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In the Euro-Mediterranean region, cultures and science met and mingled for millennia, creating spaces for innovative and inclusive solutions to common challenges. This makes science diplomacy a promising tool for cooperation between Southern Mediterranean countries and Europe, and a field that the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) strongly supports through ...
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SFIC summarises its achievements in a comprehensive overview paper. With the new ERA Governance to take effect as of January 2022, the ERA-related groups under ERAC will come to an end. However, the issue of international STI cooperation will remain of relevance also in the future. This is why SFIC ...
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This article explores how EU water diplomacy can enrich the current debate on science diplomacy, primarily in the science in diplomacy category. It aims to contribute to the debate on diplomatic instruments and their innovative elements. It focuses on new practices in the field of water diplomacy, including (1) the ...
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’WSDS Student Takes’ is a two-edition series in 2020 and 2021 written by alumni of InsSciDE's Warsaw Science Diplomacy School in the weeks and months following their completion of the program. This article is by WSDS 2021 alumni who belonged to ’Team Heritage’, named after the historical case study of ...
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On November 26, 2021, the Pact for Research and Innovation and the Policy Agenda with ERA actions have been adopted at the Competitiveness Council setting out common values and principles for R&I for the first time, the Pact shows the EU’s and Member States’ commitment to the European Research Area.  ...
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One of the results of the S4D4C project has been published open access: Tim Flink's account "Taking the pulse of science diplomacy and developing practices of valuation"  has been peer-reviewed and published in Science and Public Policy in November 2021. It is available via: https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scab074 Abstract Science diplomacy has caught ...
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Abstract: The term “science diplomacy” broadly identifies interactions between scientific and foreign policy communities connected to the promotion of international scientific exchanges (also as a way to establish constructive relations between countries), and the provision of scientific advice on issues of relevance to more than one nation. Science diplomacy initiatives ...
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Advancing the Role of Science Diplomacy in the EU: Proposals from the European Union Science Diplomacy Alliance to Strengthen the EU’s Global Approach to Research and Innovation Download or view PDF: EU Science Diplomacy Alliance on Advancing the Role of Science Diplomacy in the EU_final See also: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5963890 Cite as: ...
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The European Economic and Social Committee has also published an opinion on the "Global Approach to Research and Innovation - Europe's strategy for international cooperation in a changing world" (see EESC-2021-01986-00-00-AC-TRA-EN) and highlighted science diplomacy as a concept as follows (point 3.6): Science Diplomacy could help the EU to project ...
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Study on Austrian actors, networks and activities in the field of science diplomacy. Bringing Austrian science diplomacy to the next step: Challenges, state of play and recommendations. Abstract This study examines science diplomacy in Austria. ZSI was commissioned by the BMBWF between February and September 2021 to research how science ...
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WSDS Student Takes’ is a two-edition series in 2020 and 2021 written by alumni of InsSciDE's Warsaw Science Diplomacy School in the weeks and months following their completion of the program. This article is by WSDS 2021 alumni who belonged to ’Team Space', named after the historical case study of ...
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Science Diplomacy Review Vol. 3 | No. 1 | April 2021 Open Access  https://fisd.in/sites/default/files/SDR_April%202021.pdf  ARTICLES From Securing the State to Safeguarding the Atom: The Relevance of History to Nuclear Diplomacy Maria Rentetzi The Speedy Transmission of Corona Infections – Rebooting Science Diplomacy Trithesh Nandan A New Generation of Trainings on ...
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The Strategic Forum on International Cooperation published on 23 September 2021 the SFIC Opinion on the European Commission Communication „Global approach to research and innovation - Europe's strategy for international cooperation in a changing world”. One of the objectives of the opinion is also to give input for driving forward ...
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The Council conclusions on the Global Approach to R&I, Europe's strategy for international cooperation in a changing world have been adopted on 28 September 2021. Among other aspects the conclusions underline the importance of openness and international cooperation in research infrastructures for the advancement of science, science diplomacy, tackling global ...
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The Global Approach to Research and Innovation (R&I) presents the Commission's perspective for Europe's strategy on international cooperation in research and innovation. It was launched in May 2021 - for more information, please see: Communication on the Global Approach to Research and Innovation Press release: Europe's global approach to cooperation ...
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see https://data.gesis.org/sharing/#!Detail/10.7802/2310 The B-STA-R dataset provides information on more than 1138 bilateral agreements on cooperation in matters of science and technology, mostly concluded by countries of the G20 and OECD in the period between 1937 and 2020. These science and technology agreements (STA) are intergovernmental treaties in which the participating ...
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