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Strategy 2013-2017 Editions Global Latin America & Caribbean
Our vision Our mission is to help individuals and organisations apply evidence and innovations from science and technology to decision-making in order to have a positive
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impact on equitable and sustainable development and poverty reduction.
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Theory of change: The outcome of a global study of more than 3,000 experts, our new strategy looks to overcome the key challenges of applying science and technology to improve the wellbeing of people in the developing world.
Build relationships in key policy spheres
Provide access to understandable scientific information
Challenge: Policy-making is heavily influenced by economic stakeholders; evidence is not often systematically considered alongside other factors
Challenge: More than 70% of civil society organisations working on global development do not consume news and analysis on science for developing countries
Action: I ncreasing local coverage, networks and engagement of local knowledge through growth of regional offices
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roviding an online forum for policy and P researchers
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Liaising with international advisory groups
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dvancing the number of experts and opinion A leaders as contributors
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Socio-economic analysis of research findings
roviding regular columns reviewing P the latest science news from the perspective of various vulnerable groups and the private sector
T aking advantage of digital opportunities and mobile technology for providing information
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I ncreasing article syndication through mainstream as well as local media outlets
Action:
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E nsuring gender equity and wellbeing apply across all our work
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Challenge: There is overwhelming demand for the training of policy stakeholders and the academic research community on evidence for policy development and regional media on science reporting
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I llustrate clearly how science responds to the concerns of the mainstream development community
Capacity building to support and sustain uptake of research
Challenge: The lack of social and economic analysis of research results preventing the application of science and technology information in projects for development purposes
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I ncreasing partnerships with regional and local training institutions
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P roducing Practical Guides, our online resources for journalists and communication specialists
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D eveloping the SciDev.Net Learning Series, insights from our science communication research projects and analysis
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