• CSSP Highlights of the Year
• Regional BioSecurity Workshop
• Transition to Sustainability Debate
• Scientific Writing and Editing Workshop
• Research Bioethics and Food Security Meeting
• CSSP Celebrated its 6th Anniversary
• Intellectual Property Rights and Development Workshop and Copyright Protection in the Digital Age Workshop
• Darwin's Living Legacy: A Conference on Evolution and Society
• UNESCO and Future Prospective
• Sustainable Development Indicators Conference
• TWAS-ARO
• Science Supercourse Project
• Arabic Encyclopedia of Life
• Diabetes Supercourse
• Research Grants Program

 CSSP Highlights of the Year 2009

The CSSP would like to wish you a Happy New Year.

In 2009, the CSSP has organized many events. Whether these were conferences, workshops, or the launching of new projects, they all one way or another focused on science, how to channel it to boost develoing countries.

Many of those events were attended by eminent figures, among which were Prof. Vinton Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google, and Prof. Gilbert Omenn, AAAS President, and Professor of Medicine, Genetics, and Public Health, University of Michigan who participated in the launching of the Science SuperCourse Project.

Regional BioSecurity Workshop

23-24 February 2009

The Workshop was co-organized with the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM), USA. It engaged a broad range of government, scientific, public health, academic, international security, and industry experts from the Middle East and North Africa on the issue of dual-use biotechnology research. 29 participants attended from Bahrain, Egypt,  Jordan, Lebanon,  Libya,  Morocco, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, U.S.A, Yemen).

Transition to Sustainability Debate: Mainstreaming Environment in Corporate Social Responsibility

The Debate sketched out the Arab voice on sustainability. A total number of 27 participants from, Egypt, Jordan, Oman, UAE , and Switzerland attended the forum.

Scientific Writing and Editing Workshop

 20-29 July 2009

CSSP has organized an intensive workshop on scientific writing and editing which focused on emphasis on practical exercises in writing and editing different types of material (press releases, essays and scientific manuscripts). The workshop was attended by 10 participants.

Mr. Ehsan Masood, the workshop's instructor, is a writer and journalist in the United Kingdom.

Research Bioethics and Food Security Meeting 

 15-18 July 2009

Representatives from various countries met to help in advising on setting up a “National Commission of Bioethics” in Egypt. 30 attendies participated in the Meeting including Sir Magdy Yakoub, Imperial College London Harefield Heart Science Centre, UK and Prof. Mohamed Hassan, The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), Italy.

CSSP Celebrated its 6th Anniversary 

      6 August 2009

 CSSP organized a "Get Together Lunch" for its former and current members to celebrate its 6^th Anniversary. It was attended by the Board of CSSP Directors (Dr. Mohamed El-Faham, Dr. Asser Zaki, Dr. Salah Soliman and Dr. Yehia Halim).The event aimed at sharing the experience and accomplishments of former and current CSSP members.

  27–28 September 2009The workshop was in collaboration with TWAS-ARO and BA legal department. It focused on Copyright issues and the different tools to access and disseminate knowledge in the Arab countries. A total of 42 participants attended.

The workshop took place in collaboration with the TWAS-ARO and BA legal Department. It covered the Intellectual Property Rights Fundamentals, with special focus on Health and Medicine. A total of 38 participants attended. 

Copyright Protection in the Digital Age Workshop

28 September–1 October 2009

 Darwin's Living Legacy: A Conference on Evolution and Society

14 - 16 November 2009 

 In celebration of 200 years since the birth of Charles Darwin and 150 years since the publication of his book “ On the Origin of the Species”, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the British Council organized “Darwin's Living Legacy” conference.120 World-Renowned Academic Speakers from 36 countries and 449 Egyptian participants attended the conference .

 UNESCO and Future Prospective

 7 December 2009

 The new director of UNESCO Mrs. Irina Bokova with the Library’s Director, Minister of Education, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, and other eminent figures discussed the role of UNESCO.

  Sustainable Development Indicators (SDI) Conference

07 - 08 December 2009

14 international experts in the SDI field and 192 participants attended the event, ranging from students, academia, media, and industry officials.

The conference ran in two parallel tracks

• Public track: aimed to disseminate information about today's best practices

• Experts track: aimed to considering what should be expected from SDI next generation

   

The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World-Arab Regional Office (TWAS-ARO)

TWAS-ARO is the TWAS regional office for the Arab region and has been operating from the CSSP since its inauguration in 2005.

TWAS Regional Prize 2009

Prof. Adnan Badran, President, Petra University, Jordan was awarded the TWAS Regional Prize for the year 2009. 

TWAS Members

Of the 50 new members that TWAS has elected last October, 3 are TWAS-ARO Members:

• CHAIBI, M. Thameur (Tunisia), Senior Researcher, Department of Human Resources, Science & Technology, African Union, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

 5 new members were selected:

 1.      Asaad Khalid, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research Institute, Sudan.

2.      Hamad Al-Matar , Faculty of Science, Kuwait University, Kuwait

3.      Maher Ahmed, Medical Research Institute, Alexandria University, Egypt.

4.      Michel Bariche, Department of Biology, American University of Beirut, Lebanon.

5.      Mohamed Al-Lawati, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, College of Science, Oman. 

TWAS-ARO Young Arab Scientists Prize (YAS)

“Biology and New Life Sciences”  

YAS Prize Winner of 2009 was Walid M. El-Sharoud, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Food Safety &  Microbial Physiology Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt.

The regional office aims to promote scientific capacity and excellence for sustainable development in the Arab Region. TWAS-ARO carries out many diverse activities, among which were:

 Science Supercourse Project

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina and the WHO Collaborating Centre, Pittsburgh, under the fund of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), launched the Science Supercourse  Project. It is targeting a total of one million Golden PowerPoint lectures from scientists worldwide within three years

Arabic Encyclopedia of Life

 

Pan Arab Biodiversity Conference

14-15 December 2009 

The Pan Arab Biodiversity conference discussed various themes including:

• Arab Biodiversity Threats and Challenges
• Current Regional Effort for Biodiversity conservation
• Future Prospects for Arab Biodiversity Preservation
• Presentation of the Encyclopedia of Life and introducing the Arabic Encyclopedia of Life Project

The Conference was attended by 87 invited experts and scientists in Biodiversity all over the Arab World representing Bahrain, Egypt Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Sudan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, United Arab of Emirates, Iraq, Morocco, Tunis and Yemen. 

 Among the eminent speakers were Thomas Garnett, Director, Biodiversity Heritage Library (USA); James Edward, Executive Director, Encyclopedia of Life (USA); Cynthia Parr, Director, Species Pages Group, Encyclopedia of Life (USA); Ahmed Amri, Deputy Director, Biodiversity and Integrated Gene Management Program; Tony Miller, Director, Centre for Middle Eastern Plants-CMEP (UK).

 

 Diabetes Supercourse

The project is a joined collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaboration Centre, University of Pittsburgh, supported by the World Diabetes Foundation (WDF).

Project duration was 2 years (from January 2007 till June 2009).

The First BA Regional Workshop on the Epidemiology of Diabetes & Other Non-Communicable Diseases

 6-13 January 2009

The workshop discussed non-communicable diseases faced today and various research tools and prevention strategies to stand up against it.

37 young scientists from 17 different countries shared their knowledge.

for young Egyptian postdoctoral researchers

Agricultural Sciences                                                   Information Technology and Bioinformatics

Biology and Biotechnology                                        Mathematics

Chemistry and Biochemistry                                       Medical Sciences

Engineering Sciences and Technology                     Physics and Biophysics

Earth Sciences                                                               Pre-University Education

Eligibility and Deadlines

 1.      Egyptian scholars who have earned their PhD within the past five years (following December 2004).

More information and application requirements are available at: http://www.bibalex.org/cssp2010 

RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAM