This report is the outcome of the study conducted by the National Academy of Sciences Sri Lanka (NASSL) on ‘institutionalizing science advice to governments’ with partner agencies representing 10 countries in the Australasian region.

The report is supported by proceedings of the workshop on ‘institutionalizing science advice to governments’ held in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 6 to 8 July 2023 with the participation of representatives of the partner agencies and discussions on ‘situation analysis’ of the status of science advice with subsequent drafting of the way-ahead in developing ‘contextualized roadmaps’ for science advice in partner countries. The survey to gather data for the ‘situation analysis’ was conducted and coordinated by the NASSL spearheaded by the President, NASSL together with a core team of Council members of the NASSL.