This report reviews the design, planning, delivery and outcomes of the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA) and the Ministerio de Ciencia, Technologia e Innovación Productiva (MINCYT) workshop on ‘South American Government Science Advice’, which took place on 29/30 June 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The report has been written by Lara Cowen, Senior Programme Officer of INGSA, who was one of the workshop’s facilitators.

Additional partners and funders of the workshop were: the International Council for Science (ICSU – INGSA’s parent body); International Development Research Centre (IDRC); American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); the New Zealand Embassy in Buenos Aires; the British Embassy in Buenos Aires; and UNESCO. We would like to express our gratitude to all of these organisations for their support and particularly to MINCYT for hosting this event.