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Katri Mäkinen 20.10.2011

ENHANCING THE SCIENCE-POLICY DIALOGUE AND INTERFACE: THE EXAMPLE OF RIO +20 REGIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP FOR EUROPE. Katri Mäkinen 20.10.2011. 5 regional workshops: Asia Pacific 16.-18.4.2011 Africa 30.5.-1.6.2011 Latin America and the Caribbean 3.-5.8.2011

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Katri Mäkinen 20.10.2011

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  1. ENHANCING THE SCIENCE-POLICY DIALOGUE AND INTERFACE: THE EXAMPLE OF RIO +20 REGIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP FOR EUROPE Katri Mäkinen 20.10.2011

  2. 5 regional workshops: Asia Pacific 16.-18.4.2011 Africa 30.5.-1.6.2011 Latin America and the Caribbean 3.-5.8.2011 Arab Region 12.-14.10.2011 Europe 12.-14.10.2011

  3. Why Rio +20 workshop wasorganizedby the Delegation? • Goodconnections to and co-operationwith ICSU • The Secretariat of the Group of the Europeanmembers of ICSU is hostedby the Delegation • Goodconnections to the relevant national ministries and otherstakeholders, including Unesco

  4. Preparing for the workshop • Themes from Rio +20 summit: Green Economy, Institutional Frameworks and New and Emerging Challenges • The challenge: inviting the participants and choosing the stakeholders -> role of the Group of the European members of ICSU

  5. Objectives and outcomes • To prepareagreedpositionsby the regionalscientific and technologicalcommunity into the intergovernmental Rio +20 RegionalPreparatoryMeetings (= shortStatement & longerReport) • ”In thisway, region-specificscientificknowledge and concernscanbeintegrated to Rio +20 Conference”

  6. Karin Bäckstrand’smodel

  7. Furtherinformation: • Information on ICSU/UNESCO Regional Workshops and on the consultative process: www.icsu.org/rio20/regional-workshops • Official UN Rio +20 Summit homepage:www.uncsd2012.org/rio20/ • Further information on the Delegation of the Finnish Academies of Science and Letters: www.tsv.fi/international/akatemiat/english/delegation.html

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