IUBS signs a MoU for the organization of the International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development
Several international scientific unions wish to act together as the Founding Unions to organize an International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development (IYBSSD) in 2022, under the aegis of UNESCO and with the collaboration of UNESCO International Basic Sciences Programme (IBSP). Several scientific organizations, the Founding Partners fully support this initiative.
On 11th January 2021, IUBS President L S Shashidhara signed with Michel Spiro, the President of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) and the Chair of the IYBSSD Executive Committee, a MoU on behalf of IUBS for the organization of IYBSSD. By signing this MoU, IUBS joins the list of the Founding Unions in the IYBSSD organization.