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Its members are drawn from various fields – basic research, veterinary medicine, animal welfare, law and ethics.</p> <p> </p> <p>The ECAE acts as an expert and advisory body in the area of animal experimentation. It anticipates and discusses ethical challenges arising from research involving animals, with the aim of promoting high-quality, responsible and scientifically robust research. The ECAE draws up position papers and recommendations, examines legal provisions in the area of animal experimentation and, where appropriate, comments on national and international regulations.</p> <p> </p> <p>In addition, the ECAE provides a forum for inter- and transdisciplinary as well as interinstitutional dialogue among the stakeholders concerned. This dialogue is promoted, for example, by means of symposia and expert round tables. Together with the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences, the ECAE is committed to open dialogue on animal experimentation under STAAR - Swiss Transparency Agreement on Animal Research.</p> <p style="margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm"> </p> <p style="margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm"><a href="http://akademien-schweiz.ch/en/uber-uns/staar-deklaration/" target="_blank">STAAR - Swiss Transparency Agreement on Animal Research</a></p> <p style="margin-left:0cm; margin-right:0cm"><a href="/en/Projects/Overview-of-projects/Animal-experimentation.html">More information on animal experiments</a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> </div><div class="text-GT"> <h3>Members</h3> <div class="GT M-GT"><p>Prof. Hanno Würbel, Abteilung für Tierschutz, Vetsuisse-Fakultät, Universität Bern (Chair)<br /> Prof. Michael Schmid, Department of Neurosciences and Movement Sciences, Université de Fribourg (Vice Chair)<br /> Andrea Kern, MSc, SAMS, Bern (ex officio)<br /> Dr. Charlotte E. Blattner, Institut für öffentliches Recht, Universität Bern<br /> Dr. Matthias Eggel, Philosophisches Seminar, Universität Basel<br /> Dr. Gisèle Ferrand, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel<br /> Dr. Silvia Frey, Animalfree Research, Bern<br /> Dr. Simone Gilg, Abteilung Tiergesundheit und Tierschutz, Tierversuche, Bundesamt für Lebensmittelsicherheit und Veterinärwesen, Bern<br /> Prof. Michael O. Hottiger, Department of Molecular Mechanisms of Disease, Universität Zürich<br /> Prof. Daniel Huber, Department of Basic Neurosciences, Université de Genève<br /> Prof. Angela Martin, Environmental Sciences and Humanities Institute, Université de Fribourg<br /> Dr. Michaela Thallmair, Animal Welfare Officer, Universität Zürich<br /> Dr. Andrina Zbinden-Hauzenberger, Animal Welfare Officer, Université de Fribourg</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> </div><div class="download-GT"> <h3>By-laws</h3> <ul class="GT-link M-GT-link"> <li> <a class="downloadLink" href="/dam/jcr:9cb9e26d-cb7b-47ec-8bb0-62011f722c00/akademien_ktve_geschaeftsordnung.pdf"> By-laws of the Ethics Committee for Animal Experimentation (in German) <span class="extension">PDF, 116 KB </span> </a> </li> </ul> </div><div class="text-GT"> <h3>Annual reports</h3> <div class="GT M-GT"><p>The annual reports of the Ethics Committee for Animal Experimentation are available in <a href="/de/Portraet/Kommissionen/Kommission-fuer-Tierversuchsethik.html">German</a>.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> </div><div class="download-GT"> <h3>Publications</h3> <ul class="GT-link M-GT-link"> <li> <a class="downloadLink" href="/dam/jcr:5da34179-b2d4-4595-8548-6734361c4b36/recommendations_sams_weighing_of_interests_animal_experiments_2022.pdf"> Weighing of interests for proposed animal experiments. Guidance for applicants (2022) <span class="extension">PDF, 2 MB </span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="downloadLink" href="/dam/jcr:334535b0-c2e5-42e0-b345-53a5aa62eed2/report_sams_animal_models_2021.pdf"> Symposium report: Monkey, Mouse or Zebrafish? (2021) <span class="extension">PDF, 113 KB </span> </a> </li> <li> <a class="downloadLink" href="/dam/jcr:e724f149-cb1c-4a3a-a1b1-5bc1313b6cdb/position_ecae_2010_dignity_of_animals.pdf"> The dignity of animals and the evaluation of interests in the Swiss Animal Protection Act (2010) <span class="extension">PDF, 320 KB </span> </a> </li> </ul> </div><div class="text-GT"> <h3>Publications available in French or German </h3> <div class="GT M-GT"><ul> <li>ECAE submission to the consultation on the revision of ordinances in the area of animal welfare (15 March 2024) available in <a href="/dam/jcr:dc6370c9-0078-418d-a7ea-f99ec971edd5/stellungnahme_ktve_samw_tierschutzverordnungen_20240315.pdf">German</a></li> <li>SAMS Bulletin 1/2022: Round Table on licensing procedures (p. 6, 2022) available in <a href="/dam/jcr:4da5f7cc-e09e-4988-8e72-9b5917967f40/bulletin_assm_2022_1.pdf">French</a> or <a href="/dam/jcr:a5aab991-fc23-4874-b5f6-f3de68aa6993/bulletin_samw_2022_1.pdf">German</a></li> <li>Position paper: Handling of laboratory animals during the Covid-19 pandemic (2 December 2020) available in <a href="/dam/jcr:61450841-2258-45c6-9981-ed73b45c4c82/academies_ceea_20201202_prise_de_position_animaux_%20laboratoire_pandemie.pdf">French</a> or <a href="/dam/jcr:a96e3a20-a37b-4a86-9a34-9fbfd9fe7f14/akademien_ktve_20201202_stellungnahme_versuchstiere_in_pandemie.pdf">German</a></li> <li>SAMS Bulletin 2/2019: Licensing procedures for animal experiments: stricter controls or greater individual responsibility? (2019) available in <a href="/dam/jcr:2f38428b-53bd-4328-b388-bf0aaa81d9cf/bulletin_assm_2019_2.pdf">French</a> or <a href="/dam/jcr:42c876c7-e68d-4c96-a174-4d02b6a22453/bulletin_samw_2019_2.pdf">German</a></li> <li>Argumentation regarding the parliamentary initiative 18.491 (2019) available in <a href="/dam/jcr:316ae25e-1865-49fe-a026-8a72a73fde8b/argumentaire_academies_suisses_assm_swu_fns_initiative_graf_2019.pdf">French</a> or <a href="/dam/jcr:eed80080-17f5-4aa9-a3ce-544fc1d66201/argumentarium_akademien_schweiz_samw_swu_snf_initiative_graf_2019.pdf">German</a></li> <li>Ethical Principles and Guidelines for Experiments on Animals (2005, under revision – new edition scheduled for 2024) available in <a href="/dam/jcr:5c656dfd-e351-47a3-b1ee-2d13f7dfe8d9/assm-scnat_principes-ethique-et-directives-experimentation-animale_2005.pdf">French</a> or <a href="/dam/jcr:8d5c661c-9988-4f9b-89d4-1d92cdf365d1/samw-scnat_ethische-grundsaetze-und-richtlinien-fuer-tierversuche_2005.pdf">German</a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> </div><div class="text-GT"> <h3>Additional links</h3> <div class="GT M-GT"><p><a href="/en/Projects/Overview-of-projects/Animal-experimentation.html">More information on animal experimentation</a></p> <p><a href="https://naturalsciences.ch/animal-experimentation-explained" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Animal experimentation explained</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.swissuniversities.ch/en/organisation/bodies/chamber-of-universities/bodies/swiss-transparency-agreement-on-animal-research-staar" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">STAAR</a></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </div> </div><div class="text-GT"> <div class="GT M-GT"><p> </p> <p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="kontakte-m"> <h4>CONTACT</h4> <p class="GT M-GT"> MSc Andrea Kern <br>Scientific Collaborator <br>Tel. +41 31 306 92 75 <br><a href="javascript:dcmt('134083144138151147101152134146156083136141');"><script type="text/javascript"> // <![CDATA[ document.write(dcmadr("134083144138151147101152134146156083136141")); // ]]> </script></a> </p> </div> <div class="logo-aux-m"> <a href="http://www.akademien-schweiz.ch/en/current/news" target="_blank"> <img src="/.resources/samw/webresources/svg/i_logo_header_desktop_a_en.svg"/> </a> </div> <div id="cookie"> <div class="flex-item"> <span><p>We use cookies. 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