FMSTAN 10th Anniversary Symposium:Reinventing Science Diplomacy in a Changing World 9 November 2026 – UNESCO Paris The Foreign Ministries S&T Advice Network (FMSTAN) was established in 2016 as an informal community of practice bringing together experts dealing with science and technology matters in Ministries of Foreign Affairs. On 9th November 2026 at the UNESCO headquarters…
On 17 December 2025, FMSTAN and the EU Ministries of Foreign Affairs Science Diplomacy and Advice Network convened a hybrid meeting in Copenhagen, bringing together participants from over 30 countries both in person and online. The programme featured several high-level presentations exploring the intersection of science, technology, and international relations, including: The meeting also included updates on…
In May 2024, FMSTAN hosted an in-person meeting alongside the INGSA2024: The Transformation Imperative conference held in Kigali, Rwanda. This provided members with the opportunity to meet for the first time in Africa and to hear first hand about some of the innovations taking place in the continent. Almost 30 FMSTAN Members and Observers attended,…
In collaboration with the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) and The Graduate Institute of Geneva, and with the generous support of the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA), FMSTAN hosted its latest meeting in the margin of the 2022 GESDA Summit. The meeting attracted over 30 attendees from all around the world and provided unique access to the…
On the 10-11 March 2022, FMSTAN convened a hybrid meeting of members, in collaboration with the sister network of Science Diplomacy Coordinators in EU Ministries of Foreign Affairs. The join Science Diplomacy meeting was held at ITER in France, the site of construction of the world’s largest fusion reactor experiment. The meeting followed on from the…
Covid-19 marked a transition for the FMSTAN network – international travel and face-to-face meetings ceased but the need for science diplomacy and information sharing was more acute than ever. The network moved to virtual meetings to and became an even more active and useful network as members shared ideas, information, and asked advice of their…
The November 2019 meeting of SPIDER/FMSTAN took place in Vienna, in collaboration with the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, IIASA, The Diplomatische Akademie Wien and the Natural History Museum Vienna. The 2-day meeting brought together almost 80 people from around the world for a joint meeting with the non-inactive SPIDER network, to discuss the pressing issues within Science Diplomacy. Thanks to…
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…
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…
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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