Report of the Third Meeting of Focal Points of the IANAS Program in Science Education

Santiago, Chile, September 27, 2006

Main Conclusions

A- Reports from IANAS Academies

All the reports presented at the meeting as power points are annexed in a special file which is attached - CD.

B- Proposed Activities and Financial support agreed on

1) ARGENTINA

Strategic Planning Workshop IBSE (Pilot)
Support agreed on US$ 5.000 travel to USA

2) BOLIVIA

Capacity Building - Training
Support agreed on US$ 5000

3) BRAZIL

ABC Programme in National Science Education
October 2007
Support agreed on US$ 5000 for travel of foreign participants

4) CARIBBEAN ACADEMY

CARICOM Primary Science Conference
Support agreed on US$ 5.000

5) COLOMBIA

Evaluation Adviser and Train the IBSE Trainers
Support agreed on US$ 5.000

6) MEXICO

Mexico will host the 4th IANAS Focal Point Meeting on Science Education in 2007
Support agreed on US$ 8000

7) PANAMA

Short fellowship for training in Panama in an international course
Support agreed on US$ 1.500

8) PERU

Training of Primary and Secondary Science Teachers
Participation of experts from the region
Support agreed on US$ 5.000

9) VENEZUELA, CHILE & BOLIVIA

IBSE Module Materials Exchange
Support agreed on US$ 4.000

C- Election of the New Vice-Coordinator

Dr. Norma Nudelman from Argentina was elected by unanimous decision.

D- Venue of the 4th Focal Point Meeting

The President of the Mexican Academy of Sciences, Dr. Juan Pedro Laclette, sent a letter proposing Mexico as the host country for the 2007 Focal Point Meeting of the IANAS Science Education Program.
The nomination was unanimously accepted.

E- 2006 Pending Activities

The 2006 pending activities described in the Report of the Coordinator (Annex 1) will be administered from the office of the Past-Coordinator. To request the funds, the organizer of those activities should send details of those planned activities.

F- Fund Raising

1- The organization of American States – Inter American Council of Education

The decision was taken to reformulate the previous presentation taking into account the remarks issued by the reviewers. Deadline is October 26th, 2006. This requires that the Focal Points that are organizing activities in 2007 provide more details about these activities.

2- FEMCIDI

The decision on the selection of the pre-project that was presented is expected to be taken January 2007

G- Conclusions of the Meeting

Dr. José Lozano from Colombia was confirmed as new Coordinator. He said he expected the cooperation of all the Focal Points and specially of the Past Coordinator and the new Vice-Coordinator.

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