Insight September 2012
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If you are having problems viewing this email, please click here to view the newsletter online. Feature itemRecommendations from the Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation at Rio+20Jul 18, 2012 |
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The Forum was a great success, bringing together leading international scientists, policy-makers, industry, NGOs, journalists and youth from more than 75 countries. Over 1,000 people attended the event, with another 1,000 watching the live webcast and many more interacting via social media. Recommendations from the sessions are now online, alongside the live blog, recordings of the sessions and other information. |
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NewsFuture Earth design enters final phaseSep 05, 2012Future Earth has entered the final months of the initial design phase, and the pace of work is picking up as we approach the end of the year. Work on institutional design has been proceeding apace, and the final report on major aspects of overall governance will be completed at the upcoming Transition Team meeting in Paris Sept 20-21.
Future Earth: Transition Team group met to discuss institutional design optionsJul 27, 2012Working group 2 of the Transition Team, co-chaired by Peter Liss and Rik Leemans, met from July 11-13 at the ICSU secretariat in Paris to develop recommendations for the institutional design and governance framework of Future Earth.
ICSU President gives statement at Rio+20Jun 22, 2012Professor Yuan Tseh Lee represented the Scientific and Technological Major Group at the opening of Rio+20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development with the following statement.
Organisation of international scientific meetings: recommendations from ICSU policy committeeJun 18, 2012ICSU Statute 5 stands for the free and responsible practice of science, which also requires freedom of movement and of association. This entails rights and responsibilities on the part of both organisers and sponsors of as well as participants at international scientific meetings.
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News from the regionsLatin America and the CaribbeanICSU ROLAC NewsletterAug 24, 2012The first edition of the ICSU ROLAC Newsletter is out.
Vacancy: Science OfficerAug 02, 2012ICSU ROLAC is seeking to recruit a Science Officer to be based in Mexico City, Mexico. Closing date: 17 September, 2012.
AfricaICSU RCA 13th Meeting FeedbackSep 03, 2012The ICSU Regional Committee for Africa (RCA) successfully held its 13th Meeting.
First Meeting of the African Union (AU) High Level Panel on the review of Africa’s Science and Technology Consolidated Plan of Action (CPA), 8 - 9 August, 2012, Library of Alexandria, EgyptSep 03, 2012The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) H.E. Dr. Jean Ping appointed a High Level Panel to review the AU’s Science and Technology Consolidated Plan of Action (CPA). The AU Commission provides overall political and policy leadership for the implementation of the CPA, implementation of which is provided by the NEPAD Office of Science and Technology.
Square Kilometre Array Bid OutcomeJun 15, 2012On 25 May 2012, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the Members of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Organisation, agreed on a dual site solution (South Africa & Australia) for the SKA telescope. The agreement was based on advise of the SKA Site Advisory Committees of both sites.
Asia and the PacificICSU ROAP Urban Health and Wellbeing Research Scoping WorkshopAug 28, 2012Research Scoping Workshop: Planning for the implementation of the ICSU ROAP Programme on Health and Well-being in the Changing Urban Environment - A Systems Approach.
CORDEX South Asia Training WorkshopJul 17, 2012Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) South Asia Training Workshop, 17-20 October 2012 at IITM, Pune, India.
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ICSU PublicationsScientific Relations Between Academia and Industry: Building on a New Era of Interactions for the Benefit of Society (workshop report, July 2012)Jul 23, 2012In November 2011, more than 50 academic and business leaders came together for 4 days at the Sigtuna Foundation, near Stockholm, Sweden. They represented a broad range of disciplines, industries and countries with the common aim of promoting effective partnerships between academia and industry for the greater benefit of society.
23rd CSPR Meeting (Mar 2012)Jun 05, 2012Report and decisions from the 23rd meeting of the Committee on Scientific Planning and Review (CSPR).
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Events diary Oct 28, 2012 - Oct 31, 2012
23rd International CODATA Conference on Open Data and Information for a Changing PlanetAcademy of Sciences, TaipeiCODATA 23 will bring together stakeholders from industry, research and academia who will highlight, debate and address issues in data-intensive scientific fields over a three day period. It will provide an international foru; where these stakeholders, in collaboration with the ICSU and CODATA international networks and other networks can create a dialogue on legal, economic and technological challenges; evaluate societal impacts; and put forward possible solutions that can in turn benefit the planet.
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108th Meeting of Executive Board, 15-17 November 2012
Enhancing Involvement of the Social Sciences in ICSU
Earth System Science for Global Sustainability: the Grand Challenges
Priority Area Assessment on Capacity Building
Report from the ad hoc Strategic Committee on Information and Data
10th CFRS Meeting (May 2011)
