News in March 2003

IAP's workshop on Capacity Building for Academies in Countries with Predominantly Muslim Communities and symposium on Science, Religion and Values, held in Trieste on 5-7 March 2003, marked the latest events in the IAP's "Capacity Building for Academies" initiative. Specific recommendations, agreed to by the participants, can be seen at: http://www4.nationalacademies.org/iap/iaphome.nsf/weblinks/WWWW-5GVHX2?OpenDocument

Both the workshop and symposium received extensive media coverage that included the publication of a feature article and an editorial in Nature (13 March 2003).