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Strengthening international science for the benefit of society
Annual Report2015
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
ICSU VISION AND MISSIONMESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTORMESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEEEVENTS IN 2015PLANNING, COORDINATING AND PROMOTING RESEARCH
Health and Wellbeing in the Changing Urban Environment • MeetingofUrbanHealthandWellbeingRegionalScienceCommittee • UrbanHealthPilotProjectSecuresFunding
Natural Hazards and Risk • 3rdMeetingofICSUROAPSteeringGrouponNaturalHazardsandRisk • 4thInternationalTsunamiFieldSymposium • 4thMeetingofICSUROAPSteeringGrouponNaturalHazardsandRisk • MeetingofPlanningGrouponPsychologicalInterventionAfterDisasters • 4thInternationalWorkshoponPsychologicalInterventionAfterDisasters
FUTURE EARTH IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC • DevelopmentofFutureEarthinAsiaandthePacific • SustainabilityInitiativeintheMarginalSeasofSouthandEastAsia(SIMSEA)
REGIONAL NETwORkING • ScienceCouncilofAsia15thAnnualConference • ScienceandTechnologyinSocietyForuminKualaLumpur • SAKURAExchangeProgrammeinScience • DiscussionwithMaxWeberFoundation
GOVERNANCE • 19thMeetingofRegionalCommittee • 20thMeetingofRegionalCommittee
ICSU IN THE ASIA AND THE PACIFIC • RegionalCommitteeforAsiaandthePacific • Secretariat
FINANCIAL SUMMARy
MEMbERSHIP OF ICSU • NationalMembers • ScientificUnions • InterdisciplinaryBodies • ScientificAssociates
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ICSUVISIONThelongtermICSUvisionisforaworldwherescienceisusedforthebenefitofall,excellenceinscienceisvaluedandscientificknowledgeiseffectivelylinkedtopolicy-making.Insuchaworld,universalandequitableaccesstohighqualityscientificdataandinformationisarealityandallcountrieshavethescientificcapacitytousetheseandtocontributetogeneratingthenewknowledgethatisnecessarytoestablishtheirowndevelopmentpathwaysinasustainablemanner.
ICSUMISSIONICSUmobilizesknowledgeandresourcesoftheinternationalsciencecommunityforthebenefitofsocietyandservesto:
• Identifyandaddressmajorissuesofimportancetoscienceandsociety•Facilitateinteractionamongstscientistsacrossalldisciplinesandfromallcountries•Promotetheparticipationofallscientistsintheinternationalscientificendeavour,regardlessofrace, citizenship,language,politicalstanceandgender•Provideindependent,authoritativeadvicetostimulateconstructivedialoguebetweenthescientific communityandgovernments,civilsocietyandtheprivatesector
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IthasbeenanotherexcitingandproductiveyearattheICSURegionalOfficeforAsiaand
thePacific(ROAP).ItsroleinthedevelopmentofFutureEarthcontinuestoflourishwiththeconsolidationofthedevelopmentphaseofitsnewprogramme-SustainabilityInitiativeintheMarginalSeasofSouthandEastAsia(SIMSEA).ThisisoneofROAP’smaincontributiontothegrowthofFutureEarthinAsia.Itservesasanexampleofhowregionalcollaborationintransdisciplinarysolutionsorientedresearchcanbeplannedanddeveloped.Inadditiontothis,twoofROAP’sRegionalCommitteemembers,SoottipornChittmittrapapandNordinHasan,wereinvitedtotheRegionalAdvisoryCommittee(RAC)ofFutureEarthinAsia.NordinwassubsequentlyselectedtoChairtheRAC.
TheworkofROAPonhazardsandriskledbytheSteeringGrouponNaturalHazardsandRisk(SGNHR)continuestoprogress.IntheyearunderconsiderationitwasinvolvedinresearchonhistoricalrecordsofhighenergyeventsintheGulfofThailand,co-organisedthe4thInternationalTsunamiFieldSymposium,inPhuket,Thailand,andconvenedasymposiumsessioninthe12thAnnualMeetingoftheAsiaOceaniaGeosciencesSocietyinSingapore.TheChairofSGNHRrepresentedROAPinseveralmeetingsatthegloballevelincludingtheScienceandTechnologyMajorGroupMeetingwhichpresentedaPlenaryStatementattheUN3rdWorld
ConferenceonDisasterRiskReductioninSendai,Japan.HealsorepresentedROAPintheIRDRScienceCommitteemeetinginStellenboschUniversity,SouthAfrica.
OneofthepilotprojectsdevelopedundertheguidanceoftheUrbanHealthandWellbeingprogrammeofROAPobtainedfundingforimplementation.ThisisalandmarkachievementspearheadedbytheResearchCenterforEnvironmentalChangesoftheAcademyofScienceslocatedinTaipei.TheprojectwillusethesystemsapproachtoresearchgreentransportationandurbanhealthinthefaceofclimatechangeinthecityofTaipei.Thispioneeringeffortwillengagewithninedifferentgroupsofresearchersandillustratethedevelopmentofpracticalapproachestointegrativeresearchanddecision-makingincomplexsystems.
ThecollaborationwiththeInternationalUnionofPsychologicalSciences(IUPsyS)oncapacitydevelopmentforresearchinpsychologicalinterventionafterdisastersenteredits4th yearin2015.The4thInternationalWorkshoponthesubjectwassuccessfullyheldinTaipei,hostedbytheCenterforSustainabilityScience,andtheResearchCenterforEnvironmentalChangesoftheAcademyofScienceslocatedinTaipei.Wethankallpartnerswhomadetheworkshoppossible,andthemostlyearlycareerscientistswhoattendedtheworkshop.
Inthescienceforpolicyarena,ROAPparticipatedinseveralnationalandregionalmeetings,themostsignificantofwhichwerethe3rdUNSecretary-GeneralScientificAdvisoryBoardMeeting,theInternationalSymposiumonTransnationalCooperationtowardsEnhancingOceanGovernance,onWorldOceanDay,andtheScience,TechnologyandSociety(STS)ForumASEAN-JapanWorkshopforInnovation, ScienceandTechnologyCooperation,allheldinKualaLumpur.
TheagreementbetweenICSUandtheGovernmentofMalaysiaonthehostingofROAPendsinSeptember2016.IwouldliketotakethisopportunitytothanktheMinistryofScience,TechnologyandInnovation,GovernmentofMalaysia,whichthroughitsagencytheAcademyofSciencesMalaysia(ASM)providedsolidsupporttoROAPsinceitsinceptionin2006.IhopethecollaborationbetweenICSUandtheGovernmentofMalaysiawillcontinuetogrowasanepitomeofwhatispossibleininternationalcollaborationinscienceforthebenefitofsociety.
MESSAGEFROMTHEDIRECTOR Mohd. Nordin Hasan
DirectorICSURegionalOfficeforAsiaandthePacific
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Let me begin by congratulating Director Nordin Hasan who was selected as Chair
by the recently formed eight-member Regional Advisory Committee (RAC) for Future Earth in Asia. Congratulations also to Professor Emeritus Dr. Soottiporn Chittmittrapap, a member of the ICSU Regional Committee for Asia and the Pacific (RCAP), who was also selected as one of the members of RAC. This committee is expected to evolve into a full Future Earth Regional Committee for Asia (RCAP) and become an effective advocate of Future Earth in the region.
2015 turned out to be a very good year for ICSU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (ROAP). ROAP successfully led the development of several pilot project proposals on the systems approach for urban health and wellbeing (UHWB). One of these, “Planning Green Transportation for Better Urban Health under Climate
Change” successfully bid for funds from the Ministry of Science and Technology in Taiwan an is currently an on-going research project at the Research Center for Environmental Changes of The Academy located in Taipei. The Steering Group on Natural Hazards and Risk (SGNHR) of ICSU ROAP was also successful in obtaining funds to support a two-year research project on coastal hazards in South-East Asia from Zayed University where the Chair, James Terry is based. Additional funds for the project was obtained from the National University of Singapore.
ICSU ROAP together with the International Centre of Excellence on Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR-ICoE), Taipei organized the 4th International Workshop on Psychological Intervention after Disasters (PIAD 2015) in November 2015. The series of workshops for capacity building is spearheaded by the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS) with support from ICSU and other partners. The training provided focuses on enhancing the science needed to better understanding the scientific basis of psychological interventions after disasters.
The Sustainability Initiative for the Marginal Seas of South and East Asia (SIMSEA), a flagship project of ROAP is now in its second
year of development. SIMSEA is seen as “an international alliance of physical, ecological and social scientists working together in collaboration with other stakeholders to generate policy and community-relevant knowledge towards sustainability of the marginal seas of South and East Asia”.
During the year ICSU ROAP was independently reviewed to assess its functioning and achievements over the past five years. Quoting from the executive summary of the review, “ICSU ROAP is viewed upon favourably and positively in the region, with all feedback from interviewees generally positive”. It has “exhibited very good adherence to the ICSU strategic plan and all initiatives undertaken have been consistent with the overall direction of the strategic plan”. On assessing the performance of ICSU ROAP over the past five years, the Review Panel’s report stated that “despite its limited financial and human resources, ICSU ROAP is extremely effective.” Thus the Panel’s recommendation is “to maintain the office with its current staff, as the work undertaken is exemplary. The strong network the office has fostered can only be a benefit to international science and the visibility of regional science”.
Let us commend ICSU ROAP for its excellent performance!
MESSAGEFROMTHECHAIROFTHEREGIONALCOMMITTEE Lourdes J. Cruz
ChairRegionalCommitteeforAsiaandthePacific
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DATE EVENT
19-27January 3rdInternationalWorkshoponFutureEarthinAsiaKyoto,JAPAN
10–11February 2ndSIMSEASteeringCommitteeMeetingKualaLumpur,MALAYSIA
24–25February 3rdMeetingofICSUROAPSteeringGrouponNaturalHazardsandRisk(SGNHR)KualaLumpur,MALAYSIA
6March 4thMeetingofICSUROAPScienceCommitteeonUrbanHealthandWellbeingKualaLumpur,MALAYSIA
9March 2ndSIMSEAJapanWorkshopTokyo,JAPAN
23–27March 4thInternationalTsunamiFieldSymposiumPhuket,THAILAND
15-23April The18thPacificAsianMarginalSeas(PAMS)meetingOsaka,JAPAN
23-24April 19thMeetingICSURegionalCommitteeforAsiaandthePacificKualaLumpur,MALAYSIA
27-30April 4thPIADPlanningGroupMeetingTaipei,TAIWAN
14-16May 15thScienceCouncilofAsia(SCA)ConferenceSiemReap,CAMBODIA
25-26May 3rdUNSecretary-GeneralScientificAdvisoryBoardMeetingKualaLumpur,MALAYSIA
27May UniversitiMalaysiaTerengganuNationalDialogueofNaturalResourcesandEnvironment2015KualaLumpur,MALAYSIA
8June WorldOceanDay-InternationalSymposiumonTransnationalCooperationTowardsEnhancingOceanGovernanceKualaLumpur,MALAYSIA
ICSU REGIONAL OFFICE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 2015 EVENTS REGISTER
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11June ASEAN-JapanWorkshopforInnovation,ScienceandTechnologyCooperationKualaLumpur,MALAYSIA
3August 4thMeetingofICSUROAPSteeringGrouponNaturalHazardsandRisk(SGNHR)SINGAPORE
3-4August 12thAnnualMeeting-AsiaOceaniaGeosciencesSociety(AOGS)2015SINGAPORE
6 August FutureEarthasGlobalKnowledgePlatformforHealthyandSustainableDevelopmentKualaLumpur,MALAYSIA
10-16 August 2ndChina-AssociationofSoutheastAsianNations(ASEAN)WorkshoponOceanScienceandTechnologyHangzhou,CHINA
5-8 October 3rdSIMSEASteeringCommitteeMeetingManila,PHILIPPINES
21-22 October 2ndInternationalSymposiumonCo-designforUrbanizationinChinaandAsia-PacificRegionXiamen,CHINA
26-28 October ICSUROAPReviewPanelsitevisitKualaLumpur,MALAYSIA
9-12 November 4thInternationalWorkshoponPsychologicalInterventionAfterDisasters(PIAD)Taipei,TAIWAN
16-19 November Officers,RegionalChairsandDirectorsMeetingParis,FRANCE
24-25 November 20thICSURegionalCommitteeMeetingChiangRai,THAILAND
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PLANNING, COORDINATING AND PROMOTING RESEARCH
HEALTH AND wELLbEING IN THE CHANGING URbAN ENVIRONMENT
SystemsapproachinresearchonurbanhealthandwellbeingintheAsiaandthePacificcontinuestobeactivelypromotedbyICSUROAP.Thisyearsawamilestoneachievementwhere scientistsfromtheResearchCenterforEnvironmentalChanges,AcademyofScienceslocatedinTaipei,securedfundingfromtheMinistryofScienceandTechnology,Taiwan,toundertakeapilotprojectdevelopedthroughtheICSUROAPsponsoredworkinitspriorityareaonurbanhealthandwellbeing.
Urban Health and wellbeing Regional Science Committee Meeting in kuala Lumpur
TheICSUROAPRegionalScienceCommitteeonUrbanHealthandWellbeingmetinKualaLumpuron6March2015toreviewtheprogressofitsworkonurbanhealthandwellbeing,andplanforthefuturedirectionoftheprogramme.Theprogrammehastwofinalregionalpilotprojectsthatarereadyforfunding-Planning Green Transportation for Better Urban Health under Climate Change fromChinese–Taipeiand The Threat of Urban Development in a Thai Farming
Community: A Systems Approach fromThailand.AthirdpilotprojectalsoonairpollutionandurbanhealthisbeingdevelopedforXiamencityinChina.DrFranzGatzweiler,ExecutiveDirectorofthenewlyestablishedICSUInternationalProgrammeOffice(IPO)onUrbanHealthandWell-BeingbasedattheInstituteforUrbanEnvironmentoftheChineseAcademyofSciencesinXiamen,attendedthemeetingasobserver.TheCommitteecontinuedtoassistthepilotprojectteamstosecurefundingfortheirresearch.Itwouldalsocontinuestrengtheningtheknowledgebaseandbuildingcapacitiesintheinterdisciplinaryandintegratedsystemsapproachtoresearchonhealthandwellbeing.ThemeetingwashostedbytheUnitedNationsUniversityInternationalInstituteforGlobalHealth(UNU–IIGH)locatedinKualaLumpur.
Scientists of Academy of Sciences located in Taipei Secured Funding for Green Transportation Project
ScientistsfromtheResearchCentreforEnvironmentalChanges,AcademyofScienceslocatedinTaipeiinitiatedworkentitled Planning Green Transportation for Better Urban Health under Climate Change. ThegrantobtainedfromMOST,willenableseveral
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teamsofresearchersfromtheCenterandelsewheretocollaborativelyusethesystemsapproachinresearchtobetterplanandmanageurbanhealthandwellbeinginTaipei.Thesystemsapproachinvolvesmultidisciplinarycollaborativeresearchamongscientistsfromseveraldisciplines.Inthispilotprojectitwillinvolveenvironmentalchemists,humanhealthspecialistsandtransportationscientists.TheICSU
ROAPpriorityareaonurbanhealthandwellbeingdevelopedascienceplanin2011thatoutlinedwhyweneedtomovetomoreholisticapproachestourbanhealthandwellbeingplanningandmanagement,andthetoolsavailabletodoso.Thepilotprojectwillshowhowtheuseofthesystemsapproachinurbanhealthresearchwillproducemoreholisticandcomprehensivesolutions.
Katrina Proust and Barry NewellareaffiliatedwiththeFennerSchoolofEnvironmentandSocietyattheAustralianNationalUniversityinCanberra,andwiththeUnitedNationsUniversityInternationalInstituteforGlobalHealth(UNU-IIGH)inKualaLumpur.Theirresearchisfocusedonthedevelopmentofpracticalapproachestointegrativeresearchanddecision-makingincomplexsystems.Inthisworktheyblendsystemdynamics,history,andcognitivelinguistics.Togethertheyaredevelopingapracticalsystem-analysisapproachcalledCollaborativeConceptualModelling(CCM).CCMhasbeenusedsuccessfullywithstudent,community,academic,industrial,andprofessionalgroupstopromoteeffectivecommunicationandtoimproveunderstandingofcomplex-systemcausation,particularlyintheurbanhealtharena.
ProustandNewellhaveworkedwithICSUROAPsince2010.TheycontributedtothedevelopmentoftheICSUROAPSciencePlanonHealthandWellbeingintheChangingUrbanEnvironment:ASystemsApproach(2011).Subsequently,ProustbecameamemberoftheICSUROAPSteeringCommitteeforresearchonurbanhealthandwellbeing,andNewellatechnicaladvisortothatCommittee.AspartoftheirworkwithICSUROAPtheyhavebeeninvolvedintheidentificationofpotentialpilotprojectsthatcoulddemonstratetheapproachoutlinedintheSciencePlan.AspartofthisendeavourtheyhaverunCCMworkshopstotrainmembersofpotentialprojectteamsinsystemapproaches.TheycontinuetoworkwithaprojectteaminTaipeithatobtainedsupportfromalocalfundingsourcefortheirstudyofgreentransportationandhealth.
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NATURAL HAzARDS AND RISk ICSU ROAP promotes the scientific study of naturalhazards and risk for the benefit of sustainability andhumanresilienceintheAsiaandthePacificregion.
3rd Meeting of ICSU ROAP Steering Group on Natural Hazards and Risk and Risk TheSteeringGrouponNaturalHazardsandRisk(SGNHR)ofICSUROAPmetinKualaLumpuron24and25February2015.TheGroupischairedbyJamesTerry,ProfessoratZayedUniversity.Dubai,UnitedArabEmirates(UAE).Ithas4othermembers,DrKruawun Jankaew(ChulalongkornUniversity),NigelSpear(SCOR Services Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd),ProfessorJamesGoff(UniversityofNewSouthWales)andProfessorJianxinZhang(InstituteofPsychology,
ChineseAcademyofScience).ProfessorEmeritusNordinHasantheDirectorofICSUROAPisan ex officio memberofthegroup.HighontheagendaofthemeetingweretheparticipationoftheSGNHRinthe4thInternationalTsunamiFieldSymposiumwhichwouldbeheldinMarch2015inThailand,andontherolethattheSteeringGroupwouldplayinthe3rd
UNWorldConferenceonDisasterRiskReductioninSendai,Japan,alsoinMarch2015.TheSteeringGroupdiscussedindetailstepsthatwouldbetakentoenhancetieswithcatastropheassessmentneedsoftheAsianre-insuranceindustry.TheSGNHRhasalsobeensuccessfulinsecuringfundingtosupportatwo-yearresearchprojectoncoastalhazardsinSouth-EastAsiafromZayedUniversitywheretheChairisbased.AdditionalfundsfromtheNationalUniversityofSingaporehavealsobeencommitted fortheprojectinitsfirstyear(2015).
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4th International Tsunami Field Symposium
TheDepartmentofGeology, FacultyofScience, ChulalongkornUniversity, Bangkokorganisedthe 4th InternationalTsunami Field Symposiumon23-27March2015inPhuketThailand.TheICSURegionalOfficeforAsiaandthePacific(ROAP)wasanorganisingpartnerofthe symposium.DrKruawunJankaew,amemberofROAPSteeringGrouponNaturalHazardsandRisk(SGHNR)wasoneoftheSymposiumOrganizingCommitteemembers.The symposium washeldoncein3to5yearstodisseminate thescienceof tsunamisandintegratescientificfindingswithdisastermitigation.Themajortopicsofthesymposiumincludedtopicsonscience,technologyanddisastermitigation.
4th Meeting of ICSU ROAP Steering Group on Natural Hazards and Risk and Risk
The Steering Group onNaturalHazardsandRisk(SGNHR)ofICSUROAPhelditsfourthmeetinginSingaporeon3August2015.ThisSteeringGroupwasestablishedtopromotethescientificstudyofnaturalhazardsandriskforsustainabilityandhumanresilienceintheregion.Themeetingwasheldinconjunctionwiththe12thAnnualConferenceoftheAsiaOceaniaGeosciencesSociety(AOGS).TheSGNHRacknowledgedthesupportofAOGSforthis4thmeetingbyprovidingthemeetingvenueandcomplementaryregistrations tothe12thAnnualConferencefor itsmembers.TheSGNHRalsoconvenedaSessionon“TheSpecialVulnerabilityofAsia-PacificIslands
Professor James Terry is the Chair of the ICSU ROAP Steering Group on Natural Hazards and Risk (SGNHR), which meets twice a year. He is currently based at Zayed University in Dubai, with earlier positions at the National University of Singapore and the University of the South Pacific (where he served as Head of the School of Geography). As a field-based geoscientist, Prof. Terry has 25 years of research experience in natural hazards; coastal & fluvial geomorphology; hydrology, water resources & land degradation.
In 2015, Steering Group meetings were held in Kuala Lumpur in February and Singapore in August. Achievements of SGNHR in 2015 include securing funding of approximately USD31000 from Zayed University for two research projects examining the risk of coastal hazards (storms and tsunamis) in the Gulf of Thailand and the South China Sea. In March, the Chair represented the Steering Group on the Science and Technology Major Group, which presented a Plenary Statement at the UN 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan. Also in March, Steering Group member Dr Kruawun Jankaew organized the 4th International Tsunami Field Symposium, which attracted over 100 leading international scientists to Phuket, Thailand. Steering Group member Prof. James Goff and The Chair help organise the 12th Annual Conference of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society in Singapore. This involved running the Interdisciplinary Geosciences Section of the conference, including several sessions on natural hazards themes. In November, The Chair participated in the IRDR programme Science Committee meeting in Stellenbosch University, South Africa, to represent the interests of ICSU ROAP and share progress on the Steering Group activities.
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toNaturalHazards”attheAOGSConferenceasthecontributionoftheSteeringGrouptotheconference.TheSGNHRmeetingdiscussedhowtoincreasetheGroup’sparticipationandvisibility,research,fundingpossibilitiesandgrantapplications,recruitmentofnewmembersintotheSteeringGroup,recentdevelopmentsintheinsurance/reinsuranceindustry,andtheprogresswithenhancingindustryties.ThemembersalsohadtheopportunitytoparticipateinAOGSconferenceandactivities.
PIAD 2015 Planning Group Meeting
Theplanninggroupofthe4thInternationalWorkshoponPsychologicalInterventionAfterDisastersmetinTaipeion28and29April2015toprepareplansfortheimplementationofthe2015workshop.ThemeetingwashostedbytheIntegratedResearchonDisasterRisk-InternationalCenterofExcellence(IRDR-ICoE),theAcademyofScienceslocatedinTaipei.PIADisanactivityledbytheInternationalUnionofPsychologicalSciences(IUPsyS).TheAcademyofScienceslocatedinTaipeiwasthemainsponsorandhostoftheworkshopin2015.Asinpreviousyears,theworkshoppresentedparticipantswiththemostrecentscientificandappliedscientificknowledgeand
evidencerelevantforpsychologicalinterventionafterdisasters;showtheopportunitiesandconstraintsofworkingwithparticulartargetgroups,suchaschildrenandadolescents;offerrelevantknowledgeprovision,suitableforeducationandtraininginacademicprogramsofpsychology;andhelpdeveloparegionalnetworktosupportcontinuanceinscientificknowledgedisseminationandtraininginmentalhealthsupportfollowingdisaster.
4th International workshop on Psychological Intervention After Disasters
The4thInternationalWorkshoponPsychologicalInterventionAfterDisasters(PIAD2015)washeldattheInternationalCentreofExcellenceonIntegratedResearchonDisasterRisk(IRDR-ICoE),Taipeifrom9-12November2015.TheworkshopisanannualactivityspearheadedbytheInternationalUnionofPsychologicalScience(IUPsyS)withsupportfromICSUanditspartnerssince2012.Thisyear,atotalof25participantsfromeightAsiancountriesattendedtheworkshop.FacultyfortheworkshopconsistedofscholarsfromAustralia,China,NewZealand,TaiwanandUSAwhoareleadersintheirfieldsofresearch.CorefundingfortheworkshopwasprovidedbyIRDR-
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ICoE-TaipeiwithadditionalsupportfromtheJacobsFoundationandtheChineseSocietyforPsychologicalScience.OrganizationoftheworkshopwasundertakenprimarilybytheICSURegionalOfficeforAsiaandthePacific(ICSUROAP)andIRDR-ICoE.OtherpartnersincludedtheCentreforAppliedDevelopmentalScienceoftheFriedrich-SchillerUniversity,Jena,andtheUnitedNationsUniversity-InternationalInstituteforGlobalHealth(UNU-IIGH).Theworkshopusedinternationalscientificandappliedexpertisetohelpresearchers,educatorsandpractitionersfromtheAsiaandthePacifictohaveabetterunderstandingof,andabilitytorespondtothementalhealthconsequencesofdisastersintheregion,basedonrecentscientificevidenceonfactorsinfluencingthe
shortandlong-termpsychosocialreactions.Thefocuswasoneventsthathaveatremendousnegativeimpactonlargesectionsofthepopulationintheaffectedarea,suchasnaturalcatastrophes,warfareorpandemics.Theworkshopalsosetouttoaddressparticulargroupsthathavebeenrelativelyoverlookedinthisregard,namely,childrenandadolescents.Inadditiontofocusingonthescienceneededtoenhancetherelevanceofpsychologicalinterventions,theworkshopalsosoughttoincreasethecapacityforsustainedtheoreticalandappliedresearchinPIADintheAsiaandthePacific.Plenarypresentationsbyfacultyduringtheworkshopareavailableforviewingathttps://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Presentation+IUPsyS
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FUTURE EARTH IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
ICSUROAPcontinuedtocontributetothedevelopmentofFutureEarthintheregionbyitsinvolvementinthemanystrategicFutureEarthregionalprogrammesandactivities.
International Symposium on Co-design for Urbanization in China and Asia-Pacific Region
Thisfour-dayInternationalSymposiumonCo-designforUrbanizationinChinaandtheAsia-PacificRegionwasheldinXiamen,China,from20-23October
2015.ThesymposiumwasconvenedbytheChineseAssociationforScienceandTechnology(CAST)anditspartnerstoexplorewaysofmeetingtheurbanchallengeinFutureEarth,thenewplatformforinternationalresearchonglobalsustainability.Inhispresentation,MarkStafford-SmiththeChairoftheScienceCommitteeofFutureEarthoutlinedhowFutureEarthisdevelopinggloballyandregionallyandhowurbanizationcanbeusedasacasetodevelopamorenimbleglobalresearchandinnovationagendaunderFutureEarth.SustainableurbanizationisoneoftheeightgoalsofthesocietalchallengesinthevisionofFutureEarth.ItisalsoakeyintheUNsponsoredSustainableDevelopmentGoals(SDGs),theunifiedvisionforallnationstoadoptinordertoeradicatepovertyanddevelopwithinplanetaryboundaries.ICSUROAPwasrepresentedbyitsDirector,ProfessorEmeritusMohdNordinHasanatthesymposium.ProfessorJavedIqbal,amemberoftheRegionalCommitteeforAsiaandthePacific(RCAP)wasoneofthespeakersattheSymposium.
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Regional Advisory Committee for Future Earth in Asia
TheRegionalAdvisoryCommittee(RAC)forFutureEarthinAsiawaslaunchedbytheCentre(hostedbyResearchInstituteforHumanityandNature)inNovember.ItsaimistoacceleratethedevelopmentoftheFutureEarthinAsia.InitiallytheRACconsistedofeightmembersselectedthroughaninternationalcallforrecommendations.ProfessorEmeritusMohdNordinHasan,theDirectoroftheInternationalCouncilforScienceRegionalOfficeforAsiaandthePacific(ROAP),wasselectedastheRACChair.ProfessorEmeritusDrSoottipornChittmittrapap,amemberoftheICSURegionalCommitteeforAsiaandthePacific(RCAP)wasalsoselectedasoneoftheRACmembers.TheRACisexpectedtoevolveintoafullRegionalCommitteeforAsia,whoseroleistobeaneffectiveadvocateforFutureEarthintheregionandtobeaneffectiveadvocateforregionalinterestsintheglobalFutureEarthplatform.
Sustainable Initiative for Marginal Seas in South and East Asia (SIMSEA)
SIMSEA,aflagshipprogrammeofICSUROAPonFutureEarthinAsiaisnowinitssecondyearofdevelopment.ItsProgrammeOfficeattheUniversityofthePhilippines,LosBanosiscurrentlyfunctionalandaProgrammeExecutiveandProgrammeAssistantwereappointedinMay2015.
ProfessorToshioYamagatacontinuedhisstrongsupportforthedevelopmentofSIMSEA.TheMarineCrisisWatchProgramme(MCW)recentlyestablishedbyOceanPolicyResearchInstitute(OPRI)oftheSasakawaPeaceFoundation(SPF)willbestrategicallylinkedtotheworkatSIMSEA. SIMSEAandMCW willfocusonresearchonstressorsthatendangersustainabilityinthemarginalseasofAsiaandthePacific,includingoceanwarmingandacidification,andpolicymechanismsfortheenhancementoftrustandstabilityintheregion.ThegroupwillalsoinvestincapacitydevelopmentactivitiestoenhancetheabilityofcountriesintheregiontomonitorandevaluatelikelyfuturescenariosofsustainabilityinthemarginalseasofAsiaandthePacific.
Participantsatthe2ndSIMSEAJapanWorkshopheldattheUniversityofTokyoinMarch2015
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Dr. Annadel Salvio Cabanban is the Programme Executive of the Sustainability Initiative in the Marginal Seas of South and East Asia (SIMSEA), a regional research programme developed by ICSU ROAP. Annadel was an academic in Malaysia and the Philippines and has experience as a consultant in regional projects of the Asian Development Bank, United Nations Environment Programme, United Nations Development
Programme, Conservation International-Philippines, World Wide Fund for Nature-Malaysia, and the Global Environment Facility Evaluation Office, World Bank. She was part of the team that developed the Marine Laboratory at Silliman University, and the Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah. She was also involved in the development of the Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion Programme of WWF-Malaysia.
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ThesecondmeetingofSIMSEASteeringCommitteewasconvenedinKualaLumpurinFebruary2015.AtthecentreofdiscussionwasthefindingsoftheSIMSEAresearchprioritizationworkshopheldinManila inNovember2014.Themeetingrecognisedtheneedtoenhancetheco-designofsolutionsorientedresearchonsustainabilityinthemarginalseasofSouthandEastAsiaandtoengagewithandinvolvelargernumbersofresearchersfromthesocialsciences,especiallyinthedesignandconductofresearchontransformationstowardssustainability.TheCommitteerecognisedthatthemarginalseasofAsiawillcomeundermoreseverepressureastheregionfurtherdevelops.Itisoptimisticthatwithgreaterknowledgeandunderstandingfromintegratedmultidisciplinaryresearch,developmentintheregionandthatoftheworldasawhole,canstaywithinplanetaryboundaries.
TheSecondSIMSEAJapanWorkshopwasheldattheUniversityofTokyoinMarch2015.ItwasconvenedbyProfessorsToshioYamagataof ApplicationLaboratory,
JapanAgencyofMarine-EarthScienceandTechnology(JAMSTEC),andMitsuoUematsuofCenterforInternationalCollaboration, AtmosphereandOceanResearchInstitute(AORI)oftheUniversityofTokyo.ThisSecondSIMSEAJapanworkshopbroughtleadresearchersfromJapan tofurtherdevelopinitialideasraisedduringthefirstworkshopheldinAORIinOctober2014onhowresearchersinJapancanengageanddevelopconcreteresearchquestionsalongthelinesoftheprioritiesidentifiedinpreviousSIMSEAworkshops.
SIMSEAwasrepresentedattheSecondChina–AssociationofSoutheastAsianNations(ASEAN)WorkshoponOceanScienceandTechnologybyitsProgrammeDirectorDrAnnadelCabanban.TheworkshoptookplacefromAugust10–16,2015inHangzhou,China.Itwasco-organizedandco-hostedbyZhejiangUniversityandtheSecondInstituteofOceanography(SOA)ofChina.ThethemeoftheworkshopwasScienceandTechnologyforaBlueEconomyandHealthyOceans.
ParticipantsofFutureEarthAsianPerspectiveonAirPollutioninTaipei
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TheSIMSEASteeringCommitteemetforthethirdtimeinManilainOctober2015.ThemeetingwashostedbytheSIMSEAProgrammeOfficelocatedattheMarineScienceInstitute,UniversityofthePhilippines,Diliman.ThemeetingnotedtheprogressmadesinceSIMSEA’s
initiationinJuly2014,reviewedplanstopromoteSIMSEAanddecidedonpossiblewaystoenhancetheparticipationofresearchersintheprogramme.TheSteeringCommitteealsoinitiatedplansforaregionalsymposiuminSeptember2016.
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15th Annual Conference of Science Council of Asia
TheScienceCouncilofAsiaheldits15th AnnualConferenceattheAngkorParadiseHotelinSeamReap,Cambodiaon15and16May2015.TheConference,organisedbytheMinistryofYouthandSports(MOEYS),ScienceCouncilofAsia(SCA)andtheRoyalAcademyofCambodia(RAC)washostedbytheInstituteofTechnology ofCambodia(ITC).Itwasco-sponsoredbytheMinistryofCultureandFineArtsofCambodia,ScienceCouncilofJapan(SCJ),andtheArchitecturalInstituteofJapan(AIJ).TheConferencebroughttogetherscientists,decisionmakersandrepresentativesfromstateagencies, expertsoninnovationfromuniversities,researchanddevelopmentcentres, technologytransfercentres,start-upcentres,andpractitioners(SMEs,businessincubatorsandbusinesssupportorganizations),todiscussandexchangeknowledgeandinformationonthethemeofthisyear’sConference,“ScienceandTechnologyContributionstoCulture”.Otherthanfourkeynotepapers,atotalof60scientificpaperswerepresentedduringthetwodaysoftheConference.
Science and Technology in Society (STS) Forum in kuala Lumpur
TheScienceandTechnologyinSocietyforum(STS)heldtheASEAN-JapanWorkshopforInnovation,ScienceandTechnologyCooperationinKualaLumpurMalaysiaon11June2015.ThiswasonlythesecondtimetheforumhasorganizedameetingoutsideJapan.ThefirstwasinSingaporelastyear.STSforaareannualeventsheldinKyoto,inthemonth
ofOctober.Itprovidesamechanismforhigh-levelopendiscussiontobuildconsensusandnetworkstoresolveissuesarisingfromtheuseandapplicationofscienceandtechnologyaroundtheworld.TheforuminKualaLumpurwasofficiatedbytheDeputyMinisterofScience,TechnologyandInnovationofMalaysia,DatukDrAbuBakarMdDiah.Theforumwasdividedintotwoworkshopsessionsthatconsistedofplenarypresentationsandgroupdiscussions.ThefirstworkshopsessiondiscussedwhatwasrequiredforaninnovativeAsiaandhowcooperationbetweenASEANandJapancanfacilitatefurtherdevelopmentofinnovationintheregion.Thesecondsessionexaminedhowyouthandwomencanbefurtherempoweredthroughinnovation,scienceandtechnology.
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Visit by Max weber Foundation
ICSUROAPreceivedFranzWaldenbergerandJoachimRohroftheDeutschesInstitutfurJapanstudien(DIJ)MaxWeberFoundationfordiscussionsatROAPandattheUniversitiKebangsaanMalaysiaInstituteofEthnicStudies(KITA).ThepurposeofthevisitwastoexplorepossibilitiesforfutureresearchcollaborationintheareaofsocialsciencesandhumanitieswitharegionalfocusonSouthEastAsia.TheMaxWeberFoundationcurrentlysponsors10researchinstitutesgloballyincludingtheDIJinTokyo.PlanswereafoottoexpandintootherregionssuchasSouthEastAsiabyestablishingresearchgroupsortransnationalresearchcentres.AtROAPthevisitorswerebriefedabouttheworkofICSUandtheFutureEarthprogramme.AtKITA,theDirectoroftheInstitutegaveawarmandcomprehensiveaccountoftheInstitute’srolesandfunctions,anditscurrentandfutureresearch.Allpartiesinvolvedactivelyengagedinin-depthdiscussionofthe researchlandscapeinsocialsciencesandhumanitiesinMalaysiaandAsia,thenationalandregionalresearchsystems,andthemajorinternationalnetworkswithwhichKITAinteracts. ICSUROAPlooksforwardtofurtherdiscourseandthedevelopmentofpotentialcollaborativeinitiativeswiththeFoundationinthenearfuture.
Sakura Exchange Programme in Science
TheJapan-AsiaYouthExchangePrograminScience(betterknownastheSAKURAExchangePrograminScience)successfullyhostedthevisittoJapanof10youngscientistsfromfivecountriesinAsia(China,Malaysia,ChineseTaipei,ThePhilippines,andVietnam).TheprogramwasaimedatenhancingscientificexchangebetweenAsiaandJapanamongyouthswhowillhaveamorecentralroleinthefutureofscienceandtechnologyintheirowncountries.TheexchangewascoordinatedbytheResearchInstituteforNatureandHumanity(RIHN)aJapanScienceandTechnologyAgency(JST)institutebasedinKyoto.Thethemeofthisyear’sprogrammewas“TransformationstowardSustainability:VoicesofEarly-CareerAsianScholars”.Participantshadtomakeapresentationoftheirworkandexperienceofthetopic.TheyvisitedtheInternationalDigitalEarthAppliedScienceResearchCenter(IDEAS)atChubuUniversitynearNagoya,andparticipatedinadialogueon“IssuesFacingRuralJapan:LocalEco-brandingCOOLVEGE&Micro-hydroInstallation”,followinganexcursiontofarmsitesinKameokainNorthernKyoto.ICSUROAPisa“sendingorganization”totheProgramme.
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19th Meeting of ICSU RCAP
TheICSURegionalCommitteeforAsiaandthePacific(RCAP)heldits19thmeetinginKualaLumpuron23and24April2015.ThenewICSUExecutiveDirectorDrHeideHackmannwhoisanexofficiomemberoftheRCAPattendedthemeeting.ProfessorLourdesCruzofthePhilippineschairedthemeetingoftheCommitteeforthefirsttimesinceelectionasChairaftertheendoftheperiodofappointmentoftheformerchair,DrHongkumLeeofSouthKorea.TheRCAPwelcomeditstwonewmembers–DrAswatiniRaharto,ChairoftheDivisionforSocialSciencesandHumanities,IndonesianInstituteofSciences(IPSK-LIPI)andProfessorJung–HyeRoe,ProfessorattheSchoolofBiologicalSciences,SeoulNationalUniversity.DrHeideHackmannpresentedtothemeetingthechallengesandopportunitiesfacingICSUinthetransitiontosustainability,andthemembersofRCAPweremostappreciativeoftheopportunitytointeractwithher.
20th Meeting of ICSU RCAP
The20thmeetingoftheICSURegionalCommitteeforAsiaandthePacific(RCAP)washeldon24and25NovemberinChiangRai,Thailand.ItwashostedbytheNationalResearchCouncilofThailand(NRCT),
whoseimmediatepastSecretaryGeneral,ProfessorSoottipornChittmittrapapisamemberofRCAP.TheCommitteediscussedprogressofworkinitsfourpriorityareasviz.hazardsanddisasters,urbanhealthandwellbeing,ecosystems,andsustainableenergy.AlsodiscussedwererecentdevelopmentsinFutureEarth,thenewinternationalplatformforresearchonglobalsustainability.Aspartofitsprogrammetointeractwithscientistsinthelocalarea,theRCAPmembersmadeavisittotheMaeFahLuangUniversityinChiangRaiontheseconddayofthemeeting.TwoRCAPmembers,ProfessorsToshioYamagataandJung-HyeRoegavelecturesonrecentadvancesinscienceforstaffandstudentsoftheuniversity ataseminarorganisedbytheuniversity.PriortothestartoftheseminarthePresidentoftheUniversityDrVanchaiSirichanagaveawarmwelcometoallmembersofRCAPandintroducedtheuniversitywhichwasestablishedin1998toallpresent.
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REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Lourdes J. Cruz (Chair – 2015-2017)Member&ImmediatePast-President,NationalResearchCouncilofthePhilippinesDepartmentofScience&TechnologyGeneralSantosAvenueTaguigCity1631PHILIPPINES
Soottiporn Chittmittrapap (2014-2016)Secretary-General,196PhaholyothinRoad,Chatuchak,Bangkok10900THAILAND
b.V.R. Chowdari (2015-2017)SeniorExecutiveDirectorPresident’sOfficeProfessorSchoolofMaterialsScience&EngineeringNanyangTechnologicalUniversity50NanyangAvenueSINGAPORE639798
Togtokh Chuluun (2015-2017)DirectorInstituteforSustainableDevelopmentNationalUniversityofMongoliaIkhSurguuliingudamj-1,P.O.Box-46A/523210646UlaanbaatarMONGOLIA
Prof Javed Iqbal (2014-2016)FounderandChairmanCosmicTherapeutics48,VillaGreens,GandipetHyderabad500075INDIA
Toshio yamagata (2014-2016)DirectorApplicationLaboratoryJapanAgencyforMarine-EarthScienceandTechnology(JAMSTEC)3173-25,Showa-machi,Kanazawa-ku,YokohamaKanagawa,236-0001JAPAN
Jianxin zhang (2014-2016)ProfessorofPsychologyInstituteofPsychology#A4,DaTunRoad,BeiShaTan,ChaoYangDistrictBeijing100101CHINA
Aswatini Raharto (2015-2017)SasanaWidyaSarwono3rdFloorJl.Jend.GatotSubrotoNo.10JakartaINDONESIA
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ExOfficioMohd Nordin Hasan ICSURegionalOfficeforAsia&Pacific902-4,JalanTunIsmail,KualaLumpurMALAYSIA
Sukiman Sarmani (ASMRepresentative)SchoolofChemicalSciences&FoodTechnologyFacultyofSciences&TechnologyUniversitiKebangasaanMalaysia43600Bangi,SelangorMALAYSIA
kazuyuki Tatsumi(ICSUExecutiveBoardLiason)PastPresident,IUPACGraduateSchoolofScienceResearchCentreforMaterialsScience&DepartmentofChemistryFuro-cho,Chikusa-ku,NagoyaJAPAN
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SECRETARIATDirectorMohdNordinHasanFASc([email protected])
Senior Science OfficerTengkuSharizadTengkuDahlan([email protected])
Senior Administrative OfficerMohdHizamddinJaafar([email protected])
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INCOME MyR EUR
Annual Grants
Malaysian Government 826,000.00 175,744.68ICSU – PARIS 299,869.50 63,802.02
Sub Total 1,125,869.50 239,546.70
Other IncomeBalance b/f 2014 920,694.03 195,892.34
Earmarked funds
PIAD – Received from Paris @ USD50,000 175,850.00 37,414.89
PIAD – Received from Paris @ USD13,000 56,849.00 12,095.53
PIAD – Received from Silberaisen @ USD15,000 72,385.50 15,401.17Sub Total 1,225,778.53 260,803.93
TOTAL INCOME 2,351,648.03 500,350.63
EXPENDITURE MyR EUR
Emolument 595,065.52 126,609.68Communication & Utilities 19,699.24 4,191.32Supplies/other materials 12,500.00 2,659.57Maintenance/repairs 12,391.12 2,636.40
Services 2,855.13 607.47Meetings/Consultations & Activities expenditure 1,048,880.85 223,166.13
Total Expenditure 1,691,391.86 359,870.57
bALANCE C/F TO 2016
EUR1.00:RM4.70
660,256.17 140,480.06
FINANCIAL SUMMARy JANUARy - DECEMbER 2015
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NATIONAL MEMbERSICSU’s National Members provide input, from a national, multidisciplinary perspective, on priority areas for future ICSU activities. They also play an important role in facilitating links with national governments and science agencies. The majority of ICSU National Members are scientific academies, although some are national funding agencies or other nationally representative science bodies.
• Albania, Academy of Sciences• Angola, Foundation of Science and Development• Argentina, National Scientific and Technological
Research Council (CONICET)• Armenia, National Academy of Sciences of the
Republic of Armenia• Australia, Australian Academy of Science• Austria, Die Osterreichische Akademie der
Wissenschaften• Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan National Academy of
Sciences**• Bangladesh, Bangladesh Academy of Sciences• Belarus, National Academy of Sciences (NASB)• Belgium, Royal Academies for Science and the
Arts of Belgium (RASAB)• Bolivia, Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Bolivia
(ANCB)**• Bosnia & Herzegovina: ANUBiH, Academy of
Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina• Bosnia & Herzegovina: ANURS, Academy of
Sciences and Arts of the Republic of Srpska• Botswana, Ministry of Infrastructure Science and
Technology**• Brazil, Academia Brasileira de Ciências (ABC)• Bulgaria, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS)• Burkina Faso, Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique et Technologique**• Cameroon, Cameroon Academy of Sciences
• Canada, National Research Council of Canada• Caribbean, Caribbean Academy of Sciences (CAS)*• Chile, Academia Chilena de Ciencias• China: CAST, China Association for Science and
Technology (CAST)• China: Taipei, Academy of Sciences located in
Taipei• Colombia, Academia Colombiana de Ciencias
Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales• Costa Rica, Academia Nacional de Ciencias• Cuba, Academia de Ciencias de Cuba• Czech Republic, Czech Academy of Sciences• Côte d’Ivoire, Académie des Sciences, des Arts,
des Cultures d’Afrique et des Diasporas Africaines (ASCAD)**
• Denmark, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
• Dominican Republic, Academy of Sciences of the Dominican Republic
• Egypt, Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT)
• El Salvador, Viceministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología de El Salvador
• Estonia, Estonian Academy of Sciences• Ethiopia, Ethiopian Science and Technology
Agency**• Finland, Council of Finnish Academies• France, Académie des Sciences
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• Georgia, Georgian Academy of Sciences*• Germany, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
(DFG)• Ghana, Ghana Academy of Arts & Sciences**• Greece, Academy of Athens• Guatemala, Academia de Ciencias Médicas
Fisicas y Naturales de Guatemala*• Hungary, Hungarian Academy of Sciences• India, Indian National Science Academy• Indonesia, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)• Iran Islamic Republic of, University of Tehran• Iraq, Ministry of Science and Technology• Ireland, Royal Irish Academy• Israel, Israel Academy of Sciences and
Humanities• Italy, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche• Jamaica, Scientific Research Council• Japan, Science Council of Japan• Jordan, Royal Scientific Society*• Kazakhstan, National Academy of Sciences of the
Republic of Kazakhstan*• Kenya, Kenya National Academy of Sciences• Korea Democratic People’s Republic of, State
Academy of Sciences• Korea Republic of, National Academy of Sciences
of the Republic of Korea• Lao PDR, Lao National Science Council**• Latvia, Latvian Academy of Sciences• Lebanon, National Council for Scientific Research• Lesotho, Department of Science and Technology• Lithuania, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences• Luxembourg, Fonds National de la Recherche• Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Rep. Of, Macedonian
Academy of Sciences and Arts• Madagascar, Ministère de l’Enseignement
Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique*• Malawi, National Comission for Science and
Technology• Malaysia, Academy of Sciences Malaysia• Mauritius, Mauritius Research Council• Mexico, Academia Mexicana de Ciencias
• Moldova, Academy of Sciences of Moldova• Monaco, Principauté de, Centre Scientifique de
Monaco• Mongolia, Mongolian Academy of Sciences• Montenegro, Montenegrin Academy of Sciences
and Arts• Morocco, Hassan II Academy for Science and
Technology• Mozambique, Scientific Research Association of
Mozambique (AICIMO)**• Namibia, Ministry of Education: Directorate of
Research, Science and Technology• Nepal, Nepal Academy of Science and Technology
(NAST)• Netherlands, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie
van Wetenschappen• New Zealand, Royal Society of New Zealand• Nigeria, Nigerian Academy of Science• Norway, Norwegian Academy of Sciences and
Letters• Pakistan, Pakistan Association for the
Advancement of Science• Panama, Universidad de Panama• Peru, Academia Nacional de Ciencias• Philippines, National Research Council• Poland, Polish Academy of Sciences• Portugal, Academia das Ciencias de Lisboa• Romania, Academia Româna• Russian Federation, Russian Academy of
Sciences• Rwanda, Kigali Institute of Science and
Technology (KIST), Rwanda**• Saudi Arabia Kingdom of, King Abdulaziz City for
Science and Technology (KACST)• Senegal, Association des Chercheurs
Sénégalais**• Serbia, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts• Seychelles, Seychelles Centre for Marine
Research and Technology• Singapore, Singapore National Academy of
Science
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• Slovak Republic, Slovak Academy of Sciences• Slovenia, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and
Arts*• South Africa, National Research Foundation
(NRF)• South Pacific, University of the South Pacific• Spain, Ministerio de Ciencia y Innovacion• Sri Lanka, National Science Foundation• Sudan Republic of, National Centre for
Research**• Swaziland, National Research Council**• Sweden, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences• Switzerland, Swiss Academy of Sciences• Tajikistan, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of
Tajikistan**• Tanzania, Tanzania Commission for S&T• Thailand, National Research Council of Thailand• Togo, Chancellerie des Universités du Togo• Tunisia, Université Tunis El Manar*• Turkey, Scientific and Technical Research Council
of Turkey**• Uganda, Uganda National Council for Science and
Technology (UNCST)• Ukraine, National Academy of Sciences• United Kingdom, Royal Society• United States, National Academy of Sciences• Uruguay, Comisión Consejo Nacional de
Innovacion Ciencia y Tecnologia (CONICYT)• Uzbekistan Republic of, Uzbekistan Academy of
Sciences**• Vatican City State, Pontificia Academia
Scientiarum**• Venezuela, Fondo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología
e Innovación**• Vietnam, Vietnam Union of Science and
Technology Associations**• Zambia, Zambia Academy of Sciences**• Zimbabwe, Research Council of Zimbabwe
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• AU, International Astronomical Union
• IBRO, International Brain Research Organization
• ICA, International Cartographic Association
• IGU, International Geographical Union
• IMU, International Mathematical Union
• INQUA, INternational Union for QUAternary
Research
• ISA, International Sociological Association
• ISPRS, International Society for Photogrammetry
and Remote Sensing
• IUAES, International Union of Anthropological and
Ethnological Sciences
• IUBS, International Union of Biological Sciences
• IUCr, International Union of Crystallography
• IUFRO, International Union of Forest Research
Organizations
• IUFoST, International Union of Food Science and
Technology
• IUGG, International Union of Geodesy and
Geophysics
• IUGS, International Union of Geological Sciences
• IUHPST, The International Union for History and
Philosophy of Science and Technology
• IUIS, International Union of Immunological
Societies
• IUMRS, International Union of Materials Research
Societies
• IUMS, International Union of Microbiological
Societies
• IUNS, International Union of Nutritional Sciences
• IUPAB, International Union for Pure and Applied
Biophysics
• IUPAC, International Union of Pure and Applied
Chemistry
• IUPAP, International Union of Pure and Applied
Physics
• IUPESM, International Union for Physical and
Engineering Sciences in Medicine
• IUPHAR, International Union of Basic and Clinical
Pharmacology
• IUPS, International Union of Physiological
Sciences
• IUPsyS, International Union of Psychological
Science
• IUSS, International Union of Soil Sciences
• IUTAM, International Union of Theoretical and
Applied Mechanics
• IUTOX, International Union of Toxicology
• URSI, Union Radio Scientifique Internationale
SCIENTIFIC UNIONSThe 31 international Scientific Union Members provide the disciplinary backbone of ICSU. They play a central role in bringing together scientists from all parts of the world to consider the issues of particular interest to individual disciplines.
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THEMATIC BODIES
• COSPAR Committee on Space Research • IRDR Integrated Research on Disaster Risk • PECS Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society • SCAR Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research • SCOR Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research• SCOSTEP Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics • HEALTH AND WELLBEING IN THE CHANGING URBAN ENVIRONMENT
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE PROGRAMMES
• DIVERSITAS An International Programme of Biodiversity Science • FUTURE EARTH• IGBP International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme• IHDP International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change • WCRP World Climate Research Programme
MONITORING/OBSERVATION BODIES
• GCOS Global Climate Observing System • GOOS Global Ocean Observing System • GTOS Global Terrestrial Observing System
DATA AND INFORMATION BODIES
• CODATA Committee on Data for Science and Technology • INASP International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications• IUCAF Scientific Committee on Frequency Allocations for Radio Astronomy and Space Science • WDS World Data System
INTERDISCIPLINARy bODIESThe Interdisciplinary Bodies bring together different scientific disciplines to address scientific issues of international relevance that are of interests to ICSU Members. Some of these bodies are co-sponsored with other organisations.
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• 4S, Society for Social Studies of Science• AAS, African Academy of Sciences• AASSA, Association of Academies and Societies of Sciences in Asia• CIE, Commission Internationale de l’Eclairage• FIG, Federation Internationale des Geometres• IAHR, International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research• IASC, International Arctic Science Committee• ICA, International Commission for Acoustics• ICIAM, International Council for Industrial and Applied Mathematics• ICLAS, International Council for Laboratory Animal Science• ICO, International Commission for Optics• ICSTI, International Council for Scientific and Technical Information• IFIP, International Federation for Information Processing• IFLA, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions• IFS, International Foundation for Science• IFSM, International Federation of Societies for Microscopy• IIASA, International Institute for Applied System Analysis• IUVSTA, International Union for Vacuum Science, Technique and Applications• IWA, International Water Association• PSA, Pacific Science Association• SCA, Science Council of Asia• TWAS, The World Academy of Sciences• UIS, Union Internationale de Spéléologie
SCIENTIFIC ASSOCIATESScientific Associates support the objectives of ICSU and uphold the principle of the Universality of Science. Scientific Associates must have been in existence for at least six years and do not have voting rights.
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