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UNESCO is organizing the next UN S&T Cluster

1 September - UNESCO is organizing the next UN S&T Cluster, in collaboration with UNEP. The meeting will take place at the International Environment House (MIE), Room n°2 , 11 chemin des Anemones, 1219 Chatelaine, Geneva. (More).

Parliamentarians call for network to support S&T for development in Eastern Africa

April 2009 - Parliamentarians from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Egypt plan to establish a sub-regional network of parliamentarians in support of science and technology for development. This recommendation is outlined in the Mombasa Declaration adopted on 3 April at the end of a five-day capacity-building workshop in STI policy and scientific forum for parliamentarians organized by UNESCO’s Division for Science Policy and Sustainable Development, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, African Union/New Partnership for Africa’s Development and the Kenya Ministry for Higher Education, Science and Technology. (More)

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Reform of Tanzanian science system gets under way

December 2008 - The reform of Tanzania’s science, technology and innovation (STI) system gets under way on 15-16 December with the first consultation of stakeholders at a workshop in Bagamoyo (Tanzania). UNESCO is heading a team of United Nations agencies and development partners which are accompanying Tanzania in this endeavour, within the One UN initiative. Under this umbrella, UNESCO and government departments and agencies have formulated a series of proposals for a total budget of US$10 million, to be financed from the One UN fund and other sources. (More)

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17 African countries to review STI policy

October 2008 - In the past year, 17 African countries have submitted requests for UNESCO assistance in reviewing their STI policy, including eight from the SADC: Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Central African Republic, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Rep. of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Niger, United Republic of Tanzania, Togo, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Thanks to financial support from Spain and Japan, science policy formulation has commenced in Madagascar (May 2008), Burundi (June 2008), Central African Republic (July 2008) and Benin (July 2008).

SADC countries exchange ideas and best practices

September 2008 - Countries from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) met in Gaborone (Botswana) from 22 to 26 September to enable those which have already reviewed their science, technology and innovation (STI) policy – either with UNESCO or independently – to exchange ideas and best practices with countries undergoing a review. The five-day meeting was organized by UNESCO’s Division of Science Policy and Sustainable Development together with the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. The meeting was run back to back with a training workshop on Statistics and Indicators in Science and Technology to stress the importance of these tools for any STI review. Read the Proceedings.

ECOSOC High Level Segment, UNESCO hosts Ministerial Roundtable Breakfast on
Science, Technology and Innovation policy: key to sustainable development

July 2008 - The Director General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, hosted a Breakfast Round Table at the High Level Segment of the ECOSOC, New York, 1 July 2008, on the theme: Science, Technology and Innovation Policy : Key to Sustainable Development. The ECOSOC Ambassador from Madagascar, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research from Egypt and the Minister of Communication, Science and Technology of Tanzania were invited speakers. (More)

Science, Technology and Parliament

March 2008 - The ongoing reform of the Congolese science system was presented to Parliamentarians from Central Africa at a sub-regional science policy forum held in Brazzaville (Congo) from 11 to 14 March. (More)

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