The GYA Science Diplomacy in the Americas working group started work as an Incubator in July 2021, and was promoted to GYA working group in July 2022.
It starts from the insight that in terms of scientific and economic development, America is a diverse continent. There exist many Americas, and therefore the name of this incubator (using “the Americas” in the plural) marks these differences for the need of connection between North, Central and South America, the Caribbean, Commonwealth countries, Amazonian countries, and the Southern cone.
Current science diplomacy efforts in the Americas tend to target specific regions separately (e.g., U.S. to the world, or only between Latin American and Caribbean – LAC countries) and do not primarily aim to integrate all the Americas. The lack of knowledge about the status of science in some LAC countries further aggravates the disconnection between different regions of the continent.
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for science diplomacy and the level of unpreparedness of countries to incorporate science in diplomacy. This momentum for science diplomacy should be harnessed, and openness to novel partnerships be promoted now, specially those from South to North. This incubator activities align with UN SDG 17 – Partnerships for the goals.
Please note that there also exists a GYA working group on Science Diplomacy in South Asia, which has been active since January 2018.
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The group will start by working to develop relevant partnerships in the region, and to gain an understanding of current science diplomacy initiatives in the region. Activities may result in (online) meetings and workshops, and publications on the topic, as well as a social media campaign to promote openness to partnerships between the Americas.
Ongoing Projects
Survey on the landscape of science diplomacy in the continent
Preparation of a manuscript on gaps in science diplomacy in the continent, including an ECR perspective
Meetings with diplomatic representatives based in American countries
Participation in LAC regional networking meeting in Leticia, Colombia, with a session on Science Diplomacy
Communication with stakeholders, to introduce the GYA and the group to regional UNESCO offices and embassies in group members’ countries
Submission of a proposal to the 2023 Latin America and the Caribbean Open Science Forum (CILAC) in Mexico, jointly with the GloSYS LAC GYA group
In September, group co-lead Paulina Carmona-Mora (University of California-Davis, USA) attended the Global Conference for Diaspora Networks in Science. She arranged a session and gave a talk on “Connecting young scientific diasporas through academies”, where she shared insights about the work of the GYA. The conference was organized by the Society for the Advancement of Science in the Arab World (SASTA). Watch the full session here.
In June, group co-lead Paulina Carmona-Mora attended the IX Summit of the Americas as social actor at the Civil Society Forum & Dialogue between Civil Society, Social Actors and High-Level Government Representatives. The event, hosted by the US Government in Los Angeles is the main gathering for heads of state of the Americas. Paulina participated in the thematic discussions, including health and resilience, democratic governance, digital transformation, and clean energy among other topics, as well as in the activities fair and the Summit presidential inauguration session.
In 2022, the group acts as outreach partner for the Journal of Science Policy and Governance’s special issue: Innovations in Science Diplomacy: Structures, Policies & Governance for the New Decade. For this, the group supported the co-organization of a Science policy paper writing workshop on diplomacy issues with the JSPG.
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