Twas in Action

On 10 June, Ichiro Kanazawa, President of the Science Council of Japan (member of IAP) presented Japan's Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda joint statements prepared by science academies for the G8 Summit

Maurice Tchuente, professor of Computer Science at the University of Yaounde I, Cameroon, has been awarded the 2008 CNR Rao Prize for Scientific Research.

The First EuroAfriCa-ICT Summit will be held in Brussels, Belgium, early next year.

The Third World Organization for Women in Science has received a grant from the Elsevier Foundation that enables it to expand its recently launched prize scheme for young women scientists

Linda Nordling is blogging live from TWAS's 11th General Conference in Durban, South Africa.

TWAS joins the Group of 77 and UNESCO in announcing the launch of an international organization designed to bring policymakers and scientists closer together

The Durban Declaration, highlight of the closing ceremony of the TWAS 11th General Conference, urges negotiators at the climate change conference scheduled to take place in Copenhagen this December

“We must use science to bring development to countries that are most in need”, says Naledi Pandor, South Africa’s Minister of Science and Technology

TWAS has announced the winners of the TWAS Prizes for 2009 at the Academy's 20th General Meeting in Durban, South Africa. Each prize is endowed with USD15,000.

Pramod Kumar Aggarwal from India and Carlos Clemente Cerri from Brazil are honoured for their pioneering work on the intricate relationship between agriculture, climate and the environment.