Instructive inputs and discussions in last Friday's workshop "#Science 🎓-#Policy📜 Interface for Scientists: An (Inter🌐)national🇨🇭Perspective" - organised by our #SYNESPOD Project in cooperation with Reatch & Geneva Science-Policy Interface. Many thanks to our partners, speakers and participants!

Thank you to Geneva Science-Policy Interface for selecting our proposal "Strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention by facilitating science-policy synergies" as part of the open call for the Impact Collaboration Programme. We will be building Sci-Policy bridges for the BWC together with International Science Council!

#Conférence publique organisée par l'ASSH, vendredi 24 mai à #Genève. Entrée gratuite, sans inscription. Traduction simultanée ➡ DE/FR/EN. Avec Nicolas Levrat (GSI — UNIGE), Géraldine Pflieger (Université de Genève), Yves Flückiger (Akademien der Wissenschaften Schweiz). Plus d'info ⬇️ #science #diplomacy

🗓 28 May 2024, 5:00 pm CEST 💻 Join this online session covering the IPL Integration Index and how #researchers, #policymakers, and #practitioners can adapt it for use to bring more effective policy expertise in the management of #migration.

We recently held two workshops for Young Academies Swiss Young Academy & Sveriges unga akademi as part of their goals to build awareness and competencies for early-career #researchers to engage with international #policy organisations. Read the full blog post 👉 gspi.ch/news/supportin…

Great to have have the first in person meeting of the ⁦⁦LERU⁩ International policy group ⁦Lund University⁩ ! Many thanks to rector ⁦Erik Renström⁩, ⁦Geneva Science-Policy Interface⁩ director ⁦Nicolas Seidler⁩ and ⁦European Global Health Research Institutes Network⁩ chair ⁦antoni plasencia⁩ !

Meet the speakers of our upcoming course Geneva Summer School and seize the last chance to register! unige.ch/genevasummersc… ⏳ Application deadline: 31 May 🗓 24-28 June 2024 📍 Geneva

The Geneva Science Diplomacy week is coming soon! On Monday, we'll welcome a group of 30 participants to dive into international Geneva, learning all about #ScienceDiplomacy through a packed schedule of conferences, seminars, and workshops. Info: bit.ly/4aS2JTu

✨Welcome to Geneva 🇨🇭 Today, we kick off the Geneva Science Diplomacy Week 2024 together with 30 participants from 25 countries. Our deep dive into #InternationalGeneva starts at ICRC and United Nations Geneva. #SDWeek24

We are thrilled to hold one of the #SDWeek24 opening sessions today! 🗺 Its goal is to help participants map conceptually the various actors and practices relevant to #ScienceDiplomacy and to reflect individually and collectively on their roles as leading #BoundarySpanners.

Geneva Summer School Geneva Science-Policy Interface Université de Genève UNIGE_en Mialy Andriamahefazafy The Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions International Geneva UNIGE International "The science is feeding policymaking in the UN system, to address the triple planetary crisis." Starting the session, Diana Rizzolio, GENeva Environment Network coordinator, presented #GENeva as a hub for int'l environmental governance, and how #science plays a key role in int'l policymaking.

Geneva Summer School Geneva Science-Policy Interface Université de Genève UNIGE_en Mialy Andriamahefazafy The Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions International Geneva UNIGE International "There is a need to interact with the biodiversity and climate change agendas." Agustin Harte of The Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions presented the role of #science in protecting human #health & #environment in the work of the various conventions, as part of the #chemicals, #waste & #pollution cluster.

Geneva Summer School Geneva Science-Policy Interface Université de Genève UNIGE_en Mialy Andriamahefazafy The Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions International Geneva UNIGE International "As a climate organization, we provide scientific support to mitigation & adaptation streams." Oksana Tarasova emphasizes the key role World Meteorological Organization plays in various conventions in providing the tools to have science-policy bases for #climate mitigation in measuring #airpollution & GHGs.

We were thrilled to start our Geneva Summer School on science and policy yesterday ! Its goal is to help participants apprehend the various actors and practices relevant to #SciencePolicyInterface and to reflect individually and collectively on their roles as leading #KnowledgeBrokers

We are at the International environment House today for our Geneva Summer School course on science and policy. Participants are learning how UN agencies mobilise science and how scientists can integrate these mechanisms

“Knowledge does not automatically translate into action” Science-policy Course Day 3: Maxime Stauffer from the Simon Institute for Longterm Governance starts with the challenge of brokering knowledge into politics and underscores the crucial importance of making a tangible impact.

"Traditional science does not always give us the answer we need" Science-policy Course Day 3: Theres Paulsen from td-net offers the tools to mobilise transdisciplinarity and co-production of knowledge to bridge science and policymaking

“You have to look for the actors and organisations of power” Science-policy Course Day 3: Cecilia Cannon from PoliSync suggests strategies for framing scientific knowledge to enhance communication with a policy audience.

“Stick to the plan. Give space to all views and be transparent” Science-policy Course Day 3: Kali Taylor from SFG - Sustainable Finance Geneva shared valuable guidance on effectively facilitating and engaging with policymakers and scientists in a multi-stakeholder setting.

“As leaders we are building the plane as it's flying” Science-policy Course Day 5: PositiveEnergyCoach provided valuable guidance to our participants on how to lead a purpose-driven career and leadership.