Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Office of Science & Technology - Around the World in 30 Days – a Four-Week Journey for Science Diplomacy
Office of Science & Technology - Around the World in 30 Days – a Four-Week Journey for Science Diplomacy: "in Amman, another AAAS team, this one from the Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy (CSTSP), convened in cooperation with the Jordanian University of Science and Technology's HRH Princess Haya Biotechnology Center a major biotechnology symposium with participants from 14 countries from the region plus Afghanistan and Pakistan. The attendees' reaction was very positive. For the first time, AAAS will be able to accept and fund on a competitive basis a small number of projects based on proposals from bioscientists in the region."
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
European Union Libya Negotiate Cooperation Agreement in Brussels
European Union Libya Negotiate Cooperation Agreement in Brussels: "European Union Libya Negotiate Cooperation Agreement in Brussels
02/10/2010 22:35:00
The European Union (EU) and Libya have resumed on Thursday talks in Brussels with a view to concluding a comprehensive cooperation agreement. Discussions between the two parties cover trade, transport and diplomacy, said a statement by the EU Commission services."
02/10/2010 22:35:00
The European Union (EU) and Libya have resumed on Thursday talks in Brussels with a view to concluding a comprehensive cooperation agreement. Discussions between the two parties cover trade, transport and diplomacy, said a statement by the EU Commission services."
Monday, October 4, 2010
Touching base with the RISE networks � SciDev.Net’s Weblog
Touching base with the RISE networks � SciDev.Net’s Weblog: "Capacity building is a buzzword in African science policy circles, but we journalists have a hard time writing about it. A story may appear when a new initiative is launched; another if a promised result fails to materialise. But the slow bricklaying of most capacity-building programmes is difficult to fit into the cut-and-thrust of the news pages."
Saturday, September 4, 2010
US launches centre for science diplomacy - SciDev.Net
US launches centre for science diplomacy - SciDev.Net: "US launches centre for science diplomacy
Wagdy Sawahel
6 August 2008 | EN
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The centre aims to use science and scientific cooperation to promote international understanding
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The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has launched a science diplomacy centre, aiming to use science and scientific cooperation to promote international understanding.
The Center for Science Diplomacy, based in Washington DC, was officially announced last month (15 July) by AAAS chief executive Alan Leshner at a congressional session on fostering international science cooperation.
Vaughan Turekian, the AAAS chief international officer and director of the centre, says its major objective is to raise the profile of science as an important element of relationship-building between countries and societies."
Wagdy Sawahel
6 August 2008 | EN
handshake_flickr_oooh.oooh.jpg
The centre aims to use science and scientific cooperation to promote international understanding
Flickr/oooh.oooh
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has launched a science diplomacy centre, aiming to use science and scientific cooperation to promote international understanding.
The Center for Science Diplomacy, based in Washington DC, was officially announced last month (15 July) by AAAS chief executive Alan Leshner at a congressional session on fostering international science cooperation.
Vaughan Turekian, the AAAS chief international officer and director of the centre, says its major objective is to raise the profile of science as an important element of relationship-building between countries and societies."
Obama appointee could boost US–developing world relations - SciDev.Net
Obama appointee could boost US–developing world relations - SciDev.Net: "The key foreign policy post usually goes to a career diplomat or political appointee and Jones's nomination is seen as underlining President Obama's strategy of appointing officials with sound technical expertise."
Time for a new era of science diplomacy - SciDev.Net
Time for a new era of science diplomacy - SciDev.Net: "Time for a new era of science diplomacy
Publication date: February 2007
Source: Science
10 June 2010 | EN
In this Science article, US-based scientists Kristin M. Lord and Vaughan C. Turekian argue that science diplomacy is critical to US efforts to build positive relationships with foreign societies. They outline roles for US scientists to play — from acting as goodwill ambassadors to collaborating with colleagues overseas. And they highlight the importance of nongovernmental scientific organisations as conduits to foreign societies."
Publication date: February 2007
Source: Science
10 June 2010 | EN
In this Science article, US-based scientists Kristin M. Lord and Vaughan C. Turekian argue that science diplomacy is critical to US efforts to build positive relationships with foreign societies. They outline roles for US scientists to play — from acting as goodwill ambassadors to collaborating with colleagues overseas. And they highlight the importance of nongovernmental scientific organisations as conduits to foreign societies."
Clinton puts science at heart of US development strategy - SciDev.Net
Clinton puts science at heart of US development strategy - SciDev.Net: "'What this is telling us is the prominent role that science and technology is now playing in the administration and the entire development community in the US government,' Turekian told SciDev.Net. 'It is a recognition that science and technology are inherently linked to almost every aspect of development.'"
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