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-The IAP Executive Committee at its February meeting in Stockholm, considered the application for membership of the Zimbabwe Academy of Sciences, founded in 1994. The Committee agreed to admit the Academy, bringing IAP's membership to 92 academies subject to endorsement by the General Assembly at its next meeting in 2006. For details on the Academy, see the membership directory.
-IANAS - the InterAmerican Network of Science Academies:
IANAS held its first steering committee on 5 November 2004 at the headquarters of the Royal Society of Canada in Ontario. Participants assessed the first year's activities and discussed plans for the coming months. One of IANAS's main programmes, water, will be on the agenda at the 1st national 'focal point' meeting held at the Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences, in Bogotá, 12-13 March 2005. The meeting was coordinated by the Brazilian and Mexican Academies of Sciences. For additional information, contact the IANAS secretariat: mcbs@abc.org.br
-NASAC - the Network of African Science Academies:
The Senegalese Academy of Science and Technology is organizing a 'focal point' meeting on science education, in collaboration with the members of NASAC. The meeting will be held in Dakar, Senegal, 9-11 March 2005 to address science education issues in the region. IAP is also organizing a workshop focusing on the effectiveness of inquiry-based science education projects. The workshop, which will take place in 2005, is being coordinated by the Chilean Academy of Sciences, the programme's lead academy. A detailed agenda will be available shortly. For additional information on both events, contact: jallende@abello.dic.uchile.cl