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New website launched for the IAP Biosecurity Working Group (BWG), coordinated by the Polish Academy of Sciences The BWG was created by IAP in 2004 to bring the scientific and international community together to develop responses to dual use issues in the life sciences. Follow the link for regular updates on BWG activities and related issues ... Announcing Institution
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Science Council of Japan releases statement on Enhancing the Integrity of Scientific Research The Statement, released in collaboration with other organizations in Japan, declares to take actions to raise the level of research integrity at a national level ... Announcing Institution
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Nominations are open for the 7th Cycle of the Zayed International Prize for the Environment Awarded on a biennial basis, the Zayed Prize is divided into four Award Categories ... Announcing Institution
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“Science for Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development: a Call for Action”, December 2014 A summary of the IAP conference organized by the Brazilian Academy of Sciences in Manaus, Brazil, and photo album are now available on the events page ... Announcing Institution
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Royal Society publishes report on Resilience to Extreme Weather The Royal Society has recently published its latest major report, Resilience to Extreme Weather. Chaired by Professor Georgina Mace CBE FRS, this international project explores the risks posed to people by extreme weather events, and evaluates a range of options for building people’s resilience to them ... Announcing Institution
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Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) - progress report and next steps The first year of the Platform’s work programme 2014-2018 is coming to an end. Work on all 18 work programme deliverables has been initiated, as detailed in document IPBES/3/2. Groups of experts, including three task forces, two assessment author groups, three time-bound expert groups and two time-bound scoping groups have been established, with 516 experts selected from a total of 1,691 nominations submitted. Overall, 20 meetings were held in 2014, in eight different locations ... Announcing Institution
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African European Mediterranean Academies for Science Education releases a Conference Report Inquiry-Based Science Education - for the future generation of researchers. Follow the link to the recent report published by ALLEA in collaboration with the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei ... Announcing Institution
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Royal Society awards and medals now open for international nominations There are a range of awards available with no nationality restrictions including the Copley Medal, Bakerian Medal and Lecture, Croonian Medal and Lecture, Davy Medal and Royal Society GlaxoSmithKline Prize and Lecture. The Milner Award is open to all European scientists.
Visit the Royal Society’s website for more information. Deadline for nominations - 6.00pm GMT Friday 30 January 2015.
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African-European-Mediterranean Academies for Science Education - AEMASE The AEMASE initiative is committed to promoting science outreach to society and to improving the quality and accessibility of science education in schools throughout the North-South region. To achieve these aims, one of AEMASE’s key activities is implementing IBSE in more schools and supporting the continued professional development of science educators in IBSE methodology and practice. Follow the link to the recent conference report published by ALLEA in collaboration with the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei ... Announcing Institution
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The Global Young Academy calls to integrate science in the UN Post-2015 Development Agenda The Global Young Academy (GYA) delivered a letter to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon that stressed the importance of science for achieving sustainability and poverty reduction. The letter, written in response to the report by the UN’s High-Level Panel of Eminent Persons on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, contains five recommendations ... Announcing Institution
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Programme grants are announced by The Royal Society, in partnership with the UK Department for International Development (DFID) The grants are part of the Africa Capacity Building Initiative - a new programme to assist in strengthening collaborations between scientists based in sub-Saharan Africa ... Announcing Institution
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Promoting science education in Africa Romain Murenzi, TWAS executive director, encourages African countries to invest in science education and science literacy in their nations in a recent interview ... Announcing Institution
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ASSAf e-Newsletter Science for Society ASSAf issues an e-Newsletter outlining its programmes and activities every 3 months. For the latest issue, click here or visit their website. Announcing Institution
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IAP and Disaster Risk Reduction The second PrepCom leading towards the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction took place in November 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland. Antonio Sgamellotti (Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Italy) attended on behalf of IAP as part of the Major Group on Science and Technology(STMG) convened by ICSU ... Announcing Institution
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IAP co-chair elected to UN High-Level Panel on Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) The Panel is to advise on the organizational and operational aspects of the proposed Technology Bank and Science, Technology and Innovation Supporting Mechanism dedicated to the least developed countries ... Announcing Institution
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Academy of Sciences of Nicaragua hosts international workshop in Managua, 10-11 November 2014 Discussions took place on the major scientific and technical issues associated with the interoceanic canal through Nicaragua. The workshop was co-organized by InterAmerican Network of Academies of Science (IANAS) and the International Council for Science - Regional Office for Latin American and the Caribbean (ICSU-LAC) ... Announcing Institution
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Partnership for Enhanced Engagement in Research (PEER) programme US NAS invites member academies in eligible countries to submit proposals on technical topics that address a development challenge ... Announcing Institution
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Regional Workshop on Scientific Writing and Science Communication The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) and Organisation for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) bring together current postgraduate (PG) fellows based at institutions of higher learning in South Africa who are studying towards a doctorate or PhD qualification ... Announcing Institution
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IAP calls for improved science education A declaration, endorsed by IAP's Executive Committee, calls on IAP member academies, governments, the private sector and UNESCO to strengthen science education around the world - with a focus on the proven methods of inquiry-based science education (IBSE) ... Announcing Institution
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Enhancing the Capacity of African Science Academies: The Final Evaluation of ASADI The InterAcademy Council (IAC) has issued a review of the African Science Academy Development Initiative (ASADI). The review concludes that the initiative has been a significant success - both in terms of meeting its stated objectives and in its wider positive impacts on the trajectory of the African science academies that it supported ... Announcing Institution
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IAC urges African science academies and their stakeholders to build on success of ASADI IAC review of the African Science Academy Development Initiative (ASADI) Announcing Institution
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IAP Science Education conference kicks off in Beijing The IAP Science Education Programme (SEP) Biennial Conference is now under way in Beijing, China. Hosted by the Chinese Association of Science and Technology (CAST), the conference is focusing on ‘Challenges and Opportunities of Inquiry Based Science Education (IBSE) / Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education’. The meeting brings together 136 participants, with 28 coming from 19 countries outside China Announcing Institution
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The "Smart Village" initiative ... The Cambridge Malaysian Education and Development Trust in partnership with, and based on scoping research carried out by the European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC), the IAP Affiliated Regional Network for Europe, are now engaged in a study of sustainable energy for villages off-grid in Africa, Asia and Latin America. IAP Members Academies located in these regions are invited to get involved ... Announcing Institution
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Fellowship opportunities for early-career Women Scientists in the Developing World Call for nominations for the Elsevier Foundation Awards in Physics and Maths 2014 - Deadline extended to 15 November 2014 ... Announcing Institution
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IAP Co-chair presents the new InterAcademy Partnership at the World Health Summit, Berlin, Germany "Challenges that we are facing such as climate change, growing populations, global health, food security and energy shortages need solutions from science and medicine,” explained ter Meulen, who then described how the networks of science academies (IAP, IAC and IAMP) are coming together under a new umbrella structure, the InterAcademy Partnership ... Announcing Institution
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IAMP at the World Health Summit in Berlin, Germany IAMP - the health arm of the new InterAcademy Partnership, organizes the fourth edition of the Young Physician Leader's Programme (YPL) in conjunction with the World Health Summit, 19-22 October 2014 Announcing Institution
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17 October 2014 is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty Journée internationale pour l'élimination de la pauvreté ... Announcing Institution
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IAP member academies in Germany call for consequences from the Ebola virus epidemic A Statement has been released by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Union of the German Academies of Sciences and Humanities and acatech – the German Academy of Science and Engineering, on the Ebola virus epidemic ... Announcing Institution
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What was missing from your science education? Young Scientists are encouraged to name and describe a course that would have better prepared them for their science career in a survey undertaken by Science, NextGen ... Announcing Institution
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Disaster Risk Reduction The UNESCO International Day for Disaster Reduction is particularly dedicated to older people, to their needs and to their contribution to better planning and understanding disaster risks in their communities. Follow the link for an update on activities on disaster reduction from IAP membership ... Announcing Institution
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IAP News Bulletin, October 2014 issue Follow the link for an update on IAP activities and news from the Co-chairs, member academies, regional networks ... Announcing Institution
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A statement on antimicrobial drug discovery is released on 1 October 2014 by EASAC Building on a long-standing interest in the opportunities and challenges associated with tackling infectious diseases, the EASAC statement re-examines the current situation, and considers how to search for new scientific directions for antimicrobial innovation ... Announcing Institution
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Science Council of Japan (SCJ) announces the release of its new report on radioactive materials released into the environment The report evaluates and compares the models used to analyze the transportation and deposition of radioactive materials that were released into the environment after the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident on March 11, 2011. Follow the link to download the report Announcing Institution
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Two recent reports issued by EASAC in September 2014 The reports, on European Space Exploration and on Management of Spent Nuclear Fuel and its Waste are now available from the Publications page ... Announcing Institution
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Plans are underway for an international conference on Science for Poverty Eradication The conference will take place in Manaus, Brazil from 3-5 December 2014 and is organized by the Brazilian Academy of Sciences ... Announcing Institution
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Contributing to the IPBES - the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Work Programme 2014-2018 IAP Members are invited to provide early feedback ahead of the 3rd IPBES Plenary, on the draft scoping reports for the regional and sub-regional assessments of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) by 3 October 2014. Announcing Institution
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Future Earth - an Executive Director is being sought to provide executive leadership for the Future Earth programme Deadline for applications: 13 October 2014 Announcing Institution
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IAP and the Biosecurity Working Group Professor Ryszard Slomski from the Polish Academy of Sciences represented IAP at the Meeting of Experts of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in Geneva in August 2014 ... Announcing Institution
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Celebrating International Literacy Day, 8 September 2014 The international theme this year is “Literacy and Sustainable Development” reflecting the importance of literacy in an evolving world moving towards an inclusive world - read the blog by the Chair of the IAP Global Science Education Programme Council ... Announcing Institution
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Save the date! The IAP Conference and General Assembly 2016 will take place in South Africa The events will be hosted by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) ... Announcing Institution
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The IAP Science Education Programme biennial conference takes place in October 2014 Challenges and Opportunities of Inquiry Based Science Education (IBSE)/Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education is the overarching theme of the Conference ... Announcing Institution
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Science literacy, Science communication and science outreach - sharing experiences among academies Participants from China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam representing a variety of professions including professors, CEOs, researchers at institutes, academies, and science museums, reflected the many areas of science communicators ... Announcing Institution
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Academia-Industry alliances A new report is released by ALLEA, in collaboration with the Royal Irish Academy, on academia-industry joint efforts in science education. following a joint meeting of the Royal Irish Academy and the ALLEA Working Group on Science Education in November 2013 ... Announcing Institution
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Media response to IAP's recent statement on synthetic biology Announcing Institution
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US NAS hosted a number of special events during the US-Africa leaders Summit in Washington D.C. and New York One of the key events, organized in collaboration with NAE and the IOM, was the symposium on Science, Technology and Innovation for Economic Growth and Development in Africa ... Announcing Institution
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Dirac Medal 2013 awarded to former President, The Royal Society A celebration took place at ICTP - the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, host to IAP Headquarters in Trieste, Italy, on Friday 8 August 2014 ... Announcing Institution
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Vision for Science and Mathematics Education - a recent analysis published by The Royal Society The report, a product of a major programme of work over the past two years, also outlines how the vision can be achieved ... Announcing Institution
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The Indian National Science Academy (INSA) and Akademi Sains Malaysia (ASM) announce an international symposium The international symposium on "SHER Communication in Asia with a special focus on Science festivals" will take place from 15-16 October 2014 in New Delhi, India. The deadline for the call for abstracts is 16 August 2014 ... Announcing Institution
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The preparatory committee for the 3rd UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) meets in Geneva, 14-15 July 2014 The UN supports call for an international science advisory mechanism on disaster risk reduction ... Announcing Institution
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IAP, EASAC, GYA and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) A brainstorming workshop took place in Brussels on 11 July 2014 with the aim to establish a standing consultation body with excellent young minds, and to explore the possibility of involving the Global Young Academy and IAP and its regional networks in the JRC’s dialogue with other academic stakeholders ... Announcing Institution