Diplomacy for the 21st Century Embedding a Culture of Science and Technology Throughout the Department of State (2015) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction
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The NRC consulted with leading scientists and engineers; foreign policy experts; and veterans of international scientific, industrial, and health endeavors in preparing the terms of reference for the assessment. The NRC then approved the Statement of Task set forth below and established a committee that included members with relevant backgrounds and experience to carry out the assessment.
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The interim report, which took the form of a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, is included in Appendix C The report presented general observations concerning global developments that were linked with S&T capabilities of the United States and other countries and, in this regard, it offered a few preliminary recommendations concerning enhancement of the S&T capabilities of the department.
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7. All FSOs and department officials should achieve a minimum level of science literacy, and the department should establish promotion and career incentives for successful service in STH positions.
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Appendix D includes explicit references to science, technology, and innovation highlighted in the QDDR. In April 2014, the department, jointly with USAID, set forth updated approaches for carrying out the nation's foreign policy and development assistance programs in the report FY 2014-2017: Department of State and USAID Strategic Plan.
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Since the goal set forth in this report is to diffuse S&T literacy throughout the department, a framework for S&T-related activities that differs significantly from the framework for all foreign affairs activities is not appropriate, and indeed could be counterproductive. Against the foregoing background, this new assessment prepared by the NRC committee considers many policy and program relationships between S&T and diplomacy, beginning with the principal recommendations of the 1999 report presented earlier in this chapter and then addressing more recent issues.
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Of particular significance is the role of the department in working with USAID to meet the challenges of the new Millennium Development Goals, to be followed by the Global Post-2015 Development Agenda, which provide powerful diplomatic challenges. Also of concern is the need for an increasing capability of the department to not only participate in the expanding number of multinational activities but assume leadership positions.
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Overall, however, the topic of this report covered a number of issues for which there are not well developed data sets or even significant reports, and the committee was well aware of the importance of rigor in considering anecdotal data in those cases wherein such data were an important resource. For this reason, a great number of sources were consulted for both official and informal views, consistent themes were extensively validated and cross-checked, and all positions taken relying on such data were expressed carefully.
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Their impressions were augmented with extensive briefings and discussions involving other experts who also have been deeply involved in the issues under consideration for many years. Then in looking forward, the committee relied on the collective expertise of its members to develop consensus recommendations, taking into account other formal proposals and informal suggestions that were put on the table in preparation of other reports.
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