<div dir="ltr"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><a href="https://codata.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/science-funding-partners-2.jpg" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none"><img class="gmail-wp-image-4960 gmail-aligncenter" src="https://codata.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/science-funding-partners-2.jpg" alt="" width="683" height="361" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; background: transparent; max-width: 100%; height: auto; display: block;"></a>The International <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Science</span> Council has let us know that the call for inputs invited below will remain (silently) open until 16 October.  Please take the opportunity to contribute to this important consultation to shape <span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-weight:700">a <a href="https://council.science/science-funding/global-call/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">priority action agenda for science</a> that will advance the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif">In the last few months, the COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us of the interconnected nature of the common and global challenges we face, arising from growing pressures on the environment, and endangering not only public health, but also the economy and society as a whole. To minimize the risk of large-scale shocks in the future, achieving the 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has become even more important and urgent.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif">As with the COVID-19 pandemic, mobilizing global <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">science</span> action is essential if we are to realize the 2030 Agenda. Recognizing this urgency, <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">science</span> funders and the <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">research</span> community have initiated a <a href="https://council.science/science-funding" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">“Decade of Global Sustainability Science Action”</a> in order to catalyse collective action for accelerating the <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">impact</span> of <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">science</span> and <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">science</span> funding on the achievement of the SDGs.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif">To this end, <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">science</span> funders have asked the International <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Science</span> Council (ISC) to convene the insights and ideas of the broader global scientific community on the critical priorities for <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">science</span> that will support and enable societies to accomplish the goals by 2030.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif">It is in this context that the ISC would like to seek your expert views on <span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-weight:700">priorities for game-changing action in two related domains:</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-weight:700">i. <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">science</span> for sustainability transformations, and </span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-weight:700">ii. transformations of <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">science</span> systems.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif">This is a unique opportunity for the international <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">science</span> community to advise <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">science</span> funders about the support that <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">science</span> needs in order to maximize its <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">impact</span> on the achievement of the SDGs in the next decade.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 1em;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-weight:700">By sharing your views via this </span><a href="https://council.science/science-funding/global-call/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-weight:700">survey</span></a><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-weight:700"> by 16 October 2020, you will help to shape the international <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">science</span> funding agenda.</span> All contributions will be mapped and clustered into thematic <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">science</span> missions for the SDGs and presented to <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">science</span> funders in 2021 with the aim of shaping global <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">research</span> and <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">research</span> funding priorities for the coming years as well as of exploring opportunities for strategic collaboration among funders.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif">If you need any further <span class="gmail-glossaryLink" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border-width:0px 0px 1px;border-top-style:initial;border-top-color:initial;border-right-style:initial;border-right-color:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-left-color:initial;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;border-bottom-style:dotted;border-bottom-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">information</span>, please contact Katsia Paulavets at <a href="mailto:katsia.paulavets@council.science" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(46,163,242);text-decoration-line:none">katsia.paulavets@council.science</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif"><br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif">Thanks,</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Open Sans",Arial,sans-serif">Asha</p><div><br></div>-- <div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">____________________________</div><div><b>International Virtual FAIR Convergence Symposium 2020, 30 Nov-4 Dec:</b> <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/international-fair-convergence-symposium-registration-105931185026" target="_blank">Registration Open</a> | <a href="https://conference.codata.org/FAIRconvergence2020/" target="_blank">Call for posters and lightning talks, deadline 31 Oct</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>Data-Driven Governance in Sustainable Cities: </b><a href="https://codata.org/initiatives/strategic-programme/codata-connect/webinar-series-smart-and-resilient-cities/webinar-7-data-driven-governance-in-sustainable-cities-new-models-for-public-private-data-sharing/" target="_blank">New models for public-private data sharing: CODATA Connect Webinar, 19 Oct</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://codata.org/august-2020-publications-in-the-data-science-journal/" target="_blank"><b>August 2020 publications</b></a> in the <a href="https://datascience.codata.org/" target="_blank">CODATA Data Science Journal</a> </div></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><br></div><div><b>Stay in touch with CODATA:</b></div><div></div><div><br></div><div>Stay up to date with CODATA activities: <a h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