EUROSCIENCE is a European association that promotes science and technology. It has regional sections across Europe and organizes the biennial Euroscience Open Forums (ESOFs) to strengthen links between science and society. ESOFs aim to create an integrated European space for science and technology debate and discussion to influence science and technology policies. International collaborations in science are growing as countries invest more in innovation and research related to health and quality of life. Science is becoming more global and collaborative with international teams and shared resources working on issues like genomics and climate change. To fully realize science's potential, the global scientific community will need to develop common standards and harmonize policies across borders.

1. EUROSCIENCE – A EUROPEAN
ASSOCIATION FOR THE
PROMOTION OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY
and ESOFs
http://www.euroscience.org/,
http://www.esof.eu/
Клестова Зинаида Сергеевна,
доктор ветеринарных наук,
Заведующая отделом, ученый секретарь,
Институт ветеринарной медицины УААН,
Евросайенс
E-mail: zklestova@yandex.ru

2. Workgroups Listing
 EducationEthics in Science
 Industrial Science & Technology
 Integration & Collaboration in European Science
 Public Awareness of Science
 Science Communication
 Science Policy
 Science Publishing
 Science and Urgent Problems of Society
 Technology Transfer
 Young Scientists

3. Regional Sections
 AZERBAIJAN SECTION
 BULGARIAN SECTION
 ESTONIAN SECTION
 GREEK SECTION
 GRENOBLE SECTION
 ILE-DE-FRANCE SECTION
 IRISH SECTION
 LEMAN SECTION
 MOLDAVIAN SECTION
 ROMANIAN SECTION
 RUSSIAN SECTION
 CENTRAL RUSSIAN SECTION
 SERBIAN SECTION
 UKRAINIAN SECTION

4. Activities
 Colloquium: In the Spirit of Sakharov
 Earthwake- Science across Television
 Eurowistdom- Women in Science
 Euroscience 10th Anniversary
 Euroscience Media Awards
 Rammal Award
 Science meets Poetry
 Events elsewhere
 Archives
 ESOFs

5. ESOFs – Euroscience Open Forums
2004, 2006, 2008, 2010
ESOF aims to:
 Strengthen the links between Science & Society,
 Create an integrated space for S&T in Europe,
 Foster a European Platform for debate on S&T,
 Influence S&T policies.

6. 25-28 August, STOCKHOLM, Sweden


7. 15-19 July 2006, Munich,
Germany

8. July 18-22 2008, Barcelona, Spain

9. 2-7 July 2010, Torino,Italy

10. Dublin, Ireland
on 12–16 July 2012

11. More and more countries
are investing in science
The motivation is typically tied to
Innovation and the economy
Health and quality of life of their people
(by Alan I. Leshner next 15 slides,
Chief Executive Officer Executive Publisher, Science,
American Association for the Advancement of Science)

12. World society is becoming more
global in character
 Science and technology are important
instruments of globalization
• Communication and information
technologies
 Science and technology are critical
components of every major issue
facing global society
• Cause
• Cure

18. Conclusion: more and
more countries are
investing in science
 High quality science is now going on
all over the world

19. Science has become
more and more
collaborative
 On both domestic and
international scales

20. International research teams are
becoming much more common
 One-on-one collaborations
 Large international projects
• Human Genome Project
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
 Large shareable resources and
infrastructure
• Most telescope/array projects
• Large Hadron Collider
• ITER

22. All of this is good, but……
 If we want science to reach its full
potential and best serve society
• We need to move to the next level of
internationalization

23. Science needs to become a truly
global enterprise
 Able to work on global issues in a
global way

24. Building a global scientific
community
 Develop global standards
• Scientific ethics
• Intellectual property
• Publication/access issues
 Harmonize science policies across countries
• E.g., embryonic stem cell research
• Research using animal subjects
 Help bring developing scientific communities
into the global community
 Better coordinate funding policies
 Streamline diverse bureaucracies
• American researchers spend 42% of research time
on administrative tasks

25. How can we harmonize the global
scientific community?
 Country to country
 Existing international organizations
• IAP
• UNESCO
 Better exploit/focus large gatherings
• AAAS
• ESOF
• World Science Forum
• STS Forum
 Develop new institutions/organizations

26. Thanks for your
attention!