Most of our activities are on federal or national level.
But we are covering issues beyond national level, too.
Here we present examples from our european and international activities.
According to VBIO, the “Strategy for European Life Sciences” presented by the EU Commission at the beginning of July is a strong signal for the life sciences. However, the strategy's impact will become evident only after translation into concrete measures. The active involvement of basic research is just as essential as the sustainable safeguarding of scientific data infrastructures. Bold steps are needed to reduce bureaucracy in higher education and research, especially in the fields of biotechnology and genetic engineering. Cross-sectoral issues such as One Health and the bioeconomy are becoming increasingly important and require binding governance.
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Markus Engstler, President of the VBIO, commented on endangered Databases in the Life Sciences.
Joint Submission on Notification 2024-114 concerning the multilateral mechanism for the fair and equitable sharing of benefits from the use of digital sequence information on genetic resources, including a global fund ("The Cali Fund"): Submission of views on possible new tools and models, such as databases, for making digital sequence information on genetic resources publicly available and accessible.
(More: Joint Submission on Notification 2024-114 under Observers, No. 3)
Joint submission on Notification 2024-115 concerning themultilateral mechanism for the fair and equitable sharing of benefits from the use of digital sequence information on genetic resources, including a global fund ("The Cali Fund"): Submission of views on possible additional modalities of the multilateral mechanism.
More: Joint submission on Notification 2024-115 under Observers, No. 14
Joint statement of DVGeo, DPG, GDCh, DMV and VBIO: Open discourse and international cooperation are essential
The mathematical and scientific societies undited under the roof of “science bridges cultures/”Wissenschaft verbindet” are dismayed by the anti-democratic and nationalistic approaches in Germany that threaten and marginalize individuals and entire groups.
With their declaration, the mathematical and scientific societies - the Umbrella Association of Geosciences (DVGeo), the German Mathematical Society (DMV), the German Physical Society (DPG), the German Chemical Society (GDCh) and the Association of Biology, Biosciences and Biomedicine in Germany (VBIO) - are defending themselves against nationalist and anti-democratic efforts of all kinds. In doing so, they are sending out a signal for freedom of research, democracy and the rule of law, as well as openness to the world and international cooperation. These points are prerequisites for the scientific, economic and social well-being of our country - and therefore also for the individual standard of living of each and every one of us.
