Events 2002

Report on the 2nd CIPRE Mid-career Training Seminar Policy Analysis and Implementation

17 - 26 November 2002
The key words of the seminar were mutual learning, networking and information dissemination. The seminar was organized as a series of lectures and exercises with active participation of specialists from Western and CEE countries. All lectures were accompanied with discussions, where participants could raise different questions related to R&D policy issues. (More)

World Science Day for Peace and Development

10 November 2002
The decision to proclaim 10 November each year as World Science Day for Peace and Development was made by the General Conference of UNESCO at its 31st session one year ago. This decision is traceable to the deliberations and recommendations of the World Conference on Science (Budapest, 1999), where the need for a new compact between science and society was given clear recognition. It was felt at the Budapest Conference that the organization of a World Science Day would be an opportunity to reaffirm each year the commitment to attaining the goals proclaimed in the Declaration on Science and the Use of Scientific Knowledge and to follow-up the recommendations of the Science Agenda: Framework for Action. (More)

Science and Technology Statistics and Indicators in Developing Countries: Perspectives and Challenges

02 - 05 April 2002
The World Conference on Science held in Budapest in 1999 placed emphasis on the necessity for countries to have access to reliable and policy-relevant statistics on science and technology (S&T). (More)