UNESCO MONTEVIDEO UNESCO SCIENCE IN LAC Lidia Brito Director l.brito@unesco.org UNESCO Regional Office for Sciences in Latin America and the Caribbean
Montevideo Office • Regional Office for Sciences in LAC • Representation to MERCOSUR • Representation in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. • Programmes being executed are of regional, subregional and national scope • Cooperation with: 5 cluster offices, 6 national offices , 33 UNESCO Member States 4 Associate Members. • Cooperation with integration mechanisms: CAN, CARICOM, MERCOSUR, SICA, UNASUR, CELAC. • Participation in UN Reform: UNDG-LAC and cluster´s UNDAFs 2
THE TECHNICAL TEAM HAV: Frank Ortiz (SC) KNG: Cesar Toro (SC & IOC) SJO: Jonathan Baker (SC) QUI: Jorge Ellis (SC) UBO: Luis Lima (SC) Ary Mergulhao (SC) Marlova Noleto (SHS) SGO: Koen Verbist (SC/HYD) MTD, Regional Office for Sciences in LAC: Lidia Brito (DIR) Ernesto Fernández Polcuch (SC/PCB) Denise Gorfinkiel (SC/EES/GEO) Zelmira May (SC/HYD) Susana Vidal (SHS/BIO) SC/EES/MAB: vacant SHS (Regional Advisor): vacant
Activity Budget 37/C5 (USD) EES+ PCB: HYD: Total DRR: Total SC SHS 1 SHS Bio Total SHS MLA 1-3 MLA 6 SC+SHS MLA 4-5 MTD (Regional + cluster) 150 600 147 000 277 300 574 900 325 900 183 200 509 100 1 084 000 SJO 25 000 20 000 30 000 75 000 - - 75 000 - BRA - - 25 100 25 100 - - - 25 100 KNG 27 000 - 30 000 57 000 - - - 57 000 QUI 19 400 - 30 000 49 400 - - - 49 400 HAV - - 30 000 30 000 - - - 30 000 Total RP 222 000 167 000 422 400 811 400 325 900 183 200 509 100 1 320 500 XB (MTD) 39 000 19 316 107 180 165 496 427 140 427 140 592 636 Total 241 600 186 316 529 580 976 896 325 900 610 340 936 240 1 913 136
UNESCO MONTEVIDEO NATIONAL STI PARTNERS IN LAC BARBADOS: (NCST) (CITMA) ST VT & GR: (MTSTI) BAHAMAS: (BEST) (CONACYT) GRENADA: (TC) (COHCIT) (MESCyT) (CONCYT) TRINIDAD Y TOBAGO: (NIHERST) (MCTI) (CONACYT) (CONICYT) (MICIT) (SENACYT) GUYANA (IAST) (COLCIENCIAS) (SENESCYT) (MCT) (CONCYTEC) (MINEDU) (CONACYT) (CONICYT) (DICYT) (MINCyT)
The power of Science to empower people 2012-2017 Strategic vision • Goal: Implementation of UNESCO's global priorities in the Latin American and Caribbean region, according to its specific conditions and demands. • Strategy: Incorporation of global priorities in the regional agenda through the promotion of STI and the potential of culture for promoting sustainable development and achieving the MDGs and the post 2015 agenda. • Delivery mode: Capacity Building, Technical advise and cooperation, Building networks of knowledge and Building the interface between Science, Policy and society • Tools: –Promotion of multinational activities and support to South-South cooperation. 5 –Enhancing the intersectoral / interdisciplinary approach to development challenges.
Science Policy and Capacity Building STI policies and governance supported nationally, regionally and globally: implementing the Regional Action Plan on STI Policies in LAC SPIN (LAC Science Policy Information Platform) http://spin.unesco.org.uy
Science-policy interface enhanced and sustainability science promoted in LAC Science-policy interface in LAC • Promoting the establishment of Science Advisory mechanisms in LAC. Mutual engagement of science with society reinforced to build public awareness and promote equity and inclusion of vulnerable in LAC • Mainstreaming Indigenous Knowledge Systems into STI Policies in LAC • Systematizing traditional knowledge of the binational (Ecuador-Peru) Sapara indigenous nationality (Spiritual Reserves of Humanity) • Participation of youth in science and science policy in LAC strengthened: WAYS LAC launch. • Science communication and popularization enhanced in LAC: enhanced partnership with Public Communication of S&T networks: RedPOP in LAC and PCST at global level Building institutional capacities in science and engineering Promoting Science Education: • launch of the UNESCO LAC Regional Community of Practice for Science Education: xciencia.unesco.org.uy • support to regional science fairs and Olympiads and Intl Year of Crys tallography. Gender in Science and Engineering in LAC • Women in Engineering workshop within Ingeniería 2014 • National L ´Oreal-UNESCO awards • Regional report on women in science
IHP ACTIVITIES IN LAC IHP PROGRAMMES FRIEND HELP ISARM Americas ISI IFI Ecohydrology Urban Waters Snow and Ice Water Education Water & Culture Water Centres Water Chairs
Strengthening freshwater security – Responses to local, regional and global challenges Responding to water related disasters and hydrological change • Assessing the impact of global change drivers on flow regimes and strengthening early warning systems (FRIEND/AMIGO) and Integrated IHP LAC Database System • Characterizing extreme precipitation, and hydrologic modeling of floods in LAC within IFI-LAC and further dissemination through AquaLAC journal • Improving knowledge and management of sediments and erosion through ISI LAC network Advancing in the assessment of glaciers through the Snow and Ice regional programme. • Addressing water scarcity and quality • Improving efficiency, governance, planning, management, allocation, and use of scarce water resources through networking - G-WADI further strengthened in the region • Implementing Managing Water in Arid Regions (MWAR-LAC) FUST-funded initative • Addressing water quality and pollution issues within an IWRM framework and promoting innovative tools for safe water supply and pollution control Building capacities for conflict prevention and resolution in the light of potential • conflicts for water use and management - PccP programme • Launching of a working group on appropriate technologies for water management
Managing groundwater resources in LAC • Enhancing Groundwater knowledge in LAC by promoting capacity building and networking: fostering groundwater education • Enhancing transboundary groundwater management: launching of the Vision for the Management of Transboundary Aquifers in the Americas (ISARM Americas) • Contributing to TWAP project groundwater components through ISARM Americas and GRAPHIC • Strengthening GRAPHIC LAC in selected Caribbean SIDS Water and human settlements in LAC • Promoting sustainable management of urban waters in LAC: Working Group on Urban Waters Developing urban flood risk mapping of LAC with • incorporation of new Member States • Fostering links with existing initiatives in the region such as IANAS water group, the City Pact on Climate Change, and the UN-ITU Focus Group on Smart Water Management Supporting state-of-the-art research on urban waters in the • Americas: sponsoring IANAS publication on Urban Waters
Engineering harmony for a sustainable world: LAC regional programme on eco-hydrology • Increasing capacities in Member States to improve eco-hydrology techniques for sustainable water management Using ecohydrology demonstration sites as scientific platform for showcasing • successful examples of ecosystem management within the eco-hydrological approach • Promoting ecohydrological sciences in LAC • Promoting sustainable water management at basin level in LAC: utilizing the HELP network as laboratories Developing a GIS platform to promote exchange among HELP basins in LAC • Water education: key for achieving water security in LAC Consolidating an interdisciplinary water and education platform in LAC and enhancing • the existing regional water and education network • Strengthening the water media network within IHP with training and material development • Promoting water security aspects: developing training and education material Advancing in the Atlas of the Water Cultures with UNESCO Chair on Water and Culture • • Expanding ongoing water and education initiatives (Water and Education for the Americas and the Caribbean – UNESCO-WET; Blue Planet) • Enhancement of capacities for professionals and technicians – promoting training courses in collaboration with Category II Centres and Chairs
Fostering international science collaboration for earth systems, biodiversity, and disaster risk reduction Global cooperation in the ecological and geological sciences expanded and UNESCO designated sites used as learning places for sustainable development • Biosphere Reserve as learning sites to promote green economy and climate change mitigation and adaptation measures: • Galapagos Biosphere reserve (Ecuador): contribution to the integrated management. • Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve (Paraguay) as model region for a green economy as a learning site Biosphere Reserves in Central America: Bosawas (Nicaragua) and the • Trifinio transboundary biosphere reserve (Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador), advise MS in management. Earth Sciences • Strengthening the LAC Network of Geoparks • Support to formal ongoing processes in Colombia and Ecuador to prepare geopark proposals in the Cañon del Chicamocha and Tungurahua volcano areas, respectively. • Training activities and capacity building in Argentina. • International Geoscience Programme (IGCP): Training in preparing project applications
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