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CHILE 2012 CHILEAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

IANAS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

General Program January 10th-11th Santiago de Chile, Chile

General Program

Monday January 9th Travel dayAll Day: Airport-Hotel-Aiport: Transportation will be provided by the company Radio Taxi El Golf. The company will have a sign with your name and/or the name of the Chilean Academy.Lodging will be at the Leonardo da Vinci Hotel, Málaga 194 SANTIAGO 7550133, Región Metropolitana, Chile(0)2 374 5800 www.hotelleonardodavinci.cl Costs will be covered by the Academy. Please refer to confirmation Dinner on your own

Tuesday January 10th Full Day Meeting (8:30 AM-18:00 PM, 20:00 Formal Dinner)8:30 Transportation form the Hotel to the Chilean Academy of Sciences, Address: Almirante Montt, 454 Clasificador 1349 Santiago, Chile Phone: +56 2 481 284 / +56 2 685 4415 13:00-14:00 Lunch18:00 Transfer to the Hotel20:00 People will be picked up by a minibus and taken to the Restaurant for the Official Dinner.Wednesday, January 11th, Half Day Meeting (8:30 AM to 14:30 PM and Informal Dinner)8:30 Transportation form the Hotel to the Chilean Academy of Sciences, 13:00-14:00 Lunch14:30 Transfer to the Hotel20:00 People will be picked up by a minibus and taken to the Restaurant for the Informal Dinner.

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Agenda January 10th-11th Santiago de Chile, Chile

Tuesday January 10th, 20128.30 am bus transfer from hotel to Academy

Morning session1. Welcome and opening remarksJuan Asenjo and Mike Clegg and Juan Pedro Laclette, 09.30 - 09.402. Approval minutes previous EC Meeting 09.40 - 09.45Pages……………………………………………….4-13Status reports IANAS programs 09.45 - 10.45Water……………………………Pages 14-17Energy………………………… Pages 17-19Women for Science………… Pages 19-22Science Education……………Pages 22-27Capacity Building……………..Pages 27-29

IANAS Fellowship programCoffee/tea break 10.45 - 11.153. Status report from the Secretariat 11.00-11.45

4. IANAS Budget allocations 2012 11.45 – 12.30New landscapeBudget poolKeeping trackEfforts of the programs in raising external support5. Projected budget from IAP for 2013 12.30 – 13.00IAP provisional decision about budgetIBD Results and follow upLunch 13.00 – 14.30Afternoon session6. Joint IANAS – IAMP Workshop 14.30 – 15.00Marcos7. Other special allocations 15.00 – 15.30Report on Science Communication workshop 15.30 – 16.00Coffee/tea break 16.00- 16.30IANAS Strategic Plan 16.30 - 18.00Transfer to hotel 17.30-18:00Official Dinner 20.30

Wednesday January 11, 20128.30 am bus transfer from hotel to AcademyMorning session7. IANAS Strategic Plan 09.30 - 10.30Any proposed changes in Statues and Rules of Procedure. New Committee (Juan Asenjo,

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Claudio Bifano, Jorge Huete) 10.30 – 10.458.

Coffee/tea break 10.45 – 11.159. Planning for the 3rd IANAS General Assembly 2013 11.15 – 11.45Milciades MejiaCapacity building of new academies in Americas Status by country 11.45 – 12.30

10. Next EC meeting (Venezuela Sept 2012) Claudio Bifano 12.30 - 12.45

11. Any other business 12.45 – 13.0012. Adjournment 13.00

Lunch 13.00 – 14.00Transfer to hotel or airport for those with pm/evening flightsInformal Dinner 20.30

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Meeting DocumentsJanuary 10th-11th Santiago de Chile, Chile

1. EC Meeting Cuba-MinutesInter-American Network of Academies of Sciences (IANAS)Executive CommitteeMay 17-18,2011 La Habana, Cuba,

PresentationThe Inter-American Network of Academies of Sciences (IANAS) had its 9th Executive Committee (EC) in La Habana, Cuba, May 17 and 18, 2011 in conjunction with the 150th commemoration of the Cuban Academy of Sciences. The following IANAS-EC Academy members attended the meeting: The National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural of Argentina, National Academy of Sciences of Bolivia, Brazilian Academy of Sciences The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada, Cuban Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences of the Dominican Republic, Academy of Medical Physical and Natural Sciences of Guatemala, Mexican Academy of Sciences, US National Academy of Sciences and Academy of Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences of VenezuelaAttending the meeting as guests were Mohamed Hassan, IAP Co-Chair, Bernie Jones, Executive Director of IAP, Tara Dasgupta from CAS, and Jose Lozano General Secretary Columbian Academy of Sciences. The EC was opened by the IANAS co-chair, Michael Clegg, thanking the host Academy for the organization of the Meeting and congratulating our Cuban hosts on the “Sesquicentennial of the Academy of Sciences in Cuba” A welcome message by Ismael Clark, President of the Cuban Academy of Sciences was extended to the participants with his wishes for a fruitful meeting. Members of IANAS were each honored by the presentation of a commemoration Medal of the “Sesquicentennial of the Academy of Sciences in Cuba”.IANAS Co-Chair Michael Clegg (US) reviewed the Agenda and structure for the one and a half day meeting. First Session (May 17, 15:30 hrs): IANAS Program Progress Reports on activities since the Otawa General Assembly meeting in August 2010.

A) The Energy Program Report, written by John Millhone (USA) Chair of the Program and presented by John Boright (US) The energy program held its first focal point meeting December 6-7, 2010, hosted by Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences. The meeting was atended by Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, USA and Venezuela. Bolivia, Canada, Chile, and Haiti have expressed interest in participating, but did not send delegates to the workshop.

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As a result of this meeting, six priority areas were defined for the Program: 1) energy for underserved populations; 2) renewable energy; 3) bioenergy; 4) energy efficiency; 5) capacity building; and 6) information and education.

John Millhone reported that “An extensive report on the meeting was drafted and distributed to the participants and to others who have shown an interest in the project. The draft action plans have been reviewed by this larger community. The participating academies have identified their representatives in their priority areas. The report on the project plans also has been distributed to national, international and financial organizations doing similar work in the Americas, to promote discussions on how the IANAS project can work with these other organizations to further their shared objectives”.

The Co-Chair reported that the Energy Program received a total of $ 50,000.00 from IAP for 2011.The Energy Report to the EC committee for la Habana meeting was included in the Meeting documents and uploaded in: http://216.59.5.83/~ianas/documents/cuba/Please see attached to these Minutes, the complete report of the December meeting.

Following discussion of the IANAS energy program reports, several general recommendations common to all programs were identified. We report the general recommendations at this point in the minutes, but wish to remind the reader that these general recommendations also apply to subsequent reports on water, women for science, science education and capacity building.General Recommendations

All IANAS programs should be aware of the new IAP financial system that will be in place in 2012. The EC also recommends establishing a framework for measuring the short, medium and long-term impacts of each IANAS program.

It is also important that IANAS programs establish, within one year of anticipation (meeting and workshops), the program’s schedule. This information is particularly important for budget and planning purpose of the Academies.

Before submitting a budget to IAP or any other international organization, all IANAS proposals should be submitted first to the Secretariat.

Once these minutes are approved, The Secretariat will send a communication to the rest of the Academies about the new IAP system and request that they investigate for potential funding sources for IANAS programs in their countries.

We now present specific recommendations regarding the energy program.Specific recommendations suggested as a result of EC discussion for the Energy Program:

It is recommended that the energy program attempt to initiate collaborative projects with other global organizations that have similar goals. It is also important to establish the time and purpose of future meeting and workshops a year in advance to allow the Academies adequate time to plan and budget for these events.

The EC suggests that a closer interaction between the IANAS-Water and Energy Programs would be mutually beneficial.

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It was suggested that IANAS consider developing a Joint IAP proposal with NASAC linking water & energy to MDGs. The Co-Chairs will contact Robin Crewe (Chair of NASAC) to follow up on this suggestion.

The EC congratulates the effort of Dr. Millhone and the focal points from each country.

B) The Water Report was prepared by Blanca Jimenez (Mex) and Jose Tundissi (Bra) Co-Chairs of the Water Program and presented by Marcos Cortesao (Bra). The report, as well as a power point presentation, has been included in the IANAS website for the EC Meeting.

1. A volume entitled “Water Situation in selected countries of America: From the Natural resources to Public Policies” is in the final stages of preparation and will be published in Spanish and English. For the Spanish version, the Program has been able to complete 12 of the 15 chapters. The incomplete chapters represent Canada, Chile and a concluding chapter. For the English version, the Program has 12 of 15 chapters, while contributions from Argentina, Nicaragua and a concluding chapter are still incomplete. The next step will be publication of the 750 page book in Spanish and in English.

2. A water policy book called “Water Management in the Americas: A strategic View” the program has 3 out of 15 chapters ready. This is a book is planned to be around 80-100 pages in length.

3. For the Urban Water Cycle activity, the program had a first meeting in Buenos Aires, and they are planning to work next year to produce a publication on Sustainability of the Urban Water Cycle in Latin American Cities.

4. Upcoming activities are a water surface management course in Bogota in September 2011 and an international workshop in Brazil (mid 2011).

5.The Water network has several ambitious activities and needs additional financial support for them. The EC was asked to assist in identifying additional sources for support. Co-Chair Blanca Jimenez asked for additional support to publish the water publications in Spanish and English and to assist our members to attend the international meetings as IAP funds are not enough to cover all these needs although they were approved. Current IAP grant: Bridging Water Research and Management: Enhancing Water Management Capacity in the Americas. Granted with $40,000.00

Actions suggested by IANAS EC: It is recommended that the Water Program review its priorities and develop interactions or

collaborative projects with other global organizations with similar goals. It will be desirable to organize a peer review of the publication before it starts the printing

process. The EC suggests a program discussion on the implementation of “A water Atlas of the

Americas”. The EC would like to see a financial breakdown for each of the books to be printed in order

to find potential alternative sources for funding the books. The EC recommends for 2012 a closer interaction with the IANAS-Energy program

particularly for underserved populations. The EC congratulates both Co-Chairs of the Water for their work and awaits with interest the report for the planned workshops in 2011.

C) The Report of Women for Science (WfS) was written by Anneke Sengers (US) and Edith Zubieta (Mexico) and presented by Lilliam Alvarez Diaz (Cuba) focal point of WfS and Adriana de la

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Cruz (IANAS). The EC was informed that Judith Zubieta (Mexico) has been appointed as co-Chair of the Program. The report announced that a meeting of the IANAS Women for Science Focal Points took place at the Mexican Academy on February 24-27, 2011. Participants included: Focal points or their substitutes from 15 IANAS academies along with an OWSDW representative, an observer from Panama (represented by APANAC ) and invited speakers from the Water and Energy Programs. As a result of the meeting, each representative presented a report on key aspects of his/her academy and country; the following steps towards a 5-year strategic plan were defined;

(1) Acquaint the focal points with IANAS Programs with other IANAS programs that might collaborate with the WfS-WG;

(2) Review ongoing action (3) Structure the working group so that focal points assume responsibility for action items and

deliverables.

The progress of the Biography Project was presented by Lilliam Alvarez (Cuba) who is Currently working on the project with Patricio Felmer (Chile ). Women for Science was granted $ 40,000.00 for its activities and $10,000 for the IANAS-OWSDW Women for Science Prize by IAP.On http://216.59.5.83/~ianas/documents/cuba/ the complete report of the Program can be found.The report of Mexico meeting can be found in: http://www.cisnex.amc.edu.mx/ianas/women/ As a result of the Women for Science meeting in Mexico, two very positive outcomes took place: the first was reported by the Colombian Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences with the creation of the new committee “Red de Mujeres Científicas” working to establish a national network of women scientists in Colombia; the second outcome came from the Academy of Sciences of the Dominican Republic that reported great enthusiasm and commitment in favor of their women colleagues.

Actions Recommended: The EC endorses the relation with OWSDW and would like to clarify whether the OWSDW

will provide some support for the IANAS-OWSDW Women for Science Prize.

The EC congratulates Anneke Sengerns and Judith Zubieta for their work and awaits with great expectation the Biography Project report for next meeting on January 2012.

D) The Science Education Report was written by Co-Chair of the Program Norma Nudellman (Arg) and presented by Maria del Carmen Samayoa (Guat) also a Co-Chair of the Program:The program was funded by IAP with $65,000.00The program reported on 2010 activities hosted by Academies in several countries: VII Meeting of the IANAS Science Education Program Rio de Janeiro, Brazil June, 12-13, 2010; Seminario Regional LAMAP / ECBI Caracas, October 6-8, 2010. III Reunión IndagaLA It was held together with the Regional LAMAP/ECBI meeting in Caracas, October 6-8, 2010. IAP- International Conference “Taking IBSE into Secondary Education” was held in the National Science Learning Centre, Univ. of York, (York, U.K.) 27-29 October, 2010.

The program also reported on (a) the submission of the "IANAS Science Education Programme" for 2011; (b) the participation of the two Co-Chairs at the “Women for Science. Focal Points Meeting”; (c) meeting of the GAC (Global Activities Committee), IAP-SEP was held in the Academie des Sciences (París, France), April 2 2011 (d) Urgency of updating the education web page to keep the

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Focal Points well informed on events prior to their attendance to the VIIIth IANAS-SEP FP meeting; (e) Establishment of future links with the Latin American Regional Networks of Chemistry, Physics and Molecular Biology and the Coordinator with the ICSU/ Regional Network for Latin America and the Caribbean.’).

Search for funding: The proposal submitted by ANCEFN to the local UNDP office for a 3-year IANAS SEP project, has been recently re-submitted to the headquarters in New York (USA). No answer has been received to date. Contacts with UNESCO were fruitful regarding their interest in the IANAS-SEP, but the organization has no funding The written report and power point presentation have been included in the meeting site http://216.59.5.83/~ianas/documents/cuba/Actions Recommended:

The EC would like to have a a report about science education materials produced under the umbrella of IANAS since the program’s inception including materials produced with other Academies, scientists and organizations if possible.

The EC would like to have a report about the Meeting of the GAC (Global Activities Committee), IAP-SEP was held in the Academie des Sciences (París, France), April 2 2011

The EC recommends a closer interaction with the rest of the IANAS programs identifying the materials and information that can be used for the purpose of Science Education.

The EC congratulates both Co-Chair for their work and will await with interest the report of the next focal point meeting .

E) Capacity building: Michael Clegg reported on the capacity building program of IANAS. A successful workshop on the “Science Funding Landscape” was held in Guatemala City in July 2009 and a workshop based on the IAC report “Inventing a Better Future: A Strategy for Building Regional Capacities in Science and Technology” was hosted by the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. The workshop took place on July 21-23, 2010 and was held at the headquarters of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), in Brasília. IANAS members present at the workshop took the opportunity to develop a proposal to IAP for capacity building activities for 2011. The 2011 plan featured three strategic planning workshops to be held in different regions of the hemisphere. One of the three workshops was held in Washington DC on March 27, 2011 in conjunction with the IAC and IAP EC meetings.

1. The IANAS Capacity Building Committee recommended a program to enhance science mobility in its report to the EC in La Paz Bolivia. The main concept was developing a program to provide funding for short-term scientific visits to advanced laboratories. The US NAS was pleased to announce that it had obtained funding for such a program from the US Department of State. The Program will be implemented through IANAS member academies and it will provide funding to support approximately 20 visits of one or two months duration to laboratories in the United States.

2. The second element of capacity building is to assist countries lacking academies or with inactive academies to establish active academies. In this context the IANAS EC is pleased that the new Academy of Nicaragua was accepted to membership in IANAS at the Ottawa General Assembly. A new Academy has recently been formed in Uruguay and the IANAS Secretariat is working to establish relations with the Academy of Uruguay. Considerable effort is also being developed to assist Panama in reactivating its Academy of Sciences, established in 1942, but largely inactive.

Budget: IAP decided to alter its budget process and did not provide funding for IANAS capacity building activities in the first half of 2011. Accordingly, the remaining strategic planning workshops

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were delayed and a new proposal was presented to IAP in March 2011 that envisioned a second strategic workshop in late 2011 and a workshop on science communication. This request has since been modified after consultation with Bernie Jones and funding from IAP is pending. The lack of funding has severely constrained IANAS during the first half of 2011.

The new IAP budget process will allocate a budget to regional networks that have been selected as affiliated networks by IAP. Clegg announced that IANAS had applied and been accepted as an affiliated network of IAP. Each affiliated network would be allocated a budget for multiple years (up to three years) based on submission of a successful workplan. The maximum allocation is set at $125,000 / year. The new policy also stipulates a 50% funding match for IAP support. In turn the network is responsible for funding regional programs, in the case of IANAS these are Water, Energy, Women for Science, Science Education and Capacity Building. The Executive Committee endorsed maintaining these five programs under the new affiliated networks policy. With regard to the matching requirement, each IANAS member Academy was encouraged to help identify potential funders of IANAS programs. In some cases the Academies have also made substantial contributions to IANAS costs in the form of providing local support for workshops, covering travel costs and in labor.

IAP represented by Bernie Jones committed to fund the proposal sent by IANAS and to allocate the $40,000.00 USD for FY 2011

Clegg noted that the Mexican Academy of Sciences has been very generous in its support of the IANAS Secretariat and also in hosting the Women for Science workshop on July 21-23, 2010 in Mexico City.

Second Session (May 18, 2011)

IANAS web page presentationWeb page/ New IAP Budget System/Fundraising Strategies/ Actions Recommended:

The EC recommends making a version of the webpage that can be easily downloaded especially for countries with limited or low band width internet access. This should be limited to low resolution images and text only.

The EC recommend adding” Working for prosperity in the Americas…” in the IANAS slogan heading.

The EC requests that each program assume the responsibility for updating, on a regular basis, their corresponding section on the IANAS web page.

The EC supports the 3 language sections for the web page. The EC will add to the IANAS web page actual images from activities of IANAS Academies

or countries associated. IANAS will add a space to post the 20 Top Centers of Science and Technology for country.

Information should be provided by each Academy.

Report by Bernie Jones on The IAP Budget System: New Policies To simplify IAP processes a new funding scheme is being implemented that will support three year work plans. (In the first cycle this will be for two years because we are only two years out from the next IAP General Assmebly.) IANAS must submit a work plan to IAP in a preliminary form by July

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2011. A final workplan that reflects advice on the initial submission will be due at the end of August 2011. Review of plan and decisions on funding will be completed by the IAP EC meeting in October 2011.

The workplan is intended to be general and brief. As already noted the maximum funding $125k /yr / network. Networks are expected to raise a minimum of 50% matching funds for network activities to create a broader base and to insure sustainability. With regard to matching support, funding provided by IANAS Member Academies for such things as workshop local costs, EC meetings, the secretariat etc are legitimate categories of matching support.

A discussion ensued on the broad outlines of the workplan proposal. It was decided to base the workplan on existing activities and not to advance any new activities at this time. Marcos Cortesão raised the question of IAMP cooperation on a regional activity. A potential topic for inclusion in the workplan might be neglected diseases in Latin America. Claudio Bifano noted that two programs are long term (sci ed and capacity bldg) and should be regarded as core activities. Others noted that we cannot rely exclusively on international funders. Each academy should make a commitment to continue these programs. Contributions from member academies may constitute a potential source of funds. UNESCO exchange programs were discussed, but these failed because no country made required financial contributions. Tara Dasgupta raised the question of the evaluation of workshop outcomes. What benefits do workshops have? What is our impact? The CCC is interested in a project on marine pollution.

The new IAP funding policies are enclosed at the end of these Minutes (Addenda #1)

Actions Recommended: The programs should be informed about the new IAP funding policies. The programs will need to establish their priorities and look for interactions or collaborative

projects with other global organizations. The EC also recommends to the Co-Chairs that the program Focal Points help describe the

actual or expected impact of each IANAS program in the short, mid and long term. These should include measurable attributes in either qualitative or quantitative terms.

The Secretariat will send a communication to the rest of the Academies about the new IAP system and request assistance in seeking potential funders in each IANAS country. Owing to the new budgeting system, it is important for each IANAS program to establish scheduled meetings and workshops at least one year in advance for planning purposes. Starting 2011, the Secretariat will ask the Academies to provide information about sources for matching funds to report to IAP.

Fundraising StrategiesOver the years the IANAS Academies have provided important resources to support the various IANAS programs as has IAP. Despite this, there is a need to broaden the support base. The Co-Chairs have been looking for new potential resources to leverage IAP funding for IANAS Programs for the upcoming years. The purpose of this session was to briefly review past and ongoing efforts and to agree on actions that academies and IANAS programs can take over the next few months to develop alternative funding strategies.

The session was divided in two groups in order to discuss strategies to fund IANAS programs. Group One: Energy, Water and Capacity Building: Michael Clegg, Marcos Cortesao, Milciades Mejia, Jeremy McNeill, Gonzalo Taboada, Claudio Bifano, Arturo Menchaca. Taking Notes:

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Actions Recommended:

Meet with IDB representatives to brief them on IANAS and to investigate funding opportunities.

Identify potential non government funders for water and energy. Work to implement the Fellowship program as part of the capacity building effort.

Group Two: Education and Women for Sciences: Juan Pedro Laclette, Jaime Charreau, Lilliam Rodriguez, Bernie Jones, Graham Bell, Tara Dasgupta, Nelson Moreno, Maria del Carmen Samayoa. Taking notes John Boright & Adriana de la Cruz Actions Recommended:

The EC recommends that the Academies establish a more active relationship with Ministries of Education to support the Science Education programs in their own countries.

Juan Pedro Laclette will explore with the Mexican Minister of Education, the possibility to establish a meeting between Ministries of Education and Academies of Latin America, under the symbolic event for the US $180,000 [Amount TBC by Juan Pedro] to support the Science Education Program in Latin America countries.

IANAS web page should function as a secondary tool to show the level of involvement and commitment of governments towards science education.

The National Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural of Argentina presented to the PNDU a project to fund some of the Activities associated with IANAS Science Education. IANAS’ Academies are kindly request to send a support letter based on the information project that the Argentinean Academy will submit shortly.

Strengthening the bonds between the leaders of “La main a la pate” and IBSE, INNOVEC and any other organization developing projects with science and education.

The Embassies have proved to be open and supportive in the recent experience of the Dominican Republic.

UNESCO should be on the list of organzations for Secretariat to contact and establish some synergies.

The Mexican Institute for Women in Mexico will establish a partnership with IANAS in order to give $200,000.USD [Amount TBC by Juan Pedro] as a Prize for a prominent women scientist in LatinAmerica.

The US State Department , Public Affairs (Latin American and the Caribbean) might be interested in developing some relationships http://www.state.gov/p/wha/index.htm

Perhaps some of the IANAS Academies could start up organizations similar to L’Óreal to fund some of the actions for the Women for Science

Second Session (May 18, 15:00 pm) Strategic Planning/Short Visit Program/ Next EC MeetingThe Strategic Plan was presented to the EC. (Addenda #2)Actions

IANAS will meet in 2011 with the Academies, Co-Chairs of the Programs and experts to finish the Strategic Plan presented by Juan Pedro Laclette (Mex) and Michael Clegg (US) to define the course of action of the organization for the following five years.

The general criteria for the plan should be, to work under the frame of short, mid and long term work plan; to establish some criteria that can evaluate in quantity and/or quality the evolution and success of the Program; to gain more public visibility and capacity to establish a permanent dialog with governments.

Short term Visitor Program

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The EC endorsed the Short Term Visitor Program and each Academy indicated the actions they are taking to assure a successful development of the project. The EC congratulated and thanked the effort of the National Academy of Science (US) for establishing more interactions with co-lateral benefits for the Americas.The documents of the visits are available in the site of the meeting.

The last item of the Agenda was the agreement for the dates of the next EC meeting. The EC meeting will be in Santiago de Chile, January 10 – 11, 2012.Having no more further business to discuss and having covered the meeting’s agenda, the meeting of the IANAS Executive Committee was closed with concluding remarks from the host Academy and the elected co-chairs

New policy and procedures for IAP Affiliated Networks.

IAP intends to devolve more responsibility for international project activity to its regional and other networks. This is for two reasons; to free up central resource within the IAP secretariat for other activity, and also to be able to support a critical mass of sustainable activity within each such network, which would then better enable the networks to work with their members, carry out independent fundraising, and to address particular regional issues.

Subject to IAP retaining overall control, such networks will become the operating arms of IAP for the majority of IAP project implementation activity. IAP will still maintain a central project funding capacity, however, to support innovative proposals from member academies which are not yet necessarily suitable for network activity.

The new network structure will be created gradually over time to take into account the significant differences that exist between networks in terms of ambitions and capacities.

Definition

The new structure, endorsed by the EC in November 2010, envisages three types of network for the time being:

• Regional networks: cooperative arrangements created by IAP member academies from and for a particular geographical region.

• Thematic networks: cooperative arrangements created by IAP member academies for a specific discipline or theme (eg IAMP and the medical/health field)

• Functional networks: cooperative arrangements created by IAP academies to deliver a specific function (eg IAC and the production of in-depth policy studies)

IAP encourages member academies to organise into network structures as described above for the purposes of better addressing regional, sub-regional and thematic challenges. Networks should also have a critical mass of membership and activity – while not wishing to lay down hard guidelines and minima for this, IAP would strongly recommend that member academies wishing to work

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together with a small number of partners, or on a particularly narrow issue, do so on an ad-hoc basis.

IAP is able to fund the medium-term workplans of networks, from its limited funds, subject to the network and its workplan passing certain tests. Such a network will be described as an IAP affiliated network, implying the formal recognition by IAP of its capacity and suitability to carry out project activity on IAP’s behalf.

Recognition

Member academies that have created a network may request IAP to formally recognize their network as an IAP affiliated network. In principle there will be just one IAP affiliated network per region, while for thematic networks the same will apply for each discipline or theme and for functional networks for each specific function.

The EC requested that the number of networks be kept small initially, to make this process manageable. Therefore, during this initial phase, in order to avoid organizational overload IAP will recognize at most four regional networks, while thematic networks will be limited to three areas (agriculture, engineering and health) and functional networks to providing science advice on issues of global concern. Further recognition, if necessary, can be considered in SP-III.

To be recognized as IAP affiliated, a network will need to show a proven capability to carry out projects effectively and a structure which makes it possible to hold the network accountable for performance.

In deciding on accepting a network as an IAP affiliated network, the IAP Executive Committee will apply the following criteria:

• The network must have a written charter explicitly endorsed by the participating member academies and this charter must make clear how decisions are taken and what body is responsible.

• The network must have been in existence for at least three years, it must have satisfactorily carried out IAP projects and the participating academies must have invested resources in the network themselves.

Network status should be renewed every three years, ideally in parallel with the strategic planning cycle. Affiliated status and funding may be withdrawn by the IAP EC in case of non- or underperformance.

Networks that have been recognized as IAP-affiliated will be invited to submit a multi-year programme of activity to IAP. If approved, IAP will conclude an MOU with the network, and/or a series of contracts, under which the network commits itself to carry out an agreed set of projects and in which IAP commits itself to provide financial support for these projects. Long-term, the duration of the agreement should coincide with the period of the ongoing strategic plan.

Criteria

• The network workplan should include activity under any IAP strategic priorities that are particularly relevant to that network.

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• Networks will be encouraged to use their workplans to achieve efficiencies of scale, by for example, co-locating meetings and workshops being help under different strands of activity.

• Networks should demonstrate an intention or ability to raise funding for their workplans independently, to complement that from the IAP. IAP will not fund more than 50% of the costs of a network’s activity. Nor, under the current budget projections, can IAP make more than $125,000 available to any network in a single year.

• IAP remains a global grouping of science academies. Consequently, there is an expectation that even where workplans are planned around mainly regional initiatives, this will involve a degree of outreach, partnership, capacity building, and linkage with other IAP networks.

Activities run by IAP networks should follow the same general guidance as individual IAP-funded projects, in terms of financial information, specificity, achievability and relevance, and in particular should always be planned to produce some resource or information that will be of general benefit and usefulness to the overall IAP membership.

Implementation

All networks that pass those basic tests will be invited to submit their workplans to the IAP. Since this funding will start in 2012, and SP-II only runs to the end of 2012, networks will be asked initially to submit 2 year workplans. This means that any new priorities reflected in IAP’s SP-III can be reflected in subsequent workplans drawn up once SP-III has been approved.

Since this is the first time that networks have had to produce such workplans to IAP, the secretariat will work closely with the various networks to assist them in the production of their workplans, and to ensure the various IAP criteria have been reflected.

Once completed, the workplans will be submitted to external review, and the Policy and Strategic Planning Committee will make comments and recommendations to the EC on the basis of those reviews. The EC will consider these recommendations and make its decision at the October 2011 meeting.

In practice, unlike the situation with individual project proposals, it is unlikely the PSPC and EC will completely reject any workplan, but they may wish to only partially approve or fund them, or to approve and fund them on the basis of certain specific changes being agreed by the network in question.

The secretariat will then prepare MOUs and contracts for each workplan so approved, and institute a regular monitoring and reporting process back to the EC. Delivery against the workplan, and provision of funding by IAP will start at the beginning of 2012.ban Academy on the evening of May 19. Additional parallel meetings can be held on Friday May 20 and Saturday May 21. This means that we can select

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BRIEF REPORTS FROM IANAS PROGRAMS

1. IANAS Water Program/ Chairs Blanca Jimenez (Mexico) and Tundisi (Brazil) and supported by Marcos Cortesao (Brazil)

The activities that are listed below were organized by the IANAS Water Program and were partially funded by the Global Network of Academies of Sciences (IAP). Besides these activities, several other were developed at the national level by the water committees established by the Academies. We have asked each focal point to report on the activities developed at the national level and will make this information available as soon as we have it.

6th Meeting of the National Focal PointsBolivia, November 2011On November 22-23, the IANAS Water Program successfully organized in Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, the 6th Meeting of its National Focal Points. The focus of this meeting was the “Sustainable Management of the Urban Water Cycle” and each focal point delivered a presentation on this topic, providing an overview on the national situation and discussing a case study on a major metropolitan region within the country. A specific session on “Addressing Gender-Based Differences in Use and Management of Water”, supported by the IANAS Women for Science Working Group, was also held during the meeting, with the objective to alert and advise the water program on the need of taking into account gender issues that are important on the management and access to water. Reports on the recent activities were also presented and the future steps of the program were discussed.

1st National Workshop on Integrated Management of Neotropical ReservoirsColombia, October 2011The Colombian Academy organized this workshop in Medellin on October 5-7. This capacity building activity assembled 320 participants coming from the academia, government, environmental organizations, and companies from the private and public sectors. The workshop aimed at the analyses and discussion of the physical-chemical and biological functioning of neotropical reservoirs, the socioeconomic and environmental impacts resulting from the construction of reservoirs, and the technical criteria used to develop and operate the reservoirs. The workshop was financially supported by IASAGEN Energia Productiva (which is a private Colombian energy company) and Empresas Públicas de Medellín - EPM (which is a public company in Colombia operating in the energy and water sectors). Having considered the workshop a success, both companies have approached the Colombian focal point of the IANAS Water Program to discuss the organization of a new workshop in 2012.

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Building Capacities in Surface Water Management in Central America El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, September 2011 Panamá and Costa Rica, October 2011This initiative was coordinated by the Academies of Guatemala, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Capacity building training courses for water managers were organized in Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama and Costa Rica in a partnership with the local chapters of the Global Water Partnership and UNESCO. The courses were organized in September and assembled a total of 144 water managers coming from major public and private water and electricity companies. Water authorities from the different levels of government and representatives from different ministries and national secretariats also attended the courses.

PublicationsA big effort was developed by the national water committees to prepare the final versions of the papers providing an overview of the national water resources, as well as the major water problems and challenges in each of the countries. These papers were translated into English and both English and Spanish versions are ready for publication. Foro Consultivo (Mexico) has provided a generous support and a book entitled "Water Diagnosis in the Americas" will be launched in the near future. The Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy will also be generating, with the collaboration of IANAS, a publication on the “Lessons from the Rosenberg Forum on Water Management in the Americas”, which will be published as a volume by Routledge Press of London, England.

In addition, to better disseminate the activities of the water program, a series of small brochures with the water policy recommendations elaborated by each Academy is presently being developed. Of the 14 Academies engaged in the water program, six have already concluded their contributions.

Activities proposed for 2012 and general directions for 2013

7th Meeting of the National Focal Points of the ProgramThe next focal points meeting will further develop the discussion on water management in metropolitan regions, which is a major problem in Latin American countries. The challenge is not only to assure access to water and sanitation to the population living in the cities, but also to those living in peri-urban areas (slums and shantytowns). This next meeting will be held either in Guatemala or Costa Rica and the venue will be decided in the end of January.• IANAS provides funds for travel assistance for those in need• Academies are being stimulated to cover travel expenses• Host Academy provides local hospitality

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Initially scheduled for 2011, this workshop wasn’t held due to the delay in the financial support promised by the Brazilian government. • The information is that Brazilian funds will be available early 2012. • The Brazilian Academy of Sciences is trying to negotiate with IAP an extension of the contract, in order to assure that the IAP funds that are already available can be used in the second trimester of 2012.• IANAS has allocated USD 10,000 to support the participation of its water focal points on this meeting. We expect IANAS to allow the program to use these funds in the second trimester of 2012.

Publications(1) Launch of the Spanish version of the book "Water Diagnosis in the Americas". We also wish to launch the English version later in the year.• Foro Consultivo has agreed to print the Spanish version and we are now discussing their support to the English version.• Discussions have been made with the Canadian Academy to appraise the possibility of approaching IDRC or other agencies to apply for support to the English version and other publications of the water program or dissemination tools such as videos. A similar discussion will be made with the NAS.

(2) Based on the presentations made in Bolivia, each national water committee will now work further on the urban water management issue to prepare a paper that will be the basis for the production of a book on “Urban Water in the Americas”, which is an extremely important issue for most countries in the region. This publication will address the situation of urban water in the Americas and what will be the situation in 25 years from know if paradigms are not changed. Besides the description of the present situation, the book will indicate future risks, what needs to be done to change this situation, and what will happen if we continue to manage urban water business as usual.• A fundraising effort will need to be made to support this publication.

(3) The Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy will also be generating, with the collaboration of IANAS, a publication on the “Lessons from the Rosenberg Forum on Water Management in the Americas”, which will be published as a volume by Routledge Press of London, England.

Capacity Building(1) 2nd National Workshop on Integrated Management of Neotropical ReservoirsThe Colombian Academy of Sciences is discussing the organization of a second symposium on Integrated Management of Neotropical Reservoires.• Funding will come IASAGEN Energia Productiva and Empresas Públicas de Medellín – EPM.

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(2) Training Course in Nicaragua, from January 30 to February 3. This activity will be held at the headquarters of the Centro para la Investigación en Recursos Acuáticos de Nicaragua (CIRA/UNAN) and will assemble experts and managers from Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.• IAP funds are available to support this activity.

(3) National Water Committees are being stimulated to organize national or sub-regional training courses, where focal points from different countries are mobilized to participate as lecturers. • Funding will be raised by countries hosting the training courses.

FundraisingA major challenge that the program will face in 2012 is fundraising. Early December the co-chairs of the water program became aware of the possibility of submitting a grant proposal to the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI). As we had only 4 days to build the proposal, an effort involving several focal points was developed to reach the deadline, but unfortunately the proposal was not accepted. The program will now further develop this proposal do approach other potential

2. IANAS Energy Program/ Chair John Millhone (US)

Achievements of the Energy Program in 2011. In its first full year, the Energy Program conducted workshops for representatives of the scientific academies and organizations where the participants shared their visions of a sustainable energy future for the Americas, drafted action plans for advancing their shared goals and began the initiation of these plans.

The Program is implementing in the Americas the recommendations of the IAC’s 2007 report, Lighting the way; Toward a sustainable energy future. The Program’s first workshop was held December 6-7, 2010; the second, June 9-10, 2011, both hosted by the Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas Fisicas & Naturales. The workshops attracted participation from 14 science academies and 3 other national science organizations.

The workshops had three components: 1. Overviews by participants on their countries’ sustainable energy programs and plans. The reports provide a rich source of updated information on national activities. 2. Presentations by representatives from related programs, including a U.S. DOE presentation on the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA), a report from the ICSU Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean on its programs to enhance the participation of scientists in research and policy activities, and a report from the IANAS Program on Women for Science on its related program to provide modern and healthy energy to unserved poor families, predominantly women and children. 3. Breakout sessions where participants

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drafted plans for the actions needed to advance the role of science in the Energy Program’s six priorities areas, as summarized below:

1. Energy for unserved populations. An estimated 34 million people without electricity and 50 million without modern cooking and heating sources live in the Americas—found in countries bordering the Amazon, and in Central America and the Caribbean. The action plan calls for identifying the optimal modern energy sources for these communities; plans that encompass both electricity and cooking/heating; respecting community and human factors, critically assessing what has worked and what hasn’t, sustained efforts, and greater information sharing among the academies.

2. Renewable energy. The program identified three actions. The first is to create an information network to exchange information on the distribution of renewable energy resources in the Americas and on the performance and cost of advanced renewable technologies. The second is to use Mexico as a test case for how this information network can be used to strengthen a renewable energy program. The third is to establish a Center of Excellence for training energy professionals on renewable technologies and policies.

3. Bioenergy. The plan is to expand the participation of IANAS countries’ in a Brazilian-led project to demonstrate how bioenergy can provide 25% or more of the global demand for energy in 2050 while feeding humanity and protecting the environment. The project will integrate an inventory of land characteristics and uses, advanced energy crop production and improvements in food chain efficiency. The plan also includes a Colombia-based project using advanced technologies in waste-to-energy projects.

4. Energy efficiency. This project is starting by pulling together data on energy use from production to final end-use. The effort is combining data from international, national, and power and fuel supply sources. This data is required to identify the most cost-effective opportunities for energy savings along the supply to end-use chain. The second effort is compiling information on the advanced, cost-effective technologies for improving efficiency along this chain. The third step will work with public and private decision-makers to implement these advanced technologies.

5. Capacity building. This project is identifying the financial, institutional, and human capacity required to implement the first four priorities. Here, the program will work with related IANAS and other programs.

6. Information and Education. The program has two goals. The first is to serve as an information resource to the general public on the contribution advanced science can make to achieve a sustainable energy future. The second is to provide a resource for national academies and organizations to enable them to strengthen their influence with the public and private decision-makers in their countries. The upgraded IANAS website and the Science Communication program will be valuable partners in these efforts.

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Actions and Plans in 2012 and 2013. In early 2012, the program will complete the drafting of a report that summarizes the importance of progress in the priority areas, the critical role of the science community, and the action agenda of IANAS. The report is currently being drafted by participants active in the priority areas. The papers will be used to inform the general public of the IANAS program and also to inform the larger scientific and education community.

The workshops will continue, but will focus more on the priorities. A workshop will be held in late March in La Paz, hosted by the Bolivian academy, which focuses on energy for unserved populations. Collaboration with the Women for Science Program is strengthening this effort. Representatives from national and international organizations with programs in this area are being invited. The goal is to use the event to advance the action plan through collaboration with other national and international programs. The workshop also will schedule time for updates on the other program priorities.

Later in 2012, a workshop is being planned in Mexico City which will focus on advancing the renewable energy priority. Plans for this workshop are in the early stages. As with the La Paz workshop, the approach will be to invite participation from organizations with similar objectives, to interact with them, to increase their awareness of the role that IANAS can play, and to broaden the human and funding resources for the IANAS program.

In 2013, a similar approach is planned, e.g. with workshops that focus on bioenergy and energy efficiency and with time set aside for a review of all the program’s priorities. The capacity building and information and education priorities would be an integral part of all of these activities in 2012-2013.

The plans are designed to attract significant new funding. The publication in early 2012 and follow-up reports will be used to expand the awareness of IANAS as a scientific and influential partner in addressing these issues. The topical workshops will be used to gain further recognition for IANAS and to make contacts with potential financial sources. This new funding will build on a continuation of funding from past sources: the IAP; the academies that don’t need financial support to participate; and the support, including in-kind support, from academies that host workshops and related activities.

3.- IANAS Women for Science Working Group (WfS-WG) 2011 Progress ReportPrepared by Johanna Levelt Sengers, WfS-WG co-Chair

WfS-WG Mandate and ObjectivesMandate: (1) to alert and advice IANAS on gender issues in its programmes, initiatives and work with governments. (2) to assist IANAS and its member academies in fostering a climate in the sciences that is welcoming to women.

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Objectives:1. Cross-cutting on gender issues with IANAS and its programmes2.1 Networking by means of a WfS-WG page as part of the IANAS web site: with OWSD.2.2. Enhancing the visibility of women scientists and engineers by (a) creating biographies of prominent women scientists in IANAS countries, and (b) establishing an early-career prize.2.3. Developing a long-range strategic plan (SP), based on a “Landscape Analysis” of gender issues in IANAS science academies and research institutes and including results-focused structuring of WfS-WG.

i. Achievements of WfS-WG during 2011 {keyed to objectives, above}1. Focal Points Meeting, Mexico, Feb. 26-30, 2011• Landscape analysis {2.3}: the WG’s focal points provided detailed information on the gender balance in their respective academies and identified strengths, weaknesses and opportunities. • On-going initiatives: Web page {2.1} and Biographies {2.2} were presented and discussed. • Representatives of other IANAS Programmes presented their programmes {1}.• Liaisons to IANAS Programmes were appointed {1} and Committees formed to carry out the work {2.1-2.3}. Focal points signed up.• Sophia Huyer (OWSD) demonstrated the IANAS WfS-WG web page she developed{1, 2.1}. • Follow-up: Judith Zubieta, member of AMC, has agreed to serve as WfS-WG co-Chair.2. Cross-cutting on gender issues {1}IANAS – IAP• Co-Chair ALS participated in parts of the IANAS and IAP Exec meetings at NAS, April ’11.• Both WfS-WG co-Chairs participated in IANAS Strategic Planning, Irvine, Sept. ’11.• WfS Co-Chair JZ represented WfS-WG, IANAS, and AMC at NASAC, Nairobi, Nov.’11.• Four IANAS Academies have founded WfS Committees (Brazil; Colombia; Chile; DR) Energy Programme (EP)• Arturo Fernandez, member EP, was invited to speak at the WfS-WG Focal Point meeting• Patricia Taboada, WfS-WG liaison to EP, participated in the EP Focal Point meeting in Colombia and talked about gender differences in energy needs. As a consequence, EP established an action group on involving the local population in its development projects.Science Education Programme (SEP) • SEP co-Chair Norma Nudelman was invited to speak at the Mexico Focal Point MeetingWater Programme (WP)• WP co-Chair Blanca Jimenez was invited to speak at the Mexico Focal Point meeting. • At the WP Focal Point meeting Nov.’11, WfS-WG organized a special session on gender issues in water resources and sanitation. Nicole Bernex, WfS-WG Liaison with WP, and two invited experts (Chile, Colombia) spoke about engaging local populations in water issues. All three have been invited to participate in WP and in publications being prepared. 3. IANAS Web Site and WfS-WG web page {2.1, 1}Throughout 2011, Sophia Huyer, made major contributions to the IANAS Website:• Transferring and reconfiguring the Brazilian WfS-WG web page that she had built;

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• Adding to the page new information and additional resources for IANAS Programmes;• Consulting on and testing the Mexico IANAS website; alerting the engineer to problems.For lack of an operational intranet for password- protected work, the NAS CWSEM has agreed to host WfS-WG from August 2011 until the IANAS intranet will be in working order.4. Biography Project {2.2a}Focal Points Lilliam Alvarez (Cuba) and Patricio Felmer (Chile) have taken over the Biography Project. They have pressed lagging academies for nominations, initiated the interviews, and illustrated and edited them for posting on the web. Interviews, one each from eleven academies, have been posted on the intranet, the plurality in Spanish. To make the interviews available in both English and Spanish the assistance is being sought of the translation staff of AMC. 5. IANAS-OWSD Prize {2.2b}This prize, funded by IAP, will allow an advanced female PhD student participate in research in another IANAS country. Adriana and the ex-officio members of the Prize Committee took charge in Sept. 2011. The IANAS Office circulated the prize criteria and call for nominations, including deadlines, by middle of Nov.’11. The nomination packages are due January 31, 2012.

ii WfS-WG Actions planned for 2012 (keyed to Work Plan and Budget, WP&B, June 28’11, attached)1.1 Focal Points meeting, Feb. 9-11, Panama Technical University• Preliminary program circulated among Focal Points – available on NAS intranet• Restricted to active focal points – summary activity report requested for registration• Committee structure to be made more effective. Strategic Planning, Data and Fundraising Committees to be activated. 2012 Strategic Planning to be consolidated. Budget: 15 K$ funded under 2011 IAP contract1.2 Focal Points meeting, late 2012/early 2013: Strategic Planning (15 K$ requested, WP&B) 2. Crosscutting with IANAS ProgrammesIntensify ties with other Programmes as 2012 funds permit Budget: 5 K$ requested, WP&B3. IANAS WfS-WG web site• Continue debugging of new IANAS website and WfS-WG page, including workable intranet. • Expand WfS-WG web page as needed by committees and other IANAS Programmes. • Link to other IAP regional networks.Budget: 7 K$ requested, WP&B)4. Biography Project• Work with Mexican Academy staff on translation and editing for website. Plan publication.Funded under 2011 IAP contract (10 K$)• Develop plans for stage 2 of the project; Budget: 5 K$ requested (WP&B)

5. IANAS OWSD Prize• Independent jury process to be initiated by IANAS Office with guidance from WfS-WG co-Chairs; criteria will be developed by Prize Committee.

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• Prize will be funded under 2011 IAP contract, and granted in March 2012.• 2011/2012 Prize process will be evaluated during 2012, and sources of funding explored to supplement WP&B. Budget request of 5 K$ for 2013 prize.6. Regional short planning visits. By WG leaders. 4 Trips: WP&B Budget request 3 K$ 7. Other. Explore new directions and redirect programs as opportunities arise.

ii. General Direction of WfS-WG for 2013iii. Focal Point Meeting in late 2013 or early 2014. Budget request, WP&B, 15 K$ • Liaisons: exchange visits to Focal Point meetings. Budget request, WP&B, 5 K$ • Biography project: translating, printing, other dissemination. Budget request, WP&B, 5 K$• Web Page: maintenance and development; other media. Budget request, WP&B, 5 K$ • IANAS-OWSD Prize: Budget request, WP&B, 5 K$• Other: new directions, as explored in 2012; new sources of funding.

3. Science Education/ Chairs Norma Nudelman (Argentina) and Maria el Carmen Samayoa (Guatemala)

The VIIIth Meeting of Focal Points of the IANAS Science Education Program was hosted by the Mexican Academy of Sciences. The meeting took place at the Mexican Academy of Sciences headquarters. Monday June 27th, 2011Meeting Results1. Opening CeremonyA welcome was extended to the Focal Points and Visitors by Michael Clegg, Co-Chair IANAS (USA) and Juan Pedro Laclette, Co-Chair IANAS (Mexico). J. P. Laclette delivered then a presentation of the main activities carried out by IANAS EC in 2010 and an outline of the proposals for the 4 IANAS Programs (Education, Energy, Water, Women) and the new Program on Capacity Building 2. Report of IAP-GAC-IANS SEP international activities, Jun2010-May 2011 Norma Nudelman gave a report on IAP/GAC/IANAS activities made in the past year. These included the following: A proposal submitted to IAP in June 2010 for funding the following activities in 2011: a) the VII IANAS SEP Focal Points meeting to be held in Mexico D.F. (June 2011, USD 10,000) b) the Indagala meeting ( to be held in Mexico D.F., June 2011, USD 10,000). There were also planned 3 workshops on IANAS Strategic Planning to take place in Washington (USA); Venezuela and Argentina, respectively: USD 10,000 each Workshop. The Focal Point from USA

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announced in May 2011 that she was unable to organized the Workshop. A similar announcement was made by the FP from Venezuela in this meeting, therefore the VII Plenary of Focal Points decided to held only one Workshop on Strategic Planning, with the participation of all Focal Points, that will take place in Argentina in November, 2011, A proposal to UNDP for $100,000 (over 3 years) was submitted in December 2010, and was resubmitted in March 2011. There has been no response yet, but Norma Nudelman recalled that support letters from various American Academies of Science are required for the UNDP to consider the proposal, and asked to the Focal Points their help for their Academies submit these letters to the UNDP headquarters . An IAP international conference was held in York, UK, in October 2010, entitled Taking Inquiry-Based Science Education into Secondary Schools, .An IAP-Global Activities Committee meeting that was held in Paris on April 01, 2011.LAMAP sponsored an international seminar in May 2011. Noted that proposals for the next round of funding has been requested to all Focal Points prior to this meeting. Three detailed proposals were received: Science in School (Mexico); Molecular Biology (Chile); Green Chemistry (Argentina); and two brief suggestions of potential IBSE programs in Peru and Bolivia. 3. Interactions with other IANAS Programs-Blanca Jiménez Co Chair of the IANAS Water Program presented a brief of their activities including the presentation of the book Policy Water IANAS and proudly announced the establishment of communication with the program Women for Science .- Judith Zubieta , Co Chair of the program Women for Science , gave their brief about their activities, mentioning the intention they have in including in all the programs of IANAS the gender perspective. Forming links with other programs and associations with similar means for having a better consolidation. A WFS website has been developed, (http://portal.nationalacademies.org ,also a prize to be awarded to a Young Woman Academic 4. IANAS-SEP WebsiteAdriana de la Cruz Molina, IANAS Executive Secretary, introduced the new IANAS-SEP website, with a brief demonstration of its potential for sharing information/ articles/ videos.: http://216.59.5.83/~ianas/home.html11.00-11:30 Coffee break13:30-15:00 Lunch5. Report of each country´s Focal Points The Academies made oral and power point presentations to inform about the activities, all of them commented on their own programs progression and achievements, the same about the difficulties each program is presenting. All of the power points presentations are going to be posted on the IANAS´s Web page. 15;00-16:30 PROPOSAL STARTING 2012 6.IBSP-UNESCO. Presented by Dr. Jorge Allende: Course on Molecular Biology for Secondary teachers. They propose giving courses to secondary teachers. The objectives of the program are: 1. Update and make thorough the comprehension of the four basic concepts in Molecular Biology and the Genomic in Secondary level Biology teachers in Latin American Countries. 2. To adapt

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experimental demonstrations about this concepts to the inquiry methodology. 3. To give materials and ideas that the teachers con use when teaching important concepts in Molecular Biology.

They have already organized courses in Molecular Biology for teachers of Chile, Argentina and Costa Rica. This course has been divided in 15 hours of theory and 25 hours of experimentation. It has been planned to do three of these courses in Mexico, Costa Rica and Chile with 20 secondary level teachers. Previous to the launching of this program there will be a pilot program in Chile. The four basic concepts on which the program is going to work with are: Genetic Identity in Species and individuals, Genetic Code, Selective Cells, and Evolution. It was mention that they are looking for funds with the Welcome Trust, the Unión ˝Interamericana de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular“ and IANAS.

7-IANAS-RELAQ- Presented by Norma Nudelman: Green Chemistry for secondary level teachers.The proposal is an itinerary theoretical-practical course based in the inquiry methodology to be delivered with the collaboration of professors from Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Chile and Argentina. It is addressed to teachers in secondary schools working with ECBI giving them theory and laboratory practices. The pilot program will be taking place in Argentine on 2012, followed in Brazil, Peru and Mexico in the subsequent years. Another thing that they are planning is to develop evaluation instruments for the Green Chemistry course. The course will include: Atmosphere Chemistry, Volatile Organic Solvents, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Organic Synthesis, Biodegradable Polymers, Green Industrial Processes. The laboratory practices include Biotransformations with yeast, Microwave use, and Green production of decaffeinated tea. Contacts have been done with Dr. E. Juaristi (Mexico) the president of the RELAQ (Red Latinoamericana de Química) and some other RELAQ’s members.

8-Distance Science Education and E-learning. Presented by Dr. Carlos Bosch: “Educación de Ciencias a Distancia˝There has been presented the necessity of capacitating a larger number of teachers, that because of different reasons they cannot receive the classes in situ. This form of education needs a lot of commitment and the wish of learning, losing the scary feeling that comes with the technology. The objective of the program is the joined venture of scientists and teachers, changing attitudes towards science and math.The curricular design includes 33 weeks plus an optional module. A prior course of 10 hours, 40 hours of math, Communication abilities for 37 hours plus the modules of science 1 and 2 of 40 hours each. The platform used is thru Moodle, each teacher has between 20 and 25 students. The course has homework’s and evaluations. The pilot program was launched in October 2009 with 350 primary teaches of all of Mexico, chosen by the Secretary of Education. Nowadays our Sysmail works with 300 mail per minute, is updated every minute. There is a videoconference given every month, with the use of a power point presentation. They work an evidence portfolio where you can find the different commentaries made by the teachers of the teachers. Actually

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they have 800 teachers following the program not only in Mexico but other countries of Latin America. Tuesday June 28th, 2011 9:00-11:00Proposal of activities for 2012 submitted by the IANAS Focal Points-IANAS 2012 -2013 IAP BUDGETARY PROPOSALActivity

Amount USD$ requested from IAP Amount USD$ from other sources Country1-IX IANAS Science Education Program Focal Points Meeting 2012,

15,000.00 15,000.00. The host academies and external donors will cover the rest of the expenses. Colombia 2-Workshop in Science Education 5,000,00 5,000.00.The host academies and external donors will cover the rest of the expenses.México 3-Practical and theoretical course on Molecular Biology and Genomics. 4,000.00

4,000.00.The host academies and external donors will cover the rest of the expenses.Chile

4-IANAS-RELAQ course on Green Chemistry , 4,000.00 4,000.00. The host academies and external donors will cover the rest of the expenses. Argentina 5-Science Education Program, 2,000.00

2,000.00.The host academies and external donors will cover the rest of the expenses.Nicaragua

6- Update Workshop on IBSE in 2,000.00 2,000.00. The host academies and external donors will cover the rest of the expenses. Dominican Republic 7- Workshops to implement of the Inquiry Based Science Education ( IBSE) Primary Schools in selected islands Jamaica 1,000.00 1,000.00.The host academies and external donors will cover the rest of the expenses. Jamaica TOTAL 33,000.00 33,000.00

11:00-11:30 Coffee Break11;30-13:30 Financing Report from the financial committeeSally Shuler representing the United States National Science Resource Center presented the proposal that the Smithsonian is giving for a five year investigation that has an random model with validation that can be scale up. With the funds that they acquire they are planning to analyze the necessities, follow up the implementation and outcome of the students with what they are doing in their classes. Bill Cassidy- B. Cassidy. Chair of the International Alliance of the Smithsonian mentioned that they will have a catalog of good teaching practice and they are searching for funds for its sustainability.Jorge Allende suggests to look for funding in OEA, UNESCO and BID

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13:30-15:00 Lunch15:00-17:00 Structure of Science Education ProgramAfter discussing the different solutions for reaching the sustainability of the program ,different committees were integrated as follows. The plans will be presented on November in Argentina.

Committee for the Strategic Planning:Chair:Argentina/Norma Nudelman, Cuba/Oscar CAlvarez PomaresCAS/ Winston MellowesNicaragua/Rafael LucioBrasil/ Marcos CortesaoUS/ Sally Goetz Shuler

Committee in charge of creating the links with IANAS other programs, Regional and other countries networks. Chair:Carlos Bosch Colombia/José Lozano IANASChile/ Jorge Allende (Redes)Dominican Republic /Nelson MorenoCAS/ Winston MellowesBolivia/Elsa QuirogaArgentina/ Norma Nudelman

Financial funding committeeChair: US/ Sally Shuler SRCChile /Jorge AllendeUS/ Michael Clegg Panamá/ Gladys Bernett

Political Influence contact committeeUS/ Michael CleggColombia/ José LozanoMéxico/ Juan Pedro Laclette

Academic Committee: Result Assessment.Chair: Costa Rica/Gabriel MacayaCanadá/ Patricia RowellPerú/ Gustavo GonzálezBolivia/ Elsa QuirogaVenezuela/Claudio BifanoGuatemala/ María del Carmen Samayoa

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Logístics IANAS/ Verónica Barroso

INDAGALA MEETING Wednesday 29-30 , 2011 Mexico City 9:00-9-15

The Indagala Meeting of Focal Points of the IANAS Science Education Program was hosted by the Mexican Academy of Sciences. The meetings took place at the Mexican Academy of Science headquarters.

A welcome was extended to the Focal Points and Visitors by Dr. Carlos Bosh9:15-11.00 History presented by Dr. Jose Lozano The following academies; Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, , Chile, Colombia , México, Costa Rica, Perú and Venezuela, signed an agreement with the French Science Academy on march 2007, to launch a web page for LatinAmerica called INDAGALa (www.indala.org) , been Colombia the country in charge of the following up of the project. The presentation included the meetings and an agreement made with Andrés Bello who offered the facilities of using his server, sadly there were a lot of difficulties that had made the program not work as required. In 2009, in a coordination meeting it was decided that the Mexican Science Academy will follow up the administration of INDAGALA, keeping the web master in Colombia. Rosa del Carmen Villavicencio presented what Mexico has done since that meeting. In the web page teachers can solve doubts, share experiences and knowledge. It has multimedia resources, didactic units that help with the inquiry teaching and planning’s already made. There are spaces for each country, where each one can upload documents, forums, news,

Dr. Claudio Bifano, in his intervention he briefed about the meeting held in Venezuela, in which it was notified the Mexican Science Academy of their upcoming necessity for having an exclusive server for the platform of IndagaLA, which would require a monthly payment and to redesign the page for changing the version of the operating system. La Main a la Pate offer to continue developing educational material in France and the interest of the OEI in translating the contents for reinforcing the page, but with no financial aid from the French Academy of Science.Costs of the new website by Humberto KeymoreHe explains the requirements of the technical infrastructure and human resources including the use of the optimized version V2RC1 with a multisite, multi language. This will cost $ 9,000.00, hosting the web http://www.xpress.com.mx/index.php $1500,00 annually for the administration of the service. He explains that the distance Science Learning Program that the Mexican Science Academy has an infrastructure capable for a good management of the platform. He suggests that the countries that are participating could help in giving information.Presentation of the new website by Rosa del Carmen Villavicencio with a brief demonstration of its potential.

Conditions for the continuance of the Agreement. Presented by MsS. Silvia Romero

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It is presented to the assistants a draft of a new agreement of continuance. This was discussed and modified prior of been signed by the representatives. The agreement includes the compromise of each country in finding a person in charge of the actualization and management of the site. Also each representative is in charged of making a letter signed by the president of each Academy with the name of the academic and the technician in charge of the site. Dr. Carlos Bosch offered in the Name of Mexico and the Science Academy of the same country, to keep without any extra charge for two years the page of IndagaLA; after this time each country participating should pay. The committee following this process is formed by the following members: Dr.Claudio Bifano, Dr José Lozano and Marcos Cortesao. .

5. IANAS Capacity BuildingStrengthening S&T in the Americas: Support to the IANAS Network

2011-2012: Organization of sub-regional meetings to develop the basis for the strategic

planning of the organization Meetings of the Executive Committee to appraise the work developed in the

strategic planning meetings. Organize a process for the consolidation of the strategic plan Workshop on “Shaping the public's understanding of Science: the role of the Media

and the responsibilities of the scientist”

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Meetings IAP Funds Matching ContributionsFirst meeting

Strategic Planning

Washington DCMarch 2011

None

Academies of Canada, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and US (Lodging and Air transportation)

Second meeting

Science and the Media workshopNovember Argentina

Air transportation for Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Uruguay, Cuba, Nicaragua, CCC, Colombia and IANASTravel for invited speakers.Translation service

Air transportation of Canada, USA, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Panama and Chile

Air transportation provided by NAS

Hotel (3 nights) Meals (3 per day/ 3 days) for 18 Academies

Ground transportationStationary

Third meeting: Santiago Chile January 2012

Executive Committee

Air transportation for Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Uruguay, Cuba, Nicaragua, CCC, Colombia and IANAS

Translation serviceWeb page updating

Air transportation of Canada, USA, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Chile

Hotel (2 nights) Meals (3 per day/ 3 days)

Ground transportationStationary

Follow up with the IANAS programs and initiatives, stimulating them to develop specific strategic planning exercises for their activities, in consonance with the strategic planning of the organization - Supported by program budgets no additional request.

Work on the organization of a new website for the organization, which shall be more dynamic and interactive

Concept IAP Funds Matching Contributions

IANAS Webpage

New Host, Design and Intranet serviceNewsletter

Mexican Academy of Science

Initiate a program of short term scientific visits to laboratories in the US - $3000,000.00

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Concept IAP Funds Matching Contributions

Capacity Building: Short Term Scientific Visits Budget: $3,000.00 Budget: $300,000.00

Second Semester of 2011: Launch of the new IANAS website Continuous capacity building activities in targeted countries – Panama, Uruguay, Honduras Implement an electronic consultation process among member Academies to consolidate

strategic plan. Meeting of the Executive Committee to govern IANAS activities. By the third of 2012, IANAS will have an operational Capacity Building Program, an

approved Strategic Plan for the Organization, and a new interactive and dynamic website.

_____________________________________________________________________________________IAP Matching

Website USD 10,000 USD 2,500Science & the media USD 17,000 USD 10,000Strategic Planning & EC meeting USD 15,000 USD 13,000Scientific Visitors Program USD 3,000 USD 300,000TOTAL USD 40,0