OTHER ACTIVITIES

Insect Science is Global
International Effort to Promote Insect Science

30 July 2025

Science is global, and this is particularly true for insect science. As one of the globe’s most populous and successful life forms, the free movement of insects means they transcend the borders of nations. Progress in insect science is shaped not only by the entomologists who study insects but also by the policies and investments of nations.

The challenges faced by the world today are great and, for many of them, the study of insects opens the way to finding solutions. Through global scientific partnership, we can mitigate disease transmission from global insect pests, minimize the impacts of invasive insects, identify new insect-inspired technologies, and protect and preserve vanishing biodiversity, including important insect pollinators that are vital to providing the food we eat.

As leaders of international entomological communities, we recognize the urgent need for stronger global entomological cooperation: The world’s entomological societies have been working together and partnering on projects for many years.

Most notably, in 2018 in Vancouver, Canada a global summit was convened to discuss invasive insects and other arthropods. That included a call for greater partnership. This need was again identified in 2023 at the European Congress of Entomology in Crete, Greece and again at the 2024 International Congress of Entomology in Kyoto, Japan, when the Entomological Society of America, Royal Entomological Society, and Hellenic Entomological Society joined the Japanese Entomological Societies to host a meeting of global entomological society leaders.

As the world enters a new geopolitical phase, we will build on these activities and forge stronger global partnerships.

With this statement of shared purpose and vision, the undersigned organizations, who represent insect scientists from across the world, commit to deepen our collaborative efforts to seek solutions to the world’s challenges and support the global entomological community.

We urge government leaders to support insect science and we pledge to continue to advocate for global cooperation in insect science.

Current list of signatories, as of September 2, 2025:

Amateur Entomologist Society (London, UK)
Asociación española de Entomologia (Leon, Spain)
British Entomological and Natural History Society (Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom)
Coleopterists Society of Britain and Ireland (London, UK)
Colombian Entomological Society – SOCOLEN (Bogotá, Colombia)
Croatian Entomological Society (Osijek, Croatia)
Entomological Society in Denmark (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Entomological Society Krefeld (Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Entomological Society of America (Annapolis, MD, USA)
Entomological Society of America Overseas Chinese Entomologists Association (virtual)
Entomological Society of Brazil (Vicosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil)
Entomological Society of Canada (Ottawa, ON, Canada)
Entomological Society of Finland (Helsinki, Finland)
Entomological Society of Ghana (Accra, Greater Accra Region, Ghana)
Entomological Society of India (New Delhi, India)
Entomological Society of New Zealand (Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand)
Entomological Society of Nigeria – ESN (Abuja Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria)
Entomological Society of Southern Africa (Pretoria, South Africa)
Entomological Society of Zambia (Lusaka, Zambia)
Flemish Entomological Society (Vrieselhof, Prov. Antwerp, Belgium)
Hellenic Entomological Society (Athens, Greece)
Hungarian Entomological Society (Budapest, Hungary)
Insect Committee of Nature Kenya, The East Africa Natural History Society (Nairobi, Kenya)
Micratena A.C. (Chocaman, Veracruz, Mexico)
Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging (Leiden, The Netherlands)
Österreichische Entomologische Gesellschaft/ Entomological Society of Austria (Vienna, Austria)
Royal Belgian Entomological Society (Brussels Capital Region, Belgium)
Royal Entomological Society (St. Albans, UK)
Society of Southwestern Entomologists (College Station, TX, USA)
Taiwan Entomological Society (Taipei City, Taiwan)
The American Entomological Society (Philadelphia, PA, USA)
The Australian Entomological Society (Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia)

(This statement is co-published with the Entomological Society of America and the Royal Entomological Society and was updated on September 2, 2025. Any insect-science related organisation that wishes to support this effort and add its name to this statement may fill out this form, linked below.)

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6uEE5ibIzxURsie2ydpHPAH9douulhL2znReMn0ErroIAOQ/viewformhttps://forms.gle/puC7ATbtBULFuS2F

Participation of the EEA in EURaac 2024

The EEA will sponsor the XSymposium EURACC (European Association of

Acarologists) 2024, which will be held in Athens on 02-06 September 2024. Η

The EEA will have the opportunity to promote itself at the conference and to attract

andto invitepapers for publication in Entomologia Hellenica as already announced.

on the conference website https://www.euraac2024athens.com/. Also the EEA will be able to announce its participation in the publication of the website of the Hellenic Statistical Society on the internet.

will award the first prize of the student competition of the Congress.

EEA's contribution to the organisation of the IPPC

EEE participates in the organisation of the World Congress on Plant Protection (XX

INTERNATIONAL PLANT PROTECTION CONGRESS) to be held in

Athens, Athens Concert Hall from 1-5 July 2024, and many of its members are participating in the

Scientific Committee and are responsible for the organization of conferences.

More information is available on the conference website.

https://www.ippcathens2024.gr/

12th European Entomological Congress

With great success the 12th European Conference of the European

Entomological Conference, which took place in Heraklion, Crete from 16

from 16 to 20 October 2023.

The Conference was very well attended,

with more than 900 delegates from 60 countries actively participating, with

high scientific level of both oral and illustrated presentations.

and well-organised and conducted.

The Board would like to thank all the Members of the SCE who participated in the Organizing Committee

and the Scientific Committee of the Conference, the company ARTION Conferences

& Events, the Region of Crete and the Municipality of Heraklion, the sponsors, and

all those who contributed to its implementation.

Warm thanks are especially expressed to the organizers on behalf of the

Mr. Manolis Roditakis and Mr. Stefanos Andreadis for taking over the organization of the event.

initiative and the effective and extremely successful implementation of this initiative

of this initiative. On behalf of all the Members of the Hellenic Entomological Society of Greece, the Board of Directors expresses

again expresses its warmest thanks to all the participants of the 12th

It remains at the disposal of the Members of the European Entomological Congress and remains at the disposal of the Members of the Society.

EEE for taking similar initiatives. More information can be found at https://ece2023.com/

Meeting of members of the Board of Directors of Entomological Societies participating in the 12th European Entomological Congress

A meeting of members of the Board of Directors of Entomological

from 12 countries, on the initiative of the Board of the Entomological Society

Greece, in the framework of a parallel event during the 12th

European Entomology Congress.

The meeting was attended by 21 Board members

from Greece, USA, UK, Brazil, Brazil, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, India,

Belgium, Finland, Taiwan, South Korea, presented the activities of the

The activities of the companies of each country were presented and the participants had the opportunity to discuss the activities of the companies of each country.

and share their valuable experiences regarding the activities of the companies in each country.

The companies were able to share their valuable experiences on the activities of their companies, their extroversion actions, their objectives for renewal and

The participants’ interest was kept undiminished. The

The other EU Member States enthusiastically welcomed the initiative of the EEAS as the start of a

of a broader and more regular future cooperation.

Financial support for postgraduate students for the 12th European Conference on Entomology -ECE 2023

The Board of Directors of the Hellenic Entomological Society of Greece (EEE) decided to grant

financial support to postgraduate students of the first and second cycle of studies, studying in

Higher Educational Institutions of Greece for the

participation in the 12th Pan-European Congress of Entomology – ECE2023 (XII.

EuropeanCongress of Entomology).

A total of 15 applications of postgraduate studentswere approved by the evaluation committee.

The following 9studentsreceived support from the ERC and additional financial support

additional financial support was granted by ELANKO-HELLAS, FMC and EVYP

E.E., which we thank in particular. Each company supported two students,

following the selection procedures of the EEE. The Board would like to thank

the evaluation committee, Mr. Argyro Kalaitzaki, Ms. Irini Karanastasis and Mr . Panagiotis Iliopoulos.

Participation in the Organizing Committee of the 8th Panhellenic Meeting Plant Protection

The H.E.E.E. participated in the organizing committee of the 8th Panhellenic Meeting

Plant Protection Conference held from 21-24 February 2023 in Larissa,

at the Municipal Conservatory, on the topic: “Plant protection in the context of the

“Plant protection in the context of the European Green Agreement”.

19th Panhellenic Entomological Congress (23-27 May 2022 at Agrinio)

The Conference was held with great success. Overall, presented 155

papers. In the context of the Conference , 2 round tables were held, 2

special contributions, competition of illustrated papers, competition of illustrated papers, competition

photography competition, exhibition of entomological collection of Themistocles Siakidis, awards

members and of successful scholarship winners. Warm thanks were expressed by

the GA to the Organizing Committee Committee of the Conference and especially to

Dr. Aphrodite Barbetakis and Dr. Spyridon Spyridon Mantzoukas.

Logo of the 19th PES

The Board proceeded to purchase the rights of the logo of the 19th PES from theBoard

engraver Mr. Michalis Kotsaris. The logo belongs now to the E.E.E. so that it can

used for any use.

Assistance to fire victims of North Evia

The Board of Directors of the EEA decided to support thefire victims of North Evia with the

offering English language books to students of the village of Papades…

. The books were distributed through a site visit by members of the Board of Directors. This initiative is a great success.

made a very positive impression and received very positive feedback from the residents

and the media of Evia.