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InterAcademy Panel on International Issues (IAP)
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| Contact: |
Mohamed
HassanSecretary General |
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| Address: |
IAP
Secretariat, c/o The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical
Physics (ICTP), Strada Costiera 11I-34014, Trieste, ITALY |
| E-mail: |
iap@twas.org |
| Tel: |
0039
040 224 0683 |
| Fax: |
0039
040 224 0689 |
| HTTP: |
www.interacademies.net |
| Type: |
International
NGO |
| Sector: |
all
sectors |
| Geography: |
worldwide |
| Activities: |
networking
and research partnerships |
| Budget: |
zero
- IAP members pay all the costs of collaborative activities |
| Profile: |
Formed in 1995, the InterAcademy Panel on International Issues (IAP) is an
informal network of world's academies working together in providing
advice and input to governments and international organisations
and in informing public opinion on scientific aspects of issues
of concern internationally. Through bilateral, regional, and
world-wide collaboration, the IAP contributes to building the
capacity of academies to contribute to meeting major challenges
faced collectively or individually by the nations of the world.
It has a membership of over 80 scientific academies. |
| Approach: |
IAP sponsors
meetings and conferences, such as the TWAS-IAP workshop on 'Capacity
Building for Academies in Africa' in May 2001 and the Year 2000
Conference of Academies. Other activities include working groups,
reports, collaborative research and workshops. |
| Finance: |
The IAP
operates on a voluntary basis with in-kind support from member
academies. Each academy covers its own costs as much as possible.
Academies which volunteer for a core organisational role or
to lead an IAP project will have responsibility for trying to
raise funding for carrying out that activity. Core and project
support may be sought from international organisations, national
governments, foundations and private sources. |
| Notes: |
See the web
site for more information. |
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