Author: Gina Gunaratnam
On 2nd December 2021, the United Nations declared 2022 the
International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development
(IYBSSD2022). The resolution is the result of a proposal from the IUPAP
(International Union of Pure and Applied Physics) led by Michel Spiro,
its current president, in coordination with international scientific
organisations such as CERN, EGO, IAU, SKA Observatory, to name but a few
(list of organisers).
With this Year, the United Nations General Assembly « invites
all [its] Member States, organizations of the United Nations system and
other global, regional and subregional organizations, as well as other
relevant stakeholders, including academia, civil society, inter alia,
international and national non- governmental organizations, individuals
and the private sector, to observe and raise awareness of the importance
of basic sciences for sustainable development, in accordance with
national priorities».
The European Physical Society (EPS) is a
founding partner and a member of the Steering Committee of the
IYBSSD2022. The EPS strongly supports this initiative as it encourages
the dissemination of basic sciences through its involvement in related
European projects and programmes.
The « Joint APS-ICTP-EPS
Travel Award Fellowship Programme » is an example of activities that
will start in 2022, where the EPS is involved together with the APS
(American Physical Society) and the ICTP (Abdus Salam International
Centre of Theoretical Physics). This programme enables early career
scientists to return to universities and research centres where they had
previously obtained their PhD, to use laboratory facilities which may
not be available in their home country and to gain training on writing
grant proposals, among others.
The EPS will program more
activities in the frame of the IYBSSD2022, that will officially be
inaugurated on 30 June-1st July 2022 with a conference held at the
UNESCO headquarters in Paris. Check our website for the latest news.
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