Dr. Rawya bint Saud al- Busaidiya, Minister of Higher Education, received at her Office today Professor Sir Peter Gluckman, President of the International Science Council (ISC) and his accompanying delegation.During the meeting, the essential preparations for the Sultanate’s hosting of the ISC General Assembly, to be held on October 9th-14th, 2021, were discussed. The ISC President highlighted the importance of the forum and the topics it targets in this session.

   The forum will include the ISC General Assembly of the World Federation of Science (ISC) and the Global Science Dialogue (GSD) chaired by The Research Council (TRC)  in the Sultanate and with the participation of the Foreign Ministry and the authorities concerned with science, innovation and technology in the Sultanate, as well as wide international participation from a number of ministers concerned with the education, innovation and technology sector, decision makers, international companies and scientific institutions and young entrepreneurs and innovators.

   The forum aims at discussing several themes related to pre-school education and the link between scientific development and communities' development of and their advancement, enhancing scientific methods to develop the environment, promoting societal development in a manner commensurate with the goals of sustainable development.  It also aims at enhancing the importance of science for future generations through curricula in early life, educating society with its institutions and individuals about the role that science can play in developing sustainable solutions to current and projected human issues in the next 10 and 15 years, by connecting scientists, decision makers and policy makers in the world under one umbrella to develop and implement future solutions, characterized by sustainability and effectiveness of various human issues.ONA