Over the past two decades, UNESCO has set up a number of regional networks which operate under its auspices. Several of these networks were set up within UNESCO’s University-Industry Partnership (UNISPAR) programme.
These expert networks are made up of researchers and institutions from within the region. They provide policy and management personnel in the countries of the region with research and training to help these countries formulate or review their national science, technology and innovation (STI) policies.
UNESCO works closely with these networks. UNESCO’s offices in Beijing (China) and Jakarta (Indonesia), for example, worked with the Science and Technology Policy Asian Network to assist the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of Mongolia in developing a Master Plan for Science and Technology in Mongolia to 2020, published in 2007.
Science and Technology Policy Asian Network (STEPAN)
Launched: 1988
By: UNESCO’s Regional Bureau for Science in Asia (Jakarta, Indonesia)
Contact:
Website
Website of UNESCO’s Jakarta office
Arab Regional Network of Science and Technology Management (STEMARN)
Launched: 1994
By: UNESCO’s Regional Bureau for Science in the Arab States (Cairo, Egypt)
Contact
Website
Website of UNESCO’s Cairo office
Cariscience
Launched: 1999
By: UNESCO’s Regional Bureau for Science in Latin America and the Caribbean (Montevideo, Uruguay)
Red-CienciA
Launched: 1998
By: Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Contact
Science Policy
