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,…
LONDON, UK: In April INGSA Chair, Sir Peter Gluckman, and UK Government Chief Scientific Adviser, Dr Patrick Vallance, were asked to co-Chair a meeting of Commonwealth Science Advisers and Equivalents (CSAEs) in the margins of CHOGM 2018. This was the first time that a meeting of Chief Science Advisers and their equivalents, had been convened from across…
INGSA Report on Digital Wellbeing: Digital Wellbeing – Understanding wellbeing in the context of rapid digital and associated transformations: Implications for research, policy and measurement LONDON, UK: Can our conventional measures of wellbeing account for the impact of digital transformation on individuals, families, society and the nature of the nation state itself? In April INGSA, in collaboration with…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…
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…
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