Institutionalizing Science Advice to Governments - Report
REPORT Studyon ‘InstitutionalizingScienceAdvicetoGovernments’ NATIONALACADEMYOFSCIENCESOFSRILANKA2023 Publishedin2023bytheNationalAcademyofScienceofSriLanka(NASSL) VidyaMawathaColombo7 SriLanka ©NASSL2023 Email:nassl@sltnet.lk;nationalacademyofsciencessl@gmail.comWebsite:https://nassl.org/ ISBN:ISBN978-624-6473-00-6 Contentsofthispublicationmaybeusedwithduecitationofthesource. ABBREVIATIONS AAAAustralianAcademyofScience AASSAAssociationofAcademiesandSocietiesofSciencesinAsia APECAsiaPacificEconomicCooperation ASEANAssociationofSoutheastAsiannations ASMAcademyofSciencesMalaysia ASMTheAcademyofSciencesMalaysia BAECBangladeshAtomicEnergyCommission BASBangladeshAcademyofSciences BCSIRBangladeshCouncilofScientificandIndustrialResearch CBSCentralBureauofStatistics CSIROCommonwealthScientificandIndustrialResearchOrganisation GIIGlobalInnovationIndex HTNCHighTechNationCouncil IAPInter-academypartnership IWMSIntegratedWaterManagementSystem KASTTheKoreanAcademyofScience&Technology KGUMSTheKhesarGyalpoUniversityofMedicalSciencesofBhutan NASINationalAcademyofSciences,India NASSLNationalAcademyofSciencesofSriLanka NASTNepalAcademyofScience&Technology NASTECNationalScience&TechnologyCommission NASTPHNationalAcademyofSciencesandTechnologyofthePhilippines NCSTNationalCouncilforScienceandTechnology NHMRCNationalHealthandMedicalResearchCouncil NSCNationalScienceCouncil OCSOfficeoftheChiefScientist OECDTheOrganisationforEconomicCo-operationandDevelopment PM-STIACPrimeMinister'sScience,Technology,andInnovationAdvisoryCouncil SLAYSSriLankaAcademyofYoungScientists SOPStandardOperatingProcedures STEMScience,Technology,Engineeringandmathematics STIScience,TechnologyandInnovation STIPScience,Technology,InnovationPolicy STIPACScience,TechnologyandInnovationAdvisoryCommittee TAGTechnicaladvisoryGroup TGATherapeuticGoodsAdministration TRSMTopResearchScientistMalaysia TÜBATurkishAcademyofSciences TÜBİTAKScientificandTechnologicalResearchCouncilofTürkiye TÜİKTurkishStatisticalInstitute TWGTechnicalWorkingGroup UNUnitedNations WBWorldBank YPLYoungphysicianleaders YSN-ASMYoungScientistNetwork–AcademyofSciencesMalaysia ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ThisreportistheoutcomeofthestudyconductedbytheNationalAcademyofSciencesSriLanka(NASSL)on‘institutionalizingscienceadvicetogovernments’withpartneragenciesrepresenting10countriesintheAustralasianregion(inalphabeticalorderwithrepresentativepartneracademyorinstitutegivenwithinparenthesis):Australia(AustralianAcademyofScience),Bangladesh(BangladeshAcademyofSciences),Bhutan(KGUniversityofMedicalSciences),India(AsianChapteroftheInternationalNetworkofGovernmentScienceAdvice),KoreanRepublic(KoreanAcademyofScienceandTechnology),Malaysia(AcademyofSciences,Malaysia),Nepal(NepalAcademyofScienceandTechnology),Philippines(NationalAcademyofScienceandTechnology,Philippines),Thailand(ScienceSocietyofThailand)andTurkey(TurkishAcademyofSciences). Thereportissupportedbyproceedingsoftheworkshopon‘institutionalizingscienceadvicetogovernments’heldinColombo,SriLankafrom6to8July2023withtheparticipationofrepresentativesofthepartneragenciesanddiscussionson‘situationanalysis’ofthestatusofscienceadvicewithsubsequentdraftingoftheway-aheadindeveloping‘contextualizedroadmaps’forscienceadviceinpartnercountries. Thesurveytogatherdataforthe‘situationanalysis’wasconductedandcoordinatedbytheNASSLspearheadedbythePresident,NASSLtogetherwithacoreteamofCouncilmembersoftheNASSL.SeedetailedlistinAnnex1. Thecontributionanddedicationoftheteammembers,writers,editors,andadvisorsareappreciated.AssistanceprovidedbyProfessorLakmaliAmarasiri,YPLscholarincompilingthereportisgreatlyappreciated. LISTOFFIGURES Figure1:Frameworktodescribethesciencepolicyprocess LISTOFTABLES Table1:AgenciesofcountriesestablishedtoprovidescienceadviceTable2:Processtodevelopscienceadvice Table3:Networksusedwithingovernmentscienceadvicesystems Table4:Engagementofscienceadvisorsinoriginalresearchand/oranalysisofdataTable5:WhetherscienceadvisorsofcountriesrefertooriginalresearchpapersTable6:Whetherexpertsareconsultedduringgatheringofevidence Table7:Whetheradvisor’sknowledgeandexpertiseisusedforscienceadviceTable8:WhetheradvicestatesthelimitationsanduncertaintiesoftheadviceTable9:In-builtconsultativeprocessesfollowedduringscienceadvice Table10:ThemechanismsthatscienceadviceismadepublicTable11:Theprocessusedtoassesstheimpactofscienceadvice TABLEOFCONTENTS PAGENO EXECUTIVESUMMARY8 CHAPTER1:INTRODUCTION11 CHAPTER2:PROJECTREPORTONSITUATIONANALYSIS13 1AIMS13 2METHODOLOGY 2.1DEVELOPMENTOFTHEQUESTIONNAIRE14 2.2SELECTIONOFRESPONDENTS14 3FINDINGSANDANALYSIS15 3.1SCIENCEPOLICYADVICEPROCESS 3.1.1ADVISORS 3.1.2WHETHERAPPOINTEESARERESPONSIBLEFORASPECIFICAREAORDISCIPLINE 3.1.3APPOINTINGAUTHORITY 3.1.4STRUCTURESANDPROCESSESS (i)LAWS,REGULATIONSORGOVERNMENTCIRCULARSTHATHAVELEGITIMISEDSCIENCEFORPOLICYINCOUNTRIES (ii)ORGANIZATIONSIDENTIFIEDTOPROVIDESCIENCEADVICEFORPOLICY (iii)THEROLEOFPOLICYMAKERSANDRELATIONSHIPWITHEXPERTADVISORS (iv)MECHANISMSTOAVOIDCONFLICTOFINTEREST (v)IDENTIFICATIONOFISSUESTHATREQUIR
