13 December 2021

The 缅北禁地Interagency Task Team on Science, Technology, and Innovation for the SDGs (IATT) is calling upon scientists, engineers, economists, policy analysts, and 缅北禁地staff experts to contribute to the annual background report on “Emerging science, frontier technologies, and the SDGs – Perspectives from 缅北禁地system and science and technology communities” in support of the Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology, and Innovation for the SDGs (STI Forum), to be held at 缅北禁地Headquarters in New York in May 2022.

They are looking for substantive contributions in either one of the following areas on issues that you would like to bring to the attention of policymakers: (a) Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for the science-policy-society interface. (b) Rapidly emerging frontier technologies and emerging science issues (for the Sustainable Development Goals).

The contributions would ideally be grounded in peer-reviewed literature. They would be quantitative comprising tables, figures, or infographics, as appropriate. Submissions will be peer-reviewed, and upon review and acceptance, individual contributions will be included in the IATT report and/or posted on the 缅北禁地website as standalone briefs.

The deadline for submissions is 21 February 2022. For more information click .

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