Attached is the Big Tent Communique IV, The grand global challenges and the transformation to sustainable societies, which was presented at the end of the 6th GUNI conference in Barcelona on 15 May by PASCAL Associate, Lean Chan and Norbert Steinhaus of the Living Knowledge Network.

There are 14 calls for action to: 

1. Recognize that knowledge is both diverse and plural;
2. Increase the capacity for imagination because creativity initiates change;
3. Encourage creative solutions at the interface between differing epistemological frameworks and the links between knowledge production and actions for social change;
4. Establish a transparent process for priorities setting for public research funding;
5. Integrate Civil Society in formulation of research questions, through mobilization of practical, traditional and indigenous knowledge in research programs and projects;
6. Ensure representation of civil society in bodies of publicly funded scientific institutions on eye level;
7. Establish a science forum with a civil society research fund, strongly focusing on re-search on behalf of and the benefit for CSOs;
8. Foster capacity building of CSOs in science policy;
9. Promote transdisciplinary sustainability research that has clear links to the grand chal-lenges;
10. Establish developmental monitoring and assessment of the progress in addressing the grand challenges;
11. Strengthen the establishment of community-based, participatory institutions such as Science Shops, Community Based Research Centers or other structures of Community-Campus Partnerships;
12. Give free access to research results;
13. Ensure adequate support for the start-up and continued operations of community-based research ethics review boards;
14. Advocate for administrative changes in research funding and policy for the benefit of community leaders, community-based organizations and their allies.