Within the framework of the week of Universal Access to Information, UNESCO Montevideo convenes a space to reflect on this issue together with important scientific journalists from the region
UNESCO Montevideo calls for this Tuesday 29th September 2020 to an open activity to the public aimed to visualize the importance of society having easy access to scientific information. The event is part of the week that commemorates the UNESCO´s Universal Access to Information Day.
Access to scientific data poses, among several things, two types of obstacles. The first, material, in the sense of being able to access databases, publications and other products derived from scientific activity. An approach that UNESCO has considered in different global consultations to work on this challenge.
The second refers to the feasibility of interpreting and understanding scientific information, accessing the data does not mean being able to understand and use it. In other words, mediators are needed. It is substantive to address, in this sense, the aspects of how the link among generators and users of scientific information occurs. What is the role of knowledge moderators and what tools can be established to improve access to scientific information by the general population.
“Access to information is vital, as long as we know what to do with it. Knowing how to interpret scientific information is not easy, for which it is necessary to think about forming systems of access for the general public to it, mainly by stimulating and supporting the development of Scientific Culture. To do this, it is essential to strengthen science communication, stimulate science education and promote open science",
explained Guillermo Anlló, Regional Programme Specialist. Science, Technology and Innovation Policies, and moderator of the event.
Lidia Brito, director of the UNESCO Regional Office for Sciences for Latin America and the Caribbean, will start the virtual activity, where, in addition, different speakers will participate: Leo Lagos, scientific journalist from La Diaria newspaper (Uruguay), Ana Paula Morales from the Bori Agency Brazil; Macarena Rojas Abalos, scientific journalist host of Crónicas Científicas in txsradio (Chile) and Jonathan Modernel, of the Decodificar Initiative (Argentina).
- Date and time: Tuesday 29th September 2020 | 17 p.m to 6.30 p.m.(UY - ARG - BR)
- Connect through this link: UNESCO Montevideo
- Check the complete agenda of the week here.
