What is INES?

The International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility (INES) is an independent non-profit-organization concerned about the impact of science and technology on society. INES was founded in 1991 at an international meeting in Berlin, Germany, attended by 1700 people. INES' efforts focus on disarmament and international peace, ethics, justice and sustainable development. INES is affiliated with the United Nations (Department of Public Information) as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO).

 A Growing International Network

In six years INES has become a network of over 90 member organizations and individual members in 50 countries, including Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Cuba, Czech Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Russia, Senegal, Yugoslavia, Sweden, United Kingdom, USA.

INES: Two Ways of Getting Involved

Sponsoring membership

You or your organization are invited to join INES. Individual members and member organizations support INES by sharing common goals and donating their membership dues. Sponsoring members are encouraged to attend INES workshops and congresses. Information relevant to the work of INES is provided through a quarterly Newsletter and electronic communication.

Project participation

Individual members and those involved in INES member organizations are welcome to initiate or join projects within the network that put the objectives of the network into practice. A number of current projects are listed below.

INES Council and Executive Committee

The Council is the highest governing body of the network. It meets annually. The Council is composed of a representative of each member organization and specially elected individuals. Each year, an Executive Committee is selected by the Council.

INES Projects

Disarmament and Peace

• INESAP: International Network of Engineers and Scientists against Proliferation (http://www.inesap.org)
  Regina Hagen ()
• Abolition 2000 - A Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons (http://www.abolition2000.org)
  Dr. David Krieger ()

• Biological and Chemical Weapons
  Prof. Jiri Matousek ()
• Toxic Weapons Control
  Prof. Kathryn Nixdorff ()
• INESNASS: NATO, Alternative Security and Sustainability 
  Tobias Damjanov ()
• Africa Project "Peace at the Great Lakes"
  Nicola Hellmich (

   

Environment and Development

• INESDEV Confronting Unequal Development (http://www.ismea.org/)
  Dr. Marc Ollivier ()

• INESTECH: Technology for a Sustainable Future  Paul Collander, M. Sc. ()

• INESCHEM: Sustainable Chemistry
  Prof. Dieter Meissner ( )

• Nepal Support Project Reiner Braun ()
• European Databank Sustainable Development
  Jürgen Kullmann, Reiner Braun ()

Ethics, values and education

• Committee on Ethical Questions and the Responsibilities of Scientists and Engineers Dr. Hans-Jürgen Fischbeck ()

• Ethics Protection Initiative (INESPE) Antje Bultmann ()

• Science, Peace and Global Ethics, a Responsibility of Universities Prof. Maurice Errera ()

• Spiritual Dimensions of Sustainability Dr. Frank Meyberg ()

• Buddhist Perception of Nature Dr. Eric Hol ()

• Student Network within INES Ase Richard ()

• INES Congress 2000 (INES2000 Papers) Prof. Armin Tenner ()

• Regional Aspects of Sustainability and the Role of Universities Prof. Eugene Krasnov ()
• Robert HavemannScholarship Tatjana Demmer ()

Communication within INES

Newsletter
Armin Tenner ()

Inesnet Discussion Group
Johan Swahn ()

Info Service "What's New in INES"
Tobias Damjanov ()

Publications:

In July 1998 INES organized a workshop in Cambridge Mass., USA, with the title

NEW SECURITY CONCERNS AND APPROACHES

Expert speakers deal with NATO expansion, nuclear weapons, the situation in Russia and the Near East, US security policy, demilitarization, and propose policies to secure lasting peace.
The proceedings of this workshop may be obtained from the .

INES Congresses

INES International Congresses of Engineers and Scientists provide a topical focus for the network and beyond. Three congresses have been held so far, another is in preparation.

CHALLENGES - Science and Peace in a rapidly Changing Environment - Berlin 1991

Challenges of Sustainable Development - Amsterdam 1996 (http://www.frt.fy.chalmers.se/amsterdam)

Challenges for Science and Engineering in the 21st century - Stockholm 2000
See INES2000 Papers

INES Office

The address of the central INES office is: