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Production de connaissances et création de réseaux pour les conseils scientifiques en cas d’urgence

 

La pandémie de COVID-19, tout comme les changements climatiques et d’autres menaces importantes, est omniprésente dans le monde. La reconnaissance de cette réalité est au cœur de l’Agenda 2030 des Nations unies et est intégrée dans chacun des objectifs de développement durable (ODD). Pourtant, la compréhension claire des menaces communes et des moyens de les atténuer est beaucoup moins développée. Cela s’explique en partie par le fait que les structures nécessaires pour les conseils scientifiques des gouvernements sont souvent faibles ou absentes, en particulier dans les pays du Sud.

Depuis 2014, le International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA) est à l’avant-garde des efforts mondiaux visant à encourager l’élaboration de politiques fondée sur des données probantes en s’appuyant sur les systèmes scientifiques nationaux dans le cadre des efforts déployés pour faire progresser les ODD. Ces efforts comprennent une initiative financée par le CRDI à partir de 2017 pour soutenir la recherche, la formation et la mise en réseau dans les pays du Sud, sous les auspices de l’International Science Council. En 2020, le travail de l’INGSA a pris un nouveau tournant urgent dans le contexte de la pandémie mondiale de COVID-19, en agissant comme intermédiaire entre les agences nationales de santé publique et les organismes de recherche et en établissant une plateforme de diffusion d’informations et de collecte de données sur la manière dont les décisions politiques connexes sont prises.

Ce projet s’appuiera sur les travaux antérieurs de l’INGSA concernant les pays du Sud et sur ses premiers efforts en réponse à la pandémie de COVID-19. Il se concentrera sur les idées, les institutions, les personnes et les modes d’intégration qui peuvent grandement améliorer la façon dont les conseils scientifiques sont fournis en Asie, en Amérique latine et en Afrique, en mettant l’accent sur les réponses à la pandémie et aux situations d’urgence en général. Il soutiendra une étude comparative complète des réponses à la COVID-19 par des recherches originales, y compris la création d’une nouvelle plateforme mondiale pour le suivi des politiques connexes ainsi que des études de cas approfondies.

En parallèle, le projet pilotera un réseau régional de conseillers scientifiques de haut niveau relié à une plateforme d’intelligence politique pour l’Asie du Sud-Est et explorera les possibilités de déploiement à grande échelle dans d’autres régions.

No projet
109484
État du projet
Terminé
Date de fin
Durée
30 months
Agent(e) responsable du crdi
Matthew Wallace
Financement total
CA$ 745,600.00
Emplacement
Indonésie
Malaisie
Népal
Philippines
Amérique du Sud
Sud du Sahara
Thaïlande
Vietnam
Programmes
Fondements pour l'innovation
Pays de l’institution
France
Chargé(e) de projet
Kristiann Allen
Institution
Conseil international pour la science / International Science Council

Résultats

In cooperation with INGSA : Panama city, inequality and Covid-19

Article

This essay will present the problem of territorial inequality in Panama from a multidisciplinary perspective, a case which also applies to other middle-income countries. Territorial inequality is here defined as the pressure generated by asymmetries in access to territory due to sociocultural and socioeconomic causes. The concept of territorial inequality has the virtue of horizontally incorporating economic, social, and environmental criteria. With the help of history, these forces have ended up anchored in city-space; lack of access to property, unequal urban infrastructure investment in impoverished areas, dominant patterns of urbanization that portray the poor as clients of corporations instead of other more constructive ways like that of empowered citizens. The phenomenon of inequality has become more important after the Covid-19 crisis as new barriers have risen without the extinction of the old ones. Pressure has mounted on the economic system due to government debt and fewer resources. The same applies to the private sector. These dynamics make centrality- the importance of an urban center when compared to the peripheries- even more vital, aiding the process of social and economic stratification.

Auteur ou autrice(s) : García de Paredes, Pablo

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Langage : Anglais

Whose evidence counts : exploring evidence pathways during the Covid-19 crisis in Panama’s housing Ministry

Whose evidence counts : exploring evidence pathways during the Covid-19 crisis in Panama’s housing Ministry

Article

This paper explores how is evidence gathered, transformed, and selected during the current COVID-19 crisis, employing Panama’s housing ministry as a case study. We wish to better understand evidence pathways and provide strategies for increasing scientific evidence uptake. Our research strategy was organized into a three-step sequential model: 1. The evidence-gathering phase: we studied Covid-19’s effects on households by deploying 135 surveys (n=135). 2. The evidence transformation phase: studying housing sector evidence assembled by different ministry divisions via 12 surveys and interviews with ministry personnel (n=12), and 3. The evidence selection phase: studying evidence employed by decision-makers, through a semi-structured interview with the housing minister (n=1). Results show that evidence pathways depend on social phenomena, including internal and external political power negotiations, social class identities, and representations of the role of government.

Auteur ou autrice(s) : García de Paredes, Pablo

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Tracking global evidence-to-policy pathways in the coronavirus crisis : a preliminary report

Tracking global evidence-to-policy pathways in the coronavirus crisis : a preliminary report

Brief

This progress report is the first in a planned series of reports and studies stemming from the INGSA evidence-to-policy tracker, an online and participatory data collection tool established at the outset of the global pandemic. The specific aim of the tracker is to capture the contexts and processes behind recorded policy changes, especially with respect to the mobilisation and transfer of supporting evidence and expertise. This initial progress report is based on a subset of twenty-two cases, with two of these examined in more detail by way of illustration (DRC and Sri Lanka). These cases are exploratory and illustrative, rather than comprehensive. They were chosen for regional and institutional diversity and for the sufficiency of available data at the time of writing. They complement existing published research and the work of our partners. A typology of six initial pandemic response strategies was identified and then used as the basis for cluster analyses of policy choices within the subset of cases. Preliminary findings suggest that the choice of strategy provided an initial, but evolving, template for how evidence/expertise were mobilised within distinct institutional contexts. This preliminary report will help guide case selection for a series of in-depth case studies to be developed over the course of 2021. The choice of detailed case studies is not limited to the subset used in this illustrative and exploratory report.

Auteur ou autrice(s) : INGSA

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Principles and structures of science advice : an outline

Principles and structures of science advice : an outline

Paper

Science advice to inform policymaking at multiple scales has experienced a surge in interest and activity in recent years. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic shone a stark light on the processes by which national governments and the multi-lateral community obtain scientific knowledge for decision making, there was a growing interest in the systems and processes of evidence development and expert interpretation. From both supply and demand perspectives, science advice for policy has come to be seen as both informing policy solutions and underpinning the public trust necessary to implement them successfully. While formal processes of science advice emerged after the Second World War, their initial purpose tended to support national defence and security interests. Over time, science advice has come to support wider developmental and environmental interests through advice on understanding complex systems, social policy, data, technology, and innovation. There is a growing recognition of the need for science-policy interface mechanisms at regional and global scales to support collective action on issues of common concern as the interdependencies of complex policy issues are better understood.

Auteur ou autrice(s) : Gluckman, Peter, Quirion, Rémi, Denis, Mathieu, Allen, Kristiann

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Rebuilding public trust in science [Webinar] : proceedings report

Rebuilding public trust in science [Webinar] : proceedings report

Report

On the 28th of July 2021, the Southeast Asia Science Advice Network (SEA SAN) and the International Network for Government Science Advice (INGSA)-Asia Regional Chapter co-organised a webinar entitled “Rebuilding Public Trust in Science” to examine the growing issue of declining public trust in science, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to highlight the value and importance of rebuilding that trust for the effective management of current and future crises.

Auteur ou autrice(s) : INGSA-Asia

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Langage : Anglais

Generating knowledge and building networks for science advice in emergencies

Generating knowledge and building networks for science advice in emergencies

Report

The Covid-19 pandemic has, in general, been transformative for how ‘knowledge’ and ‘evidence’ are perceived both by policymakers and the public, and the role that it does/could play in the formation of public policy. It has likewise been a challenge for many knowledge producers who experienced or witnessed what it was like for experts to provide science advice in a crisis. The renewal of IDRC funding IDRC to INGSA at this early stage of the pandemic enabled INGSA to pivot strongly to supporting the pandemic response, while gleaning critical information in real time that will underpin the next stages of development in the field of science advice and science diplomacy.

Auteur ou autrice(s) : INGSA

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Langage : Anglais