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As part of African Science week in December 2018, GYA member Binyam Sisay Mendisu (Ethiopia) helped the UNESCO International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa (UNESCO-IICBA) organise a two-day visit in Jinka, Ethiopia. While in Jinka, the team had a…
On November 26-27, 2018, the Tenth International Forum of NGOs took place in Moscow. GYA member Sergey Kostyrko was nomitated by the GYA to take part in the forum, and reported on the event. The forum was organized by NGO-UNESCO…
As an outcome of the international symposium “Global Individual Responsibility: The Role of the Citizen in Refugee Integration“, held at the Munich Center for Ethics at the University of Munich (Germany) from 25 to 27 April 2018, a new report…
The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) have published a global report on the “Opportunities for future research and innovation on food and nutrition security and agriculture – The InterAcademy Partnership’s global perspective” based on four previously published reports by their regional networks…
Congratulations and welcome are in order for two new national young academies that have recently been created, both of them in Africa. The Cameroon Academy of Young Scientists (CAYS) held its inaugural meeting in October 2018, while in early November…
Representatives of ten African National Young Academies (NYAs) had the opportunity to meet and engage with each other at the Académie nationale des sciences, arts et lettres du Bénin (ANSALB) in Cotonou, Benin, in November 2018. This informal meeting focussed…
By Clarissa Rios Rojas (Peru) and Koen Vermeir (France), for the Science Advice working group On 6 and 7 November 2018, more than 20 GYA members and alumni attended the 2018 biennial conference of the International Network for Government…
At the end of October 2018, Die Junge Akademie (Germany) held its Autumn Plenary Session at the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest, Hungary. Just one day before, the CEU announced its move to Vienna due to recent developments within…
The GYA joins the world on 10 November as it celebrates the importance of science on UN World Science Day for Peace and Development. In celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and of the…
GYA, in partnership with the Young Academy of Japan, organised a science leadership workshop focusing on science advice capacity building for young scientists. It took place in Tokyo, Japan, on 5 November 2018 – prior to the 3rd biennial conference…
In October 2018, the University of Belgrade in Serbia served as host to a GYA Young Scientist Ambassador Programme (YSAP) mission, where GYA member Thomas Edison dela Cruz, a professor of microbiology at the University of Santo Tomas in the…
On 19 October 2018, the official platform for young scientists in the ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) region, the ASEAN Young Scientists Network was officially launched in conjunction with the 75th ASEAN Committee on Science and Technology Meeting…