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To all INGSA Members and supporters,

Over the pandemic, INGSA embraced the pivot to digital and the opportunities it provides. Yet increasingly, the appetite for in-person meetings is returning and the last few months of 2022 will be a showcase of a diverse set of INGSA events taking place across four continents! 

As people necessarily are becoming more selective about their travel, we are honoured to continue to be a partner of choice to add value to events and to maximise reach and impact by working locally and regionally through our networks.

Last week, INGSA-Asia and the US National Academies held Workshop #3 of their Zoonotic Transmission Project in Thailand, bringing experts together from all over the world. While this week I and INGSA Vice-President, Dr Soledad Quiroz, are presenting at the Science Summit at UNGA77 in NYC.

In October the Foreign Ministries S&T Advice Network will be meeting in Geneva alongside the impressive GESDA Summit. November brings us to the launch of the new Science Advice in the Francophonie division, with a globally-attended meeting held in Montreal.

And then culminating in December, INGSA-Africa will be joining the inaugural African edition of the World Science Forum hosted in Cape Town. An exciting time to be discussing, learning, and actioning some of the lessons for science advice from the last few years!

Below you can find out more on these, and many other opportunities from across the network.

Rémi Quirion

President of INGSA

ANNOUNCING:

GLOBAL: The World Science Forum 2022 will be held 6-9 December in Cape Town, South Africa.

To support the profession of science journalism around the world, the Office of the Chief Scientist of Québec is collaborating with the South African Department of Science & Technology (DST) to provide travel grants for journalists to attend WSF2022. 

Any science-interested journalist, irrespective of their gender, age, nationality, place of residence, and media (paper, radio, TV, web) are welcome to apply. Special consideration will be given to applications from the Global South. 

This will be a unique opportunity for science journalists to rub shoulders with speakers and delegates across scientific, policy and civil society developments. 

For more information and to apply, see:  

https://wfsj.org/news/world-science-forum-wsf/

The administration of these grants is supported by World Federation of Science Journalists & SciCom – Making Sense of Science.  

Making informed decisions...makes a difference! - Francophone Network on Science Advice

GLOBAL: On November 3, the secretariat of the first linguistic division of INGSA, the Francophone Network on Science Advice, will be announced during a unique forum be announced during a unique forum that will mobilise the main organisations of the Francophonie. The forum will enable the network and international partners to share ideas and expertise on the scope and nature of future on collaborations.

Organised by the president of INGSA and Chief Scientist of Québec, Rémi Quirion, the Fonds de recherche du Québec and the Chief Scientist of Canada, Mona Nemer, this free event will take place at the Palais des congrès de Montréal and will also be broadcast virtually on Zoom.

Register now! (French only)

S’informer, décider et…faire une différence ! Vers un Réseau francophone international en conseil scientifique

Les membres du secrétariat du Réseau francophone international en conseil scientifique, première division linguistique de l’INGSA, seront dévoilés le 3 novembre prochain à l’occasion d’un forum unique. L’événement mobilisera les principales organisations de la francophonie et permettra au réseau et à plusieurs personnalités internationales de partager leurs expertises dans la perspective de collaborations futures.

Organisé par le président de l’INGSA et scientifique en chef du Québec, Rémi Quirion, et les Fonds de recherche du Québec, avec le soutien de la conseillère scientifique en chef du Canada, Mona Nemer, cet événement gratuit se déroulera au Palais des congrès de Montréal et sera également diffusé virtuellement sur la plateforme Zoom.



Inscrivez-vous dès maintenant !

AFRICA: INGSA-Africa is a grantee of the COVID-19 Africa Rapid Grant Fund project on Enhancing the Capacity of Academies of Science in Africa to provide rapid science advice in emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic and other emerging infectious diseases. 

As part of the implementation activities, INGSA-Africa, in collaboration with the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC) is organising sub-regional webinars to discuss lessons learnt from providing science advice during the COVID-19 pandemic and, by extension, the following thematic areas: 

• Post-Covid-19 preparedness 
• Emerging global health challenges like Monkey pox
• Neglected tropical diseases

The calendar for the webinars are as follows: 

• East Africa (27 September 2022)
• North Africa (28 September 2022)
• Southern Africa and Small Island Developing States (4 October 2022)
• West Africa (5 October 2022)
• Central Africa (6 October 2022)

Academies will be contacted directly to be involved.

GLOBAL: While we at INGSA work on our next series of the Horizons Podcast, we are excited to be bringing you a special, bonus episode from our sister podcast, Science for Policy, which is produced by SAPEA, the organisation for Science Advice for Policy by European Academies. 

On the 26th September we will simultaneously be releasing their discussion with INGSA’s new President, Prof Rémi Quirion. 

If you haven't already, subscribe to the INGSA Horizon Podcast in your podcasting app, and get the bonus episode direct to your feed, and be the first to receive the 2nd season of discussions with the biggest names at the front lines of science advice.

And consider also subscribing to Science for Policy for even more compelling discussions at the science, policy and society interfaces!

OPPORTUNITIES:

ONLINE: The Southeast Asia Science Advice Network (SEA SAN) will be hosting a virtual lecture on Planetary Health on the 21st of Sept (Wednesday), 10.00 am to 11.15 am (GMT+8).

The lecture will be delivered by Dr Montira Pongsiri, SEA SAN Council Member, the first Science Advisor at the U.S. Mission to ASEAN, and Member of The Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission on Planetary Health, with Q&A moderated by Dr Renzo Guinto, Chief Planetary Health Scientist at Sunway Centre for Planetary Health and Director of the Planetary and Global Health Program at St. Luke's Medical Center College of Medicine, Philippines.

This event is supported by the INGSA-Asia Chapter, the Sunway Centre for Planetary Health and the Sunway Jeffrey Sachs Center on Sustainable Development, as well as the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (Asia Chapter).

Register here to receive the Zoom link/briefing materials for the event!

GLOBAL: The University of Maryland School of Public Policy will offer an in-person, for-credit international graduate course where students will learn the tools of evaluation-based program planning and implementation.

Classroom instruction will be provided by course instructors and guest faculty—complemented by consultations with officials of the Spanish Government, international organisations, and NGOs dealing with immigration issues.

Classes will be held at the Madrid campus of the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) as well as other Madrid locations, with an optional field trip to the European Research Center on Minors and Migration in Melilla, Spain.

The course is designed for mid-career professionals as well as doctoral, master’s level, and advanced undergraduate students studying social policy-related subjects such as economics, education, international development, political science/governance, public administration, public health, public policy, social welfare, sociology, and urban planning.

Find out more on eligibility and how to apply, at the Course webpage.

LATIN AMERICA: The Science Leadership Programme in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC-SLP) program is a capacity-building initiative of the Global Young Academy (GYA).

The pilot programme, starting in November 2022, is funded primarily by the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) and the Global Young Academy (GYA) and carried out with the support of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

The LAC-SLP supports early to mid-career researchers the LAC region in basic and applied sciences, engineering, social sciences, arts, and the humanities, and aims to equip them with leadership tools for team development, engagement and collaboration. 

More information and applications: 

https://globalyoungacademy.net/slp-lac/

GLOBAL: Shaping European Research Leaders for Marine Sustainability (SEAS) is a postdoctoral research fellowship programme launched and managed by the University of Bergen.

They are currently recruiting for 23 fellowship positions across a range of marine sustainability issues, including one position on the "Regulatory and governance challenges related to ocean sustainability"

Successful candidates will be employed in 3-year fixed-term, full-time postdoctoral research positions

Applications close: 31st October 2022 

For more information and to apply, click here.

EUROPE: The annual conference of the European Parliamentary Technology Assessment (EPTA) Network will take place in the Bundestag, Berlin, Germany on 17 October.

This year’s topic is ‘Disruption in society - TA to the rescue?’

Members of the INGSA Legislative Science Advice Division are invited to attend. Register here: https://eptanetwork.org/news/epta-news/25-event/126-epta-conference-2022.

GLOBAL: Every year, under the vision of “Using the future to build the present”, the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipation Summit (GESDA Summit) brings together hundreds of high-level representatives to explore ways to make the most of the benefits of emerging science and technology while tackling the challenges that come with them.

From 12-14 October 2022, at Campus Biotech in Geneva, GESDA will showcase the cutting edge of science anticipation with their second edition of the Science Breakthrough Radar®. In addition, they will unveil their Solution Pathways.

Virtual attendance is now available - you can apply for an online registration here.

News From Across The Network:

AFRICA: After awarding 10 mentorship grants as part of its Science Advice Skills Development Programme (SASDP), INGSA-Africa has held a virtual workshop with the awardees. 

The SASDP is an INGSA-Africa initiative to tackle the need to build African capacity in the area of communicating science advice effectively. The program will engage 10 mid-career scientists and researchers (mentees) from African countries nominated by their organisations, which are active in science communication and advice.

The mentees were matched with corresponding mentors who are experts in their fields and in science advice and identified from INGSA, EU-JRC, AAAS, and individual science advisors.

Congratulations to the recipients, future leaders of science advice across the continent.

MEXICO: Next week students at the Center for Research and Advanced Studies in México (Cinvestav) will begin a unique course on Science-Policy Interfaces, the relationship between Science and Society, the role of Academia in decision-making processes, public policy and practice, policy briefs and communication to policy-makers, soft skills, sci-pol careers, and more topics regarding the Science Advisor role.

The INGSA-Latin American Steering Committee prepared a syllabus on these topics that has been optimised from a similar course designed and taught last year. 

The course is coordinated by Dr. Alma Cristal Hernández-Mondragón, visiting professor in Cinvestav.

Also, a Spanish manual regarding the topics discussed in the course is in preparation. 

More information: achernandez@cinvestav.mx

SOUTHEAST ASIA: INGSA has partnered with the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), on a project to explore ways to prevent and mitigate the consequences of zoonotic spillover in the live animal supply chain in Southeast Asia.

Workshops #1 and #2 gathered experts by videoconference to discuss the key factors that lead to zoonotic spillover and to develop a framework for a guidebook on how to combat spillover in the region. Summaries of these workshops can be found here.

On 9-11 September 2022, INGSA and NASEM successfully held the first physical workshop in Bangkok, Thailand. This workshop, focused on refining the guidebook's framework draft. The attendees engaged with the invited speakers as well as regional and local government representatives who are involved in the detection, mitigation, and prevention of zoonotic spillover along the points in the live animal value chain in the region. A workshop summary will be available soon.

If you or your organisation work in research, regulation, or policy development in the live animal supply chain in Southeast Asia or China, please contact the Project Coordinator, Hazel Yean, at hazely@sunway.edu.my.

GLOBAL: COVID-19 has shown the value of scientific knowledge for effectively dealing with complex policy issues. But the pandemic has also served as a “stress test” to the connections between science and policymaking systems and communities. Across the globe, governments and actors with an interest in science-policy questions are exploring how to build capacity of entire science-for-policy ecosystems more effectively.

But such capacity building actions need to be informed by evidence itself. How should we go about it? The Joint Research Centre has published three reflection papers from different disciplinary perspectives on this question – as the result of its project to develop an evaluation framework for the capacity of national science-for-policy ecosystems.

Please find the reports on the project’s website here. We warmly invite the INGSA community to engage with the reports by commenting on the blog posts summing up the report’s arguments and/or contact the JRC’s team under JRC-E4P-ECOSYSTEM@ec.europa.eu.

We continue working on developing the framework over the next months and welcome any inputs/feedback.

New Reports and Resources:

GLOBAL: The Journal of Science Policy & Governance (JSPG) and the Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP) at University College London (UCL) are pleased to announce the release of Volume 20, Issue 03, the journal’s second Special Topics Issue of 2022 on Innovations in Science Diplomacy.

8 articles from early career authors highlight several topics that range from collaborative efforts in science diplomacy in international organizations and spaces and fostering national development using Big Science, to national considerations, including leveraging scientific diaspora networks and scientists in embassies, all the way to how research in science diplomacy is carried out.

Read the full issue here.

GLOBAL: Congratulations to the Global Young Academy for releasing their Science Advice Resource Centre. It is a platform that provides basic information on Science Advice and platform is intended to be an initial entry point for Early-Career Researchers into Scientific Advice matter.

Check out the resources here!

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