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IAP Members invited to submit applications for the AAAS-TWAS Summer Course on Science and Diplomacy

The Course will take place from 8-13 June 2014 in Trieste, Italy ...

TWAS is inviting policymakers, diplomats with a science portfolio, as well as a number of young scientists from the developing world, to apply to attend a short course on science diplomacy in June.
 
The course is organized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and TWAS and aims to expose participants to some key concepts on the interactions between the scientific and policy-making communities, and to some contemporary international policy issues relating to science, technology, environment and health, while providing an overview of how scientific/technical information has been contributing more and more to policy development and organizational changes worldwide.

The AAAS-TWAS Course on Science and Diplomacy will be held from 8 to 13 June in Trieste, Italy. Follow the link HERE for further information and access to the application form.

The application deadline is 7 March 2014. Successful candidates will be contacted before the end of March.

For any queries, please contact Ms. Sara Dalafi at sciencediplomacy@twas.org.

Science Diplomacy @ twas