EFSA website survey Fields marked with * are mandatory. EFSA is seeking to improve user experience across its website and Journal, and would like to get your views on their current version as well as on their future development. We would appreciate if you could complete this short survey, which only takes a couple of minutes to complete. * In what role are you visiting us? Industry representative (including consultants) Media professional NGO representative EFSA staff EFSA expert, Management Board or Advisory Forum Member of EFSA Stakeholder Platform Scientist/academic Public authority representative Student Service provider Private citizen * Please specify * Describe your role in your company Management Marketing External communication/media relations Research and development Operations Legal or regulatory affairs External consultant 1
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Turks and Caicos Islands Chad French Southern and Antarctic Lands Togo Thailand Tajikistan Tokelau Timor Leste Turkmenistan Tunisia Tonga Turkey Trinidad and Tobago Tuvalu Taiwan Tanzania Ukraine Uganda United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Holy See (Vatican City) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Venezuela British Virgin Islands Virgin Islands Vietnam Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna Samoa Kosovo Yemen Mayotte South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe * Please specify: * How often do you visit EFSA's websites? Daily Very often (e.g. once a week) 7
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Overall, how satisfied are you with your experience of using the following EFSA websites? Don't Very satisfied Satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Not satisfied Know / Cannot Evaluate * EFSA website ( www.efsa.europa.eu) * EFSA Journal hosted on Wiley ( onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10. 1002/(ISSN)1831-4732) 9
* What are your main reasons for visiting EFSA s websites? at most 3 choice(s) Know more about EFSA Find general information on food safety Find scientific information on a food safety topic Find scientific publications Access to data, models and tools used in EFSA's opinions Find information on EFSA's risk assessment process (e.g. experts, meeting minutes, panels, etc.) or methodologies Check the status of a scientific opinion Prepare or follow-up on an application for regulated products Find press releases and media information Find information about events Find contact information Look for career opportunities Find information about a tender * Please specify What is your level of satisfaction? Very satisfied Satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Very dissatisfied * Know more about EFSA * Find general information on food safety * Find scientific information on a food safety topic * Find scientific publications * Access to data, models and tools used in EFSA's opinions * Find information on EFSA's risk assessment process (e.g. experts, meeting minutes, panels, etc.) or methodologies * Check the status of a scientific opinion * Prepare or follow-up on an application for regulated products * Find press releases and media information 10
* Find information about events * Find contact information * Look for career opportunities * Find information about a tender * 11
How do you feel about the following statements regarding EFSA's websites? Don't Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree Know / Cannot Evaluate * The structure is clear and straightforward * Content in News, topics and multimedia are easy to understand * The scientific content is useful for my work * The look and feel is attractive * I can easily find what I am looking for * I can easily find additional information on a specific topic * I can easily find content using the global search function (https://www.efsa. europa.eu/en/search/site/) * I can easily find a scientific publication using the search function on the EFSA Journal website 12
* Which of these other additional features would you find useful? at most 3 choice(s) A more personalised user experience (e.g. create a profile, following specific topics, saving articles, etc.) Having one single entry page for all information (news, media, background info, events) on a specific subject area/topic Better integration between EFSA s different sources of information (Register of Questions, Declarations of Interests database, Zenodo, etc) Tools to communicate and interact with EFSA (AskEFSA, Contact us page) Improved mobile device access (tablet, smartphone) A mobile App for the EFSA Journal More data reports and data visualisation products Summaries written in non-technical language i.e. lay or plain language summaries * Please specify What is your preferred channel to get updates on EFSA s work and news? the EFSA Highlights Newsletter E-mail Alerts RSS Feeds EFSA s Twitter account EFSA's Linkedin profile Please specify * Which of the following social media do you use more for professional purposes? Facebook LinkedIn ResearchGate Academia.edu Twitter YouTube Please specify Do you have any further comments or suggestions on how the EFSA website and the EFSA Journal could be improved? 13
1000 character(s) maximum Data Protection terms Your responses are strictly confidential and your data are protected under EFSA s personal data protection and confidentiality rules. Regulation (EC) n 45/2001 regarding the processing of personal data is applicable to the present survey. In accordance with Article 11 and 12 of the Regulation, the following information is provided: The data collected and further processed are the answers to survey questions. The online submission of the survey contribution also implies the processing of the sender s IP address exclusively for technical purposes. The EFSA Web Team is the data controller in charge of the present survey and should receive survey answers by means of the EUSurvey online application. Collected survey answers are kept as long as follow-up actions are needed in view of the purpose of the survey. The data will not be used for any other purpose. After the survey analysis has been completed and an aggregated and anonymised report has been produced, survey answers will be destroyed. Survey respondents have the right of access and the right to rectify the data concerning him or her by sending a request to the survey organiser (channels@efsa.europa.eu) and have at any time the right to have recourse, regarding the processing of their personal data in the context of this survey, to the European Data Protection Supervisor (http://www.edps.europa.eu). 14