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Speech by Dr. Ismail Serageldin, founding director of the New Library of Alexandria. U.S. National Academy of Sciences Public Welfare Medal Winner, NAS Annual Meeting, May 1 2011.Read more
Middle East Report
The report reviews the exceptional increase in scientific publications from Iran and Turkey, alongside a more complicated picture of the 14 contributing nations.
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Science Diplomacy
International Science Collaboration with the Middle East and North Africa, Science and Technology Attachés Can Help Deepen Ties and Promote Stability.
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Workshop Three: Tunis, 31 October -1 November 2011
Collaborator: Institut Pasteur de TunisTo download the meeting's report, please click here
The workshop addressed infectious disease research, incorporation of legal, ethical and security issues in the workforce development of life scientists, and building sustainable long-term international collaborations among life scientists from the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Half of the participants were early career scientists.
Workshop Two: Kuwait, 13-17 March 2011
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Collaborator: Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
Sessions were designed to promote interactive discussion about identification of national needs for the biological sciences (research) and development of scientific capacity (workforce) to address societal priority needs and responsible research conduct.
Workshop One: Amman, Jordan, 3-6 October 2010
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Collaborator: Jordan University of Science and Technology
Sessions were designed to promote interactive discussions about the current state of international collaboration in the biological sciences in the Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and North Africa (BMENA), challenges of conducting scientific collaboration, and successful collaborative activities.
Workshop series description
The overall goal of the project is to promote science and address societal concerns, including good laboratory practices, through international scientific collaboration. Meeting participants include leading scientific experts, influential administrators from educational and/or research institutes, and relevant regulators or policy-makers from the US, Europe, and BMENA countries.
The workshop series engages meeting attendees in interactive discussions on biological research, workforce, good laboratory practice (ethics, safety, and security), and long-term sustainability of programs and collaborations.
The Center for Science, Technology and Security Policy at AAAS is the organizer of the workshop series.
Workshop series objectives
- To identify successes and barriers towards international scientific collaboration, particularly those beyond export control issues, in the areas of infectious disease and biomedical strategies to combat disease;
- To determine the available pool of biological scientists at education and research institutions in the BMENA region for international collaboration;
- To understand how international collaboration can affect regional science, economies, human resources in the biomedical sciences, health, safety, and security;
- To facilitate dialogue on norms and values that could demonstrate that scientists share a similar sense of safe, secure, and ethical conduct, which in turn can facilitate collaboration; and
- To develop recommendations for international collaboration in the biological sciences.
Collaborative Grants
The project also supported small collaborative grants for regional participants and other appropriate international experts on topics relevant to the program goals and/or identified at the first meeting. See Collaborative Grants for more information (link)NOW CLOSED