News
- IAP's Executive Committee (EC) met in Shanghai, 16-17 October 2005. The meeting was hosted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Discussions focused on:
• Long-term strategy: EC reviewed the draft text of IAP's strategic plan for 2007-2009. The plan, which will be revised and presented to members at the next general assembly, broadly examines IAP's present and future. Specifically, it outlines strategies for improving programmatic initiatives and enhancing the effectiveness of statements and declarations. More generally, the plan seeks to clearly identify IAP's niche within the global scientific community and to propose methods for strengthening the membership's actions and advancing its goals.
• 2006 general assembly and conference: EC has received a joint invitation from Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) to host IAP's 2006 general conference in Alexandria and general assembly in Cairo. The tentative date, to be confirmed early next year, is the first week of December 2006.
• Millennium Development Goals. The co-chairs signed a statement on behalf of IAP calling on the world's scientists, engineers and medical experts to identify and support strategies for reducing poverty as part of a larger effort to advance the UN's Millennium Development Goals. The statement was sent to heads of states at the opening of the UN General Assembly in New York City on 13 September. Leaders of the following international scientific organizations also signed the statement: InterAcademy Council (IAC), International Council for Science (ICSU), Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), InterAcademy Medical Panel (IAMP), International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences, World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), and UN Millennium Project.
news from IAP observers ...
- Association of Academies of Science in Asia (AASA) 6th General Assembly and International Symposium on Science and Technology of Water will be held on 11-13 October in Seoul. The event is hosted by the Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST). For additional information, contact riseon@kast.or.kr
- The International Council for Science (ICSU) will hold its 28th General Assembly in Suzhou, China, from 18-21 October, 2005. IAP co-chairs will ad-dress the assembly at the opening session on 18th October. Contact: secretariat@icsu.org