IAI/CoP-29/Info Science Technology Policy (STeP) Fellowship Program: Update July 2020 to June 2021

The IAI's STeP Fellowship Program aims to strengthen the science-policy-diplomacy interface in Latin America and the Caribbean by training early-career scientists in communication, leadership, and science diplomacy. Between July 2020 and June 2021, the program conducted 20 virtual training sessions and established cohorts in Mexico and Argentina focusing on sustainable cities and agriculture. The program collaborates with international partners such as AAAS and Mitacs Canada, with fellows working on regional priorities including clean energy, circular economy, and climate-fragile polar regions. Expansion efforts are targeting new cohorts in biodiversity, climate change, and natural disaster risk mitigation, alongside specific institutional negotiations in Chile and Peru.

• The STeP program has established active fellowship cohorts in Mexico and Argentina, with the former focusing on "sustainable cities" and the latter on "sustainable agriculture".
• Between September 2020 and June 2021, the IAI Directorate conducted 20 virtual training sessions focused on science-policy, science diplomacy, communication, and leadership.
• A group of 20 fellows from STeP, Mitacs Canada, and the AAAS Science Technology Policy Fellowship Program are collaborating on regional and transboundary priorities, specifically clean energy, circular economy, sustainable agriculture and the food-water-energy nexus, data sharing at the global health-global change nexus, and science, security and diplomacy in climate-fragile polar regions.
• The program is seeking to expand by implementing 2-3 new cohorts in areas such as Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, and Natural Disaster Risk Mitigation, despite facing national budgetary challenges for 2021-2022.
• The IAI is negotiating with the Parliamentary Technical Advisory of the Chilean National Library of Congress (ATP-BCN) to create a workshop on effective policy briefs, specifically regarding technology and climate change.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (n.d.). IAI/CoP-29/Info Science Technology Policy (STeP) Fellowship Program: Update July 2020 to June 2021. https://archive.iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/STeP%20CoP%202021%20Info_V3_English.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. IAI/CoP-29/Info Science Technology Policy (STeP) Fellowship Program: Update July 2020 to June 2021. n.d. https://archive.iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/STeP%20CoP%202021%20Info_V3_English.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearchndiaicop29info, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{IAI/CoP-29/Info Science Technology Policy (STeP) Fellowship Program: Update July 2020 to June 2021}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, url = {https://archive.iai.int/administrador/assets/images/ckfinder/files/STeP%20CoP%202021%20Info_V3_English.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }