[Wigsat-l] Vacancy: Executive Director, TWAS

[Sophia Huyer]

UNESCO is seeking the appointment of a renowned scientific leader and  
administrator to serve as Executive Director of the Academy of  
Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS) based in Trieste, Italy.  
UNESCO promotes international cooperation in science in the interests  
of peace, human rights and development. The Academy is administered by  
UNESCO within the Natural Sciences Sector (SC), and operates under the  
direction of a Steering Committee appointed by UNESCO and the Italian  
Government, as well as the TWAS Council.

The main objectives of the Academy are to
(i) recognize, support and promote excellence in scientific research  
in the South;
(ii) provide promising scientists in the South with the research  
facilities necessary for the advancement of their work;
(iii) facilitate contacts between individual scientists and  
institutions in the South; (iv) encourage North-South cooperation  
between individuals and centres of scholarship; and
(v) promote scientific research on major challenges faced by  
developing countries.

TWAS is also responsible for the administration of three organizations  
hosted by the Academy: the Inter-Academy Panel on International Issues  
(IAP), the Inter-Academy Medical Panel (IAMP) and the Third World  
Organization for Women in Science (TWOWS).


How to apply
Candidates wishing to apply for this post should do so through the  
following website: http://www.unesco.org/employment
Candidates without easy access to the Internet may, exceptionally,  
apply by mail, by sending a full curriculum vitae in English or  
French, preferably on the official UNESCO curriculum vitae form,  
showing their nationality, date of birth and gender, to:  Chief,  
Recruitment and Staffing Section, Bureau of Human Resources  
Management,  UNESCO, 7 Place de Fontenoy,  75352 Paris 07-SP, France.
An Assessment Centre may be used in the recruitment process of this  
post.

Applications should reach UNESCO before 8 December 2009. Please quote  
post number “EU/VC/ITA/SC/0824”.

See attached for more information.


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