Caribbean Capacity Building Workshop – Jamaica, Feb 2018

Caribbean Capacity Building Workshop – Jamaica, Feb 2018

Workshop Resources: On the 20th and 21st of February 2018, INGSA and regional partners hosted the first ever INGSA Capacity Building workshop in the Caribbean. The workshop was a great success and will hopefully underpin ongoing work and workshops in the region. The workshop enjoyed a high level of support from local Ministers and government…

Chilean National Library of Congress Workshop – Chile, Jan 2018

Chilean National Library of Congress Workshop – Chile, Jan 2018

On Friday January 19th, a science advice workshop was held in a historical building inaugurated in 1876, home of the Chilean National Congress Library. The workshop was designed to foster collaboration between scientists and members of the National Congress Library, who routinely prepare documents to review high profile issues for members of the Chilean National…

Capacity Building Workshop – Abuja, Nigeria – Nov 2017

Capacity Building Workshop – Abuja, Nigeria – Nov 2017

Pre-AMASA 13 Learning Collaborative Workshop –Abuja, Nigeria, November 2017 This Learning Collaborative Workshop was designed to inform participants on science advice for policy making at all levels of government. It was hosted by the Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS) in collaboration with INGSA-Africa. The workshop which took place on the 13th and 14th of November 2017 in Abuja,…

South American Workshop for Government Science Advice – Buenos Aires, Argentina – June 2017

South American Workshop for Government Science Advice – Buenos Aires, Argentina – June 2017

WORKSHOP RESOURCES: This workshop was designed for scientists and policy practitioners living or working in South America to enhance capacities their in providing science advice for policymaking at all levels of government. The workshop occurred on the 28th and 29th of June 2017 in Buenos Aires and brought together 60 (emerging and established) scientists and policy practitioners and…

Evidence and Policy Summer School – JRC-SAS-INGSA – Slovakia, Sept 2017

Evidence and Policy Summer School – JRC-SAS-INGSA – Slovakia, Sept 2017

In a world flooded with information from a multitude of sources, providing, managing and making sense of knowledge to build more robust policies is highly challenging. Using evidence in policymaking is a complex task demanding a set of distinct skills and mutual understanding between researchers and policymakers. This is particularly relevant for the policies addressing,…

FMSTAN meeting – Tufts University, Talloires – Sept 2017

FMSTAN meeting – Tufts University, Talloires – Sept 2017

The 2nd FMSTAN meeting in Talloires, with hosts Tufts University European Centre and the Science Diplomacy Centre, brought together an impressive number of countries foreign ministry’s advisors for a meeting that set the tone and direction for the development of the network. 18 countries were in attendance, for a vibrant and important meeting that coalesced…

South East Asia Government Science Advice workshop – Johor, Malaysia – June 2017
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South East Asia Government Science Advice workshop – Johor, Malaysia – June 2017

WORKSHOP RESOURCES: Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) play a critical role in the attainment of national, regional and international development and public policy goals. To ensure effective and efficient policy formulation and implementation, providing scientific evidence with policy decision making is important. The role of science advice in the formulation and implementation of evidence-based public…

Science Advice in Nordic Countries – Denmark, April 2017

Science Advice in Nordic Countries – Denmark, April 2017

Together with Aalborg University, INGSA organized a seminar to discuss issues of governmental science and to share best practices and perspectives on science advice to government. The goal of the workshop was to create a dialogue between Nordic advisers, experts and practitioners to share models and lessons. The seminar also provided an opportunity to reflect on…

Principles and guidelines for social science advice to policy – Berlin, Germany – April 2017

Principles and guidelines for social science advice to policy – Berlin, Germany – April 2017

WORKSHOP REPORT AVAILABLE An expert workshop jointly organised by INGSA, MCC Berlin, and Stiftung Mercator The role of the social sciences in public policy processes is an increasing focus of academic and science policy debates, with regular calls for better integration of social science evidence and expertise in policy advice processes. However, various challenges persist,…

Enhancing capacities in providing science advice to governments – Dakar, Senegal – March 2017

Enhancing capacities in providing science advice to governments – Dakar, Senegal – March 2017

Professor Rémi Quirion, Chief Scientist of Québec and founding member of INGSA, together with the President of the Académie Nationale des Sciences et Techniques du Sénégal (ANSTS), Professor Doudou Ba, hosted a capacity building workshop for Francophone Africa in Dakar from the 6th to the 8th of March 2017.  This workshop was modelled on INGSA’s successful workshop…

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