SciDev.Net Annual Review 2004

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Regional activities Since its launch in 2001, SciDev.Net has been keen to ensure that its activities directly reflect the needs of developing countries as perceived by these countries themselves. It has sought to do so through creating regional networks that bring together individuals and institutions that share its goals and concerns.

Latin America

One active regional network has been that covering Latin America, which was launched in São Paulo, Brazil, in May 2003. The main achievement of the regional network has been to recruit a growing range of Latin American science journalists, scientists and others to write articles for our website. There has been particular enthusiasm in Latin America for the electronic guide to science communication. A Portuguese translation of key components of the guide has been financed by the Brazilian government and was published as a booklet. A Spanish translation is planned. A workshop on science communication, attended by about 50 individuals from Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama and Venezuela, was held in Panama on 7–9 July 2004. A subsequent meeting of key members of the Latin American regional network was held in Quito, Ecuador, on 24 and 25 November 2004.

South Asia

The family of SciDev.Net regional networks expanded in 2004 with the addition of a new network for South Asia, covering the seven countries India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and the Maldives. The network was launched at a meeting in Delhi on 19 November 2004, under the title: ‘Science, communication and society: needs and challenges for South Asia’. The workshop was successful in bringing together a strong panel of speakers from other countries in the region, including four speakers from Pakistan, and others from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal. Financial assistance with the travel and accommodation of speakers from outside Delhi was provided by IDRC.

Sub-Saharan Africa

The first regional network, covering subSaharan Africa, was launched in 2002. Since then, our coverage of African issues has expanded considerably on the website. We have a growing network of journalists filing articles from across the continent. Two African newsletters were produced in 2004, one focusing on new communications activities in Africa, and the second on the role of women in African science. In addition, we organised a photographic competition for African photographers, which resulted in a large entry, the winner being a researcher in Nigeria, who received a wind-up radio as a prize. We also welcomed a Kenyan intern, Gloria Katsuiime, to the London office for a month in June 2004.

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Workshops and other events HIV/AIDS reporting workshop

A workshop on ‘The use of ICTS in reporting on the science of HIV/AIDS’ was held at the Asian Institute of Technology on Bangkok, Thailand in July 2004, in collaboration with UNESCO. The workshop was held to coincide with the biannual International AIDS conference, being held in Bangkok, and participants in the workshop were able to attend the main conference to test out their newly learnt skills. Sixteen print, TV and radio journalists and other communicators attended the workshop from different countries within South East Asia, namely: Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia and The Philippines. An evaluation carried out at the end of the workshop revealed a high level of satisfaction with the outcome.

Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST)

Two staff members attended the 4th international Public Communication of Science and Technology conference (PCST), which took place in Barcelona, Spain, and was attended by more than 300 science communication professionals from around the world. The main purpose of the visit was to make a presentation on the theme of ‘Networking in the Developing World’, in which two of our Latin American collaborators also participated.

Fourth World Conference of Science Journalists The 4th World Conference of Science Journalists was held in Montreal in October. The meeting was very useful for SciDev.Net, thanks largely to the fact that support from the IDRC meant that 15 of our contributing journalists from around the world were able to attend and meet together, most for the first time, using the opportunity to discuss issues of common interest about the functioning of SciDev.Net. The meeting was also extremely successful in raising the profile of SciDev.Net within the international science journalism community.

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