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24 February 2013 – 27 February 2013
March 2013: Update - The online Agenda now contains links to the presentations
The IAP Conference on "Grand Challenges and Integrated Innovations: Science for Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development" will be hosted by the Brazilian Academy of Sciences in Rio de Janeiro, ...
Brazilian Academy of Sciences
Rio de Janeiro
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30 May 2012 – 1 June 2012
International Conference jointly organized by IAP, All European Academies (ALLEA) & the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters on "Developing IBSE: New Issues - The roles of assessment and the relationship with industry"
LATEST VERSION OF PROGRAMME ...
Faculty of Science
Finland
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14 Jun 2012
Press Release
The world’s 105 science academies on 14 June 2012 highlighted the global challenges of population and consumption calling upon world leaders to take decisive action. "We are delighted that the world’s science academies have chosen to come together to highlight two of the most ...
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23 May 2012
International Conference jointly organized by IAP, All European Academies (ALLEA) & the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters on "Developing IBSE: New Issues. The roles of assessment and the relationship with industry. See meetings/events for more information.
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30 Apr 2012
The combination of changes in population and current levels of consumption is likely to have far reaching and long-lasting consequences for the finite planet and will impact on future generations as well as our own. These impacts raise serious concerns and challenges us to consider the relationship between people and the planet. Read the latest Report published by the Royal Society ...
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9 Mar 2011
Innovations in Science and Technology in Developing Countries
TWAS and ISTIC are collaborating on a project aimed at identifying, rewarding and disseminating best practices in the innovative use of science and technology in the development of new products, processes or services that have had ...
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7 Dec 2011
An IAP Young Scientist gives a personal view on why governments ignore scientific advice, in an article in Nature.
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c/o Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina
Emil-Abderhalden-Str. 37
06108 Halle (Saale), Germany
Leaders of the national science academies of the European member states, together with Academia Europea and ALLEA (All European Academies) formed a new independent body, European Academies' Science Advisory Council (EASAC) in 2001. The aim of the Council is to provide authoritative scientific judgement to the policy makers of the European Union on a wide variety of topics ...
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30 Nov 2011
Read recent news on workshops, and fellowship programmes implemented by the Network of Academies of Science in the Islamic Countries (NASIC)
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Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), in partnership with the Kenya National Academy of Sciences (KNAS) as well as the African network of IAP members (NASAC). Water is a fundamental but diminishing resource for the world’s growing population. This project aims to promote understanding of the state of water resources in southern Africa and make recommendations for future planning and policymaking in the region.
Topics: Environment, Water, Development
Latest Update: 7 Sep 2011
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The Network of African Scientific Academies (NASAC) is an autonomous scientific organization, established at the initiative of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS), by Academies of Science in Africa as a non-governmental, non-political and non-profit scientific organization, in Nairobi in ...
Topics: Development
Project Type: Network
Latest Update: 7 Sep 2011
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The Network of Academies of Science in Countries of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) - NASIC, is an autonomous scientific organization, established by Academies of Science in OIC countries in Pakistan in 2004.
Activities in 2006:
- COMSTECH, the Islamic Development ...
Topics: Development
Project Type: Network
Latest Update: 7 Sep 2011
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IANAS - the InterAmerican Network of Academies of Sciences
Topics: Women in Science, Science Education, Water, Development
Project Type: Network
Latest Update: 7 Sep 2011
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Nigerian Academy of Science, in partnership with the Kenya National Academy of Sciences (KNAS) and the Uganda National Academy of Sciences (UNAS), and their respective Ministries of Health, this project is part of a long-term programme aimed at involving academies of health in national efforts to achieve the UN MDGs relating to maternal and child health. The intention is also to show the capacity of academies to convene relevant stakeholders working towards a national goal and thus underline the key role academies can play in providing scientific advice to their governments on this important issue.
Topics: Health, Development
Latest Update: 7 Sep 2011
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Led by IAP member the National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, Argentina, in partnership with Academies of Science of Colombia, Mexico and Guatemala, the program will work to improve the level and the relevance of science education through the active participation of science academies and the most prominent scientists in all nations working together with teachers and educational authorities to create new national programs for science education, and share best practice and experiences.
Topics: Science Education, Health, Development
Latest Update: 7 Sep 2011
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IAP helps build the capacities of young academies, particularly those in developing countries, to strengthen their role in providing independent advice to governments on issues of national and global concern. The programme has led to the creation of regional networks of science academies in Africa, the Americas and among member states of the OIC (Organization of the Islamic Conference).
Topics: Development
Project Type: Program
Latest Update: 7 Sep 2011
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5 Apr 2011
... A survey of the global scientific landscape in 2011
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21 July 2010 – 23 July 2010
In the framework of IANAS Capacity Building Programme, the Brazilian Academy of Sciences hosted the “IANAS Inventing a Better Future Workshop: A Strategy for Building Regional Capacities in Science and Technology” workshop. The event took place at CNPq in Brasília from 21 - 23 ...
Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq)
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16 Feb 2011
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10 Jan 2011
An international scientific conference “ Research & Development as the Basis for Innovation in Creating the Competitive Region”, was organized by the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts , 12-13 November 2010 in Podgorica, Montenegro. Participants included representatives of ...
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The IAP General Assembly which met in Mexico City from 1-5 December has released five statements, signed by two-thirds majority of the IAP membership. The statements address a wide range of topics and are intended to influence policy makers both in individual countries and international organizations.
IAP Member Academies
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