<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">The second of two call for reviewers from ICSU, the International Council of Science. <br class=""><br class="">ICSU is looking for scientific and non-academic reviewers of collaborative research projects, please see below.<br class=""><div class="">
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letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">___________________________<br class="">International Data Week was a great success!</div><div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class="">- <a href="http://www.scidatacon.org/2016/programme/" class="">SciDataCon abstracts available, presentations coming soon</a><br class="">- <a href="http://codata.org/blog/category/humans-of-data/" class="">Humans of Data Project</a><br class="">- <a href="http://codata.org/blog/category/scidatacon-2016/" class="">Posts about SciDataCon and International Data Week on the CODATA blog</a><br class="">- <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/145909074@N04/collections/72157670737739963/" class="">International Data Week photo collection</a><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">___________________________</div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dr Simon Hodson | Executive Director CODATA | <a href="http://www.codata.org" class="">http://www.codata.org</a><br class=""><br class="">E-Mail: <a href="mailto:simon@codata.org" class="">simon@codata.org</a> | Twitter: @simonhodson99 | Skype: simonhodson99<br class="">Tel (Office): +33 1 45 25 04 96 | Tel (Cell): +33 6 86 30 42 59<br class=""><br class="">CODATA (Committee on Data of the International Council for Science), 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie, 75016 Paris, FRANCE<br class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">From: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Katsia PAULAVETS <<a href="mailto:katsia.paulavets@icsu.org" class="">katsia.paulavets@icsu.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">ICSU will support 10 collaborative research projects across Africa: we are looking for scientific and non-academic reviewers:</b><br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">Date: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">21 October 2016 at 11:36:48 CEST<br class=""></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);" class=""><b class="">To: </b></span><span style="font-family: -webkit-system-font, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Lira2030Africa <<a href="mailto:Lira2030Africa@icsu.org" class="">Lira2030Africa@icsu.org</a>><br class=""></span></div><br class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: GillSans; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: 12.05pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">Call for scientific and non-academic reviewers</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: 12.05pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: 12.05pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">Deadline: 25 November 2016<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">Dear all,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="A2" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 30, 31); font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;" class="">Now with the New Urban Agenda adopted, the International Council for Science in partnership with the Network of African Science Academies, and the International Social Science Council<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span class="A2" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 30, 31); font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">will support 10 collaborative research projects across Africa (to the value of up to 90,000 Euro each over two years) in 2017<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span class="A2" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 30, 31); font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">in order to ensure that science can effectively contribute to the implementation of this Urban Agenda in Africa.</span></span><span class="A2" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 30, 31); font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;" class=""></span></span><span class="A2" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 30, 31); font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;" class="">These projects are expected to generate new solutions-oriented knowledge that will help develop new urban paradigms in Africa and make African cities more resilient, adaptable and healthier (for more details, please see the document attached).</span></span><span class="A2" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 30, 31); font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; line-height: 12.05pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="A2" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 30, 31); font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">We are now looking for scientists and non-academic experts with expertise in energy systems, air pollution, health, provision of health services, climate mitigation and adaptation, land use and urban planning, and disaster risk reduction in the urban environment to review full proposals between Nov 2016- mid Jan 2017. Experience in inter- and transdisciplinary research would be of value. Guidelines for review will be provided.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="A3" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 171, 142); font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">You can also contribute to our efforts in making African cities more sustainable and resilient by reviewing proposal(s). If you are interested or know relevant experts, please contact me by 25 November. Thank you!<o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="A3" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 171, 142); font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="A2" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 30, 31); font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;" class="">Best regards,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="A2" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 30, 31); font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="A2" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 30, 31); font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;" class="">Katsia<o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">_______________________________________________________________<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">Ms. Katsia Paulavets</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>| Science Officer<br class=""></span></div></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>