New Delhi: The first meeting of the G-20 Chief Science Advisors Round Table (G-20 CSAR) was held in Ramnagar, Uttarakhand, in which global issues of mutual interest related to science and technology were discussed in depth. The G-20 CSAR is a flagship event under India's G-20 Presidency, led by the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India.
The following topics were discussed in the one-day round table meeting - Opportunities in 'One Health' for better disease control and better pandemic preparedness; coordinating global efforts to expand access to specialized scientific knowledge; Facilitating diversity, equity, inclusion and access to science and technology (S&T) and an institutional arrangement for an inclusive, sustainable and action-oriented global science and technology policy dialogue.
Pandemic preparedness plan for strong, adaptive and timely response to pandemics under the theme “Opportunities in ‘One Health’ for better disease control and better pandemic preparedness”; Integrated disease surveillance systems for humans, livestock and wildlife, OneHealth's R&D roadmap for diseases and investments in analytics (such as disease modelling, AI/ML tools) and data standards were discussed.
Facilitate free, immediate and universal access, under the theme “Coordinating global efforts to expand access to distinguished scientific knowledge”; reducing subscription fees to journals and the essay processing fees they charge; Establishment of interoperable links to national knowledge repositories with international knowledge repositories/archives and open access mandate to make knowledge output of publicly funded scientific research widely available etc. were discussed.
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The third theme of the meeting was Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Facilitating Access in Science and Technology (S&T). Participating countries shared their efforts to facilitate access of under-represented, underprivileged, disadvantaged, and minority communities as well as tribal/native communities to the larger scientific enterprise. In the session, the integration of Traditional Knowledge Systems (TKS) into the formal system of knowledge through the scientific validation process and recognition of the potential of language diversity and removal of barriers to access to scientific knowledge were also discussed.
The fourth session discussed the need for an institutional arrangement for an inclusive, sustainable and action-oriented global S&T policy dialogue.
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It was agreed that Scientific Advisers play an important role in shaping policy choices by providing evidence-driven science advice and that in a spirit of collaboration and dialogue, it is the responsibility of Chief Science Advisers to contribute to the international dialogue and Join us to address global issues affecting the entire scientific enterprise and to make science and technology benefit everyone.
Consultations on the topics discussed today will continue until August 2023, when the next meeting will be determined. A science policy release will also be issued in the next meeting.
The meeting was followed by Professor Ajay Sood, Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) to the Government of India; Dr Parvinder Maini, Scientific Secretary, Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) and Shri Naman Upadhyay, Under Secretary, G-20 Secretariat interacted with the local media.
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