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The COVID-19 pandemic has placed renewed focus on strengthening the capability of U.S. foreign and development policy. Similarly, great power competition, urgent existential threats such as climate change, and rapidly advancing emerging technologies underscore the importance of assessing how science, technology and health are integrated into American diplomatic and development missions – and whether the U.S. DOS and USAID are maximally leveraging STH to meet pressing challenges in a changing world. This workshop will explore strengthening the role of STH at DOS and USAID and achieve U.S diplomatic and development goals in the next 5-10 years.
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Workshop_in_brief
·2020
The need for U.S. foreign and development policy to be informed by science, technology, and health has perhaps never been more important. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, additional global challenges such as climate change, rapidly emerging technologies, and geopolitical competition underscore the impo...
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A committee will organize two multi-day workshops to address how the capabilities and organizational framework of the Department of State and USAID could be strengthened to prepare for the global science, technology, and health (STH) challenges in the next ten years as they affect U.S diplomatic and development policies. The workshops will explore different approaches for structuring and redefining State Department and USAID programs in the face of increasingly unexpected events such as COVID-19 and other potential future pandemics, natural disasters, coastal corruptions, and anticipated events such as changing U.S. policy towards China and new technologies. Broad areas of focus include: health-related challenges, environmental-related challenges, urbanization, and emerging technologies. The workshops will also assess past experiences addressing emerging diseases (e.g., the PEPFAR program) and examine the interactions between State and USAID and international organizations. A Proceedings-in-Brief of each workshop will be issued.
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