Spring 2010 newsletter available online

01 June 2010

The spring issue of the INASP newsletter is now available online. This issue, guest edited by Chandy Nath of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) UK, focuses on the role of parliament and parliamentary libraries in policy making.

Articles include:

  • 'Why are Science and Technology Relevant to Parliaments?' by Chandy Nath
  • 'The Role of Parliamentary Library and Research Services in Providing Scientific Information to MPs' by Harriet Nalusiba and Simon Joseph Engitu
  • 'Working for the S&T committee in the Parliament of Uganda' by Paul Ouma
  • 'National Science Academies and their Parliaments' by Ian Thornton
  • 'Reflections on UK Parliamentary Science Scrutiny' by Chris Tyler

Document Spring No. 41 (990kb)

To download previous issues of the newsletter or to sign up to electronic alerts, please visit the INASP newsletter page.


In addition to the newsletter, we have also produced a number of case studies (some have been featured as articles in the newsletters). Some of the most recent case studies are:

Ideas on the Move
Weighing-up the benefits of INASP's cascading training methodology

Why Re-invent the Wheel?
Sustainable development through sponsorship and network-based training

Working towards Sustainability
The 2009 INASP case studies in review

All of our case studies can be found at www.inasp.info/publications