IAP: SCIENTIFIC INPUT TO ACHIEVING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs)

1. Name and Academy

Name:
Academy:
Role in Academy:

The science academies and global policy frameworks

2. How do you see the role of national and regional academies of science, medicine and engineering in helping to implement politically endorsed global policy frameworks, such as the SDGs? Please be as specific as possible.

What your academy is doing now

3. To what extent does your academy engage with the SDGs and endeavour to influence their implementation?

Which SDGs have explicitly been discussed in meetings/workshops of your academy?

Since January 2014, has your academy published (or is about to publish) academy reports/outputs that are relevant to the SDGs, and – if so - to which goals/themes specifically? Please give details of these outputs.

In the next 12-18 months, is your academy planning to work on goals/themes relevant to the SDGs?

Which ones?

4. Has your academy identified any particular goals or themes under the SDGs that warrant particular attention?

If so, what are they?

5. To what extent is your academy involved in providing policy advice in general at a (i) local, (ii) national, (iii) regional/continental, or (iv) global level, either on its own or in collaboration with other academies/partners?

Space Cell	Regularly Involved	Occasionally Involved	Never Involved
(i) Local	(i) Local: Regularly Involved	(i) Local: Occasionally Involved	(i) Local: Never Involved
(ii) National	(ii) National: Regularly Involved	(ii) National: Occasionally Involved	(ii) National: Never Involved
(iii) Regional/Continental	(iii) Regional/Continental: Regularly Involved	(iii) Regional/Continental: Occasionally Involved	(iii) Regional/Continental: Never Involved
(iv) Global	(iv) Global: Regularly Involved	(iv) Global: Occasionally Involved	(iv) Global: Never Involved

What your country is doing now

6. To what extent, and how, is your country responding to its political obligation to implement the SDGs?

Is your country prioritizing particular goals/themes?

If so, which ones?

Do you know who your national (heads of) delegation to the UN are?

If so, are you in frequent, contact with them regarding implementation of the SDGs?

Does your government seek your academy's help on this agenda?

7. Are members of your academy appointed to positions within government departments or fulfilling advisory roles within your government?

If yes, what works well?

If no, why not?

IAP: SCIENTIFIC INPUT TO ACHIEVING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGs)

A survey of the national science academies to inform a new IAP project and support academies’ advice