How can we develop an international strategy for international collaboration in science, technology and innovation to meet global challenges?
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I refer to the Paris workshop on science diplomacy in February this year and the follow up to the OECD-project on the governance
of international STI-collaboration for global challenges (STIG).
As many of you will know, we have set up this blog for
dissemination of information on this topic. I have added two blog posts on the
seminar here and here.
Now is the time to discuss future efforts in this area.
I would like to share with you the notes Klaus Matthes,the Science Adviser to the German embassy in Paris, made from the workshop. Not only do these notes included important
points made during the presentations and the following discussions. They also
includes general observation as regards the needs for future action in this
field.
Klaus Matthes makes the following observation:
“Considering that science diplomacy is still a vague and
nebulous policy term - especially concerning the relevant activities of the German
and French government - we believe, that it might be helpful, if science itself
takes it up as a research project with the goal to make concrete proposals what
governments could or should undertake. My idea - according to our STIG-approach
- is to ask competent scientists in interested countries to work on this in an
open network, supported by OECD-CSTP or by ICSU.”
His proposal addresses two important pressing needs identified by the STIG-project: The need to identify urgent challenges requiring an STI response, and finding ways to make this urgency felt in the
global public arena.
My question to you is this: Do you think this is the
right way of addressing these problems? Do you have other suggestions as
regards future action in this area?
I suggest you add comments and proposals as comments to
this blog post. (Click on "comments" below!).
Best regards,
Per Koch
Former Chair of the OECD STIG
