English - Réseau Francophone International en Conseil Scientifique

Réseau francophone
international en conseil
scientifique

MISSION AND GOALS

RFICS’s mission is to contribute to capacity building in governmental and parliamentary science advice in the Francophone community through research, development and promotion of training and tools, knowledge transfer and stakeholder involvement in a multidisciplinary and multi-milieu perspective.

RFICS provides scientific advice to either elected or non-elected public decision-makers in the Francophone community, at local, provincial, national, and international levels.

RFICS pursues the following objectives:

To create an institutional environment and a scientific culture conducive to the development of a scientific advisory activity that is transparent, honest, independent, multidisciplinary and open to debate.
To support research on governmental and parliamentary science advice.
To support training and the development of tools specifically dedicated to scientific advisory activities.
To foster interinstitutional, inter-environment, intersectoral and multidisciplinary relations in science advice.
Create and lead a community of practice of science intermediaries and advisors.
Promote the discoverability and accessibility of knowledge syntheses and other scientific content.

Main lines of action

Scientific research
Tools and training
Community of practice

Becoming
a member

RFICS offers membership to any individual or institution with an interest in scientific consulting, regardless of their field of expertise or practice environment. Join an international, multidisciplinary and multicultural network dedicated to building capacity in scientific advisory services in the Francophone community.

As RFICS is working mainly in French, most of the website pages may not be translated.