In conjunction with the Ocean Economy & Future Technology Conference In collaboration with the International Forum Science and Technology Diplomacy (IFSTD), FMSTAN hosted a vibrant meeting concurrent with the 2019 Ocean Economy & Future Technology Conference to be held in Muscat, Oman from the 11 – 13 February 2019. The members of FMSTAN also met…
Varanasi, India: On the 11th and 12th December 2018, the inaugural INGSA South Asia Capacity Building Workshop was organised in collaboration with the Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. The theme of the workshop was Science Advice and the Environment. The programme was aimed at creating a platform to promote and strengthen…
SÃO PAULO, Brazil: In late October, INGSA Latin America worked with the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), the Brazilian Ministry of Education, the Academy of Sciences of the State of São Paulo (ACIESP) and the Advanced Studies Institute of the University of São Paulo to deliver Brazil’s first evidence to policy capacity…
PANAMA CITY, Panama: On October 26th-27th 2018, INGSA ran a Spanish language capacity building workshop in Panama City on ‘Science Advice and the Sustainable Development Goals’ in the margins of Foro CILAC (the Latin America and Caribbean Open Science Forum). This capacity-building workshop drew approximately 50 participants focused on ‘Science Advice and the Sustainable Development Goals.’ It was for scientists…
The FMSTAN meeting at the #INGSA2018 conference in Tokyo was a more informal affair, bringing together FMSTAN members with relevant stakeholders to discuss the future direction and focus of science diplomacy and continued to outline the work programme for the network. The meeting was embedded in what was a highly successful conference for INGSA, a…
LIMA, Perú: INGSA América Latina, en colaboración con la Administración Nacional de Agua del Perú, el Consejo Departamental de Lima de la Asociación Peruana de Ingenieros Profesionales (CIP-CD Lima), Investigación en Clima para la Acción (INCLIMA) y el Consejo Peruano de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación (CONCYTEC), organizó un taller de capacitación en asesoramiento científico en…
KIGALI, Rwanda: INGSA, in partnership with the Republic of Rwanda’s Ministry of Education and supported by Canada’s IDRC, held a Regional Government Science Advice Workshop on the 22nd to 24th of August 2018 in Kigali, Rwanda. The workshop was designed to enhance capacities in providing science advice for policy making at all levels of government, through plenary lectures, case…
On Monday 9th July 2018, INGSA partnered with Brussels-based, SciCom – Making Sense of Science (www.sci-com.eu) to architect a summit-style workshop hosted by the Chamber of Commerce & Innovation of Toulouse as a curtain-raiser to ESOF 2018. This initiative brought together a small number of senior and experienced members of INGSA with private sector attendees…
MONTREAL, Canada: INGSA has a growing presence in North America and was invited to convene its first North American workshop on the principles and practices of science advice towards achieving shared global goals as encapsulated in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Held on 25th May in Montreal, the workshop was specifically timed to coincide with science-related events during Canada’s hosting of the…
In May 2018, FMSTAN was invited to host their next meeting in the margins of the 21st session of the UN’s Commission on Science & Technology for Development (CSTD). The 2-day meeting in Geneva brought together representatives from the foreign ministries of 18 countries, as well as important guests from the World Bank, CERN, and CSTD among others,…
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