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International Science Council

Acronym: ISC

General Information

Identification Code: 502255152450-71
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Entity Form: Non-profit, association
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 1/12/2024
EP Accredited Number: 0

Mission & Interests

Goals: The International Science Council (ISC) is a non-governmental organization with a unique global membership that brings together more than 245 international scientific Unions and Associations, national and regional scientific organizations including Academies and Research Councils, international Federations and Societies, and Young Academies and Associations. The ISC convenes the scientific expertise and resources needed to lead on catalysing, incubating and coordinating impactful international action on issues of major scientific and public importance.
Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
  • Climate action
  • Digital economy and society
  • Education and training
  • Environment
  • International co-operation and development
  • Research and innovation
Levels of Interest:
  • global

Activities

Main EU Legislative Proposals: The Council’s activities focus on three principal areas of work: - Science-for-policy to stimulate and support international scientific research and scholarship, and to communicate science that is relevant to international policy issues. - Policy-for-science to promote developments that enable science to contribute more effectively to major issues in the international public domain. - Scientific freedom and responsibility to defend the free and responsible practice of science. We are interested in, for example: European Green Deal Digital services act [Regulation 2022/2065 OJ L 277 27.10.2022, pp 1-102 ] European health data space COM(2022) 0197 of 3.5.2022, procedure ref.: 2022/0140 (COD). European climate law [Regulation 2021/1119 OJ L 243, 9.7.2021, pp. 1–17] Revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive COM(2022) 677, procedure ref.: 2022/0396 (COD). Waste framework directive: A more sustainable use of natural resources COM(2023)420 final of 5.7.2023, procedure ref.: 2023/0234(COD). Data Governance Act COM(2020) 767 of 25.11.2020, procedure ref.: 2016/0340 (COD). The Data act COM(2022) 0068 of 23.2.2022, procedure ref.: 2022/0047(COD) Open Data Directive (EU) 2019/1024 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on open data and the re-use of public sector information (recast) PE/28/2019/REV/1 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2019/1024/oj Artificial Intelligence Act
Communication Activities: Policy Brief: Global Sea-Level Rise https://council.science/publications/policy-brief-global-sea-level-rise/ Policy Brief: Creating a Strong Interface between Science, Policy and Society to Tackle Global Plastic Pollution https://council.science/publications/policy-brief-tackle-global-plastic-pollution/ Harnessing scientific evidence and decision-making to accelerate progress on the SDGs https://council.science/publications/harnessing-science-accelerate-sdgs/ Conversations on Rethinking Human Development https://council.science/publications/conversations-on-rethinking-human-development-2/ The Key Principles for Scientific Publishing https://council.science/publications/key-principles-for-scientific-publishing/ The Contextualization Deficit: Reframing Trust in Science for Multilateral Policy https://council.science/publications/reframing-trust-in-science/ A framework for evaluating rapidly developing digital and related technologies: AI, large language models and beyond https://council.science/publications/framework-digital-technologies/ Looking at the Future of Transdisciplinary Research https://council.science/publications/future-transdisciplinary-research/ Conference on the Ukraine Crisis: Responses from the European higher education and research sectors https://council.science/publications/ukraine-crisis-responses-from-european-higher-education-research/
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A

Head Office

Address: 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie
Post Code: 75116
City: Paris
Country: FRANCE
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EU Office

Address: 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie
Post Code: 75116
City: Paris
Country: FRANCE
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Financial Data

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Complementary Information: The ISC has most recently received top-up funding from an ERA-NET grant to the NORFACE network, but no instalments were made in 2022 or 2024.

Membership Information

Members10 Percent: 3
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 3
Members F T E: 0.30000001192092896

Structure

Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: Our Members: https://council.science/members/online-directory/ Our Fellows: https://council.science/about-us/fellows/ Our Affiliated Bodies: https://council.science/what-we-do/affiliated-bodies/ Our partners: The ISC is actively cooperating with partners from the United Nations system, having Memoranda of Understanding with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations University (UNU), UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC), and the United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN Habitat).
Organisation Members: The ISC is not a member of any association or body, but works on behalf of its members and with many partners to achieve its mission.