to ensure an adequate exchange of information with other political bodies and stakeholders in the field of food & health.
The stakeholders advisory board is a communication platform of all relevant stakeholders and thus facilitates a close network between all relevant actors in the following research areas:
- Citizens, Diet and Behaviour
- Food for Health
- Diet, Health and Disease
The stakeholders advisory board:
- Forms a meta-group of representatives from relevant institutional bodies in the ERA and in the field of food & health
- Comments on drafts of all relevant documents of the JPI
- Multiplies and forwards all relevant information on the JPI such as common activities and initiatives joint calls etc.
- Ensures backing
- On request it will monitor the progress of the JPI and give advice with regard to strategic issues.
Terms of Reference of the Stakeholder Advisory Boarde
Members of the Stakeholder Advisory Board

Institution: Directorate-Generale for Health and Food Safety (DG Sante)
Domain: EU Strategy on nutrition, health issues, food safety, plant-animal health, consumer
Contact: Attila Balogh

Institution: European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO)
Domain: European Association for the Study of Obesity
Contact: Stefaan De Henauw

Institution: World Health Organization
Domain: Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health
Contact: João Breda

Institution: The International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA)
Domain: ISBNPA stimulates, promotes and advocates innovative research and policy in the area of behavioral nutrition and physical activity toward the improvement of human health and well-being worldwide.
Contact: Wendy Van Lippevelde

Institution: EUPHA
Domain: European Public Health Association of scientific organizations with a mutidisciplinary approach to public health
Contact: Christopher A. Birt – SHAB VICE-CHAIR

Institution: BEUC
Domain: The European Consumers Organisation
Contact: secretariat Food and Health Department

Institution: ILSI Europe
Domain: International Life Sciences Institute, nonprofit organization to provide science that improves human health and well-being and safeguards the environment
Contact: Matthieu Flourakis

Institution: European Technology Platform Food for Life (ETP Food for Life)
Domain: European Technology Platform Food for Life of the Confederation Food &Drink Europe promoting innovation in the agri-food sector h
Contact: Rebeca Fernandez

Institution: EUFIC
Domain: European Food Information Council, non-profit organisation to communicate science-based information on nutrition and health, food safety and quality
Contact: Laura Fernandez – SHAB CHAIR

Institution: European Technology Platform Plants for the Future (ETP Plants for the Future)
Domain: The European Technology Platform 'Plants for the Future", stakeholder forum for research, development and innovation in the plant sector
Contact: Aleksandra Malyska

Institution: EFFoST
Domain: European Federation of Food Science & Technology organisations, linked to the International Council for Science (ICSU), of the United Nations (UN)
Contact: Lilia Ahrné

Institution: ESPEN
Domain: European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism
Contact: Miguel León-Sanz– SHAB VICE-CHAIR

Institution: ESPGHAN
Domain: European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepathology and Nutrition, multi-professional organisation whose aim is to promote the health of children
Contact: Konstantinos Gerasimidis

Institution: EFAD
Domain: European Federation of the Association of Dietitians developing the role that dietitians have in the improvement of nutritional health in Europe
Contact: Meropi Kontogianni

Institution: FENS
Domain: Federation of European Nutrition Societies (FENS)
Contact: Philip Calder

Institution: ILVO
Domain: Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (ILVO)
Contact: