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Welcome to the Science Summit at UNGA76, a major contribution to advancing Science for the UN SDGs. Online from 14- September - 5 October 2021.
ISC will organise the second edition of the UNGA76 Science Summit around the 76th United Nations General Assembly (SSUNGA76) in September 2021. The objective of the virtual meeting will be to raise awareness of the role and contribution of science to the attainment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. It will demonstrate initiatives that provide models for global science mechanisms and activities in support of the SDGs, particularly in science infrastructure and capacity building. Science is and will enable sustainable economic, environmental, and societal development. Science is more than a funding prioritisation exercise: science is impacting all areas of policy-making and is playing a more critical role in how policy objectives are achieved and the consequent benefit to people everywhere, including responses to global challenges.
Engagement with policy leadership is more important than ever: UNGA76 is a unique forum for science to demonstrate how policy and political leadership can benefit from innovation. Central to this is the role of nonstate actors and the multilateral fora, which increasingly determine how priorities are set. Science needs to be part of this dialogue and inform outputs through thought leadership, evidence, insights, analysis, and innovation.

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Fadila Boughanemi

International Cooperation, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission
Deputy Head of Unit International Cooperation Asia, Africa, Middle East and external relations
Fadila works for the European Commission DG in charge with Research and Innovation, where she is Deputy Head of Unit for Cooperation with Asia, Africa, the Middle East and external relations.
She is responsible for promoting research and innovation cooperation with international partners, and support EU’s external policies, including sustainable development.
Fadila joined the European Commission in 1996, and serves with the international cooperation programme since 2004. Between 1996 and 2004, she served with the targeted socio-economic research programme of DG Research & Innovation where she was in charge of research on social exclusion and social integration.
Fadila obtained two Master Degrees in Philosophy and in English from the University of Aix-Marseille, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Institute of Political Science of Aix-en-Provence, France.