Enhancing International Networking and Collaborations

In 2020, ROAP maintained its priority areas, with the COVID-19 pandemic requiring ROAP to think of more effective ways of engaging its regional members.

The German National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina, and the global network The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP) are undertaking a new project on ‘Climate Change and Health’.

There’s no better time to celebrate science and technology than during the pandemic; it drives home the value and importance of this field in our lives.

The 25th Annual General Meeting was ASM’s first in being conducted virtually due to restriction of movement imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 186 Fellows attended the meeting with 184 Fellows joining virtually and two Fellows attending physically. This was the highest attendance recorded in 25 years.

New Norms, Impacts and Beyond 2020 imposed unprecedented challenges to YSNASM in continuing the impacts in the new norm. Under Dr Chai Lay Ching’s leadership, YSN-ASM is committed to embracing the all-virtual phenomenon and striving to be the national STI ecosystem’s driving force.

The global COVID-19 pandemic has once again proved that human beings are a community with a shared vision and we should bring into full play the leading role of science and technology innovation in overcoming the crisis and achieving sustainable development, as well as maximising the role science literacy can play in supporting development.

The International Science, Technology and Innovation Centre for South-South Cooperation (ISTIC) under the auspices of UNESCO is the only Category 2 Centre under the Natural Sciences sector and thematically specialised in Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Policy for the South-South countries. Throughout its decade-plus existence, the Centre has focused on its seven priority agendas:

The role of science, technology and innovation (STI) is critical for economic development and has a fundamental influence on societal development. Recognising this, ASM developed the 10-10 Malaysian Science, Technology, Innovation and Economic (MySTIE) Framework by integrating 10 key Malaysian socio-economic drivers with 10 global leading science and technology (S&T) drivers that align to Malaysia’s strengths and needs.