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10 The Role of International Scientific Organizations--Michael Clegg
10 The Role of International Scientific Organizations--Michael Clegg
Pages 65-76
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Science is the world's most successful means of knowledge creation -- that is, of understanding the relationships that govern the material world. Science deals exclusively with arguments based on empirical evidence or on theories about the relationships between material objects.
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A fundamental goal of the international scientific organizations that are built on national science academies is to create a bridge between
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It is also a common practice for individual scientists to study in other countries and to attend international conferences aimed at widely disseminating new findings. Science progresses by debating the validity of new ideas and the empirical evidence that tests existing theories.
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. IAP also has several programs and initiatives that address major issues and are aimed at assisting member academies by providing useful materials for decision makers in various regions of the world.
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To quote from the IAC website:4 "The IAC produces reports on scientific, technological, and health issues related to the great global challenges of our time, providing knowledge and advice to national governments and international organizations." The IAC is modeled after the National Research Council of the U.S. National Academies in that it assembles expert panels from throughout the world to produce high quality, in-depth studies of major science policy issues.
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Because academies include the scientific leadership of a nation, they often have access to high-level decision makers and can communicate their advice effectively. Finally, academies are usually freestanding entities that are largely independent of government bureaucracies.
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Thus, for example, the regional networks will host workshops for academies on the policy recommendations of the IAC energy report to help local academies organize specific policy recommendations targeted to regional needs. This effort is still in formative stages, but the network concept has the potential to use trusted local science institutions to communicate policy solutions to national decision makers.
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They provide a mechanism for the international science community to interact with the United Nations (UN) organizations, primarily UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.
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The scientific community does not believe that nutritional treatment offers any solution to AIDS, and the South African Academy issued a report that basically arrives at those conclusions. This was aimed at influencing policymakers to approach the AIDS problems from a more informed perspective.
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We hope to use this workshop mechanism at a regional level to engage academy leaders region by region, because the complexity of the issues varies from one region to the next. So we can tailor the approaches and recommendations to local needs and engage academy leaders and decision makers in a way that makes the recommendation penetrate governments.
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Amster dam: InterAcademy Council. Available online at www.interacademycouncil.net/?
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