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<p>Over 2,500 science leaders from over 120 countries are gathering at the World Science Forum 2017 in Jordan 7-10 November to call for a more responsible and ethical use of innovation to address the social and economic relevance, influence, and responsibilities of science.</p>
08.11.2017
<p>Dr. Mustapha Mokrane, Executive Director of <a href="https://www.icsu.org/what-we-do/research-programmes/data-and-information/world-data-system-wds">ICSU World Data System</a>, has been selected as Co-Lead of the Belmont Forum’s <a href="http://bfe-inf.org/">e-Infrastructures and Data Management Project</a> (e-I&DM). He will succeed Dr. Robert Gurney, co-creator of the initiative, who completed his term at the end of September.</p>
06.11.2017
<p>This is part of a series of interviews with leaders from international partner organisations. We asked them to weigh in on the importance of our proposed merger with the <a href="http://www.worldsocialscience.org/">International Social Science Council</a> (ISSC) for a fast-changing scientific future.</p>
04.10.2017
<p>An accord to promote open access to “big data” that are the basis of advanced research has passed 120 endorsements, and the list includes prominent science organizations that support the principles of open data through dedicated commitments.</p>
05.04.2017
<p>New Zealand was hit by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Kaikoura in November 2016, and the government has expressed thanks to IRDR and CODATA for their timely and free provision of satellite data that helped with damage and loss estimation following the disaster.</p>
23.02.2017
<p>An initiative to establish an African Open Science Platform to promote the value and exploit the potential of Open Data for science was announced by the Minister of Science and Technology, Mrs. Naledi Pandor, at the <a href="http://www.sfsa.co.za/sfsa-2016/">Science Forum South Africa 2016</a> (SFSA) last week.</p>
12.12.2016
<p>A ceremony was held today to mark five years of successful collaboration between the <a href="https://www.nict.go.jp/en">Japanese National Institute of Information and Communications Technology</a> (NICT) and the International Council of Science (ICSU) for the hosting and support of the <a href="https://www.icsu-wds.org">World Data System International Programme Office</a> (WDS-IPO).</p>
07.04.2016
<p>Science International 2015 launches a campaign for “Open Data in a Big Data World” at Science Forum South Africa in Pretoria</p>
07.12.2015
<p>Science International is a new coalition of the major international science bodies – ICSU, the <a href="http://www.interacademies.org">InterAcademy Partnership</a> (IAP), <a href="https://twas.org">The World Academy of Sciences</a> (TWAS), and the <a href="http://www.worldsocialscience.org">International Social Science Council</a> (ISSC) – to bring its members’ combined international representation and credibility to act as a single global voice for science in the international policy arena. At its first meeting, to be held from 7-9 December in Pretoria, South Africa, the participating institutions will discuss the topic of big data/open data.</p>
12.10.2015
<p>The ICSU Executive Board approved the new membership at its April session. The committee will be chaired by Sandy Harrison, Professor of Palaeoclimates and Biogeochemical Cycles.</p>
03.07.2015