RT Journal Article T1 Interaction and cooperative effort among scientificsocieties. Twelve years of COSCE A1 Andradas Heranz, Carlos A1 Martín, Nazario AB The evolution of knowledge and technology in recent decades has brought profound changes in science policy, not only in the countries but also in the supranational organizations. It has been necessary, therefore, to adapt the scientific institutions to new models in order to achieve a greater and better communication between them and the political counterparts responsible for defining the general framework of relations between science and society. The Federationon of Scientific Societies of Spain (COSCE, Confederación de Sociedades Científicas de España) was founded in October 2003 to respond to the urgent need to interact with the political institutions and foster a better orientation in the process of making decisions about the science policy. Currently COSCE consists of over 70 Spanish scientific societies and more than 40,000 scientists. During its twelve years of active life, COSCE has developed an intense work of awareness of the real situation of science in Spain by launching several initiatives (some of which have joined other organizations) or by joining initiatives proposed from other groups related to science both at the Spanish level and at the European and non-European scenarios. PB Inst Estudis Catalans SN 1139-6709 YR 2015 FD 2015 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/35322 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/35322 LA eng DS Docta Complutense RD 6 abr 2025