This new scheme gives researchers, practitioners, diplomats and policy makers an opportunity to experience each other’s worlds. The scientists participating in the ‘Open Doors Programme’ will learn how best to engage with different diplomacy stakeholders, improving both sides’ understanding of the respective other community.
The call targets postdoctoral researchers in Europe and offers them the opportunity to participate, during the coming months, in different activities to bring science closer to diplomacy. Successful applicants will be able to participate in:
- a 3-4 days group meeting at the 1st S4D4C Global Meeting in Madrid (Spain) from 12-14 December 2018,
- in another 3-4 days group meeting at the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Higher Studies (DLR) in Bonn, Germany, and
- a further 3-4 days individual visits at a Spanish Embassy in Europe between February and March 2019.
The programme will allow selected applicants to meet with some of the most relevant scientific advice and science diplomacy experts in Europe and beyond.
The call for researchers to participate in the “Open Doors” programme is open from 15-31 October 2018 (11:59 GMT).
Further details can be found at https://www.fecyt.es/en/news/s4d4c-open-doors-programme-call-opens-now