Science Parks : The Future is Here

For several years, UNESCO’s Division of Science Policy and Sustainable Development has been cooperating closely with the World Technopolis Association (WTA). United by their common objectives, UNESCO and the WTA signed a Memorandum of Understanding by which they undertook to support the development of science and technology parks (technopolises) by sharing experience, facilitating technology transfer and encouraging cooperation among existing technopolises. Since 2005, both organizations have held joint annual training workshops in the city of Daejeon in the Republic of Korea. The first workshop in 2005 covered all issues related to science city governance. Subsequent annual workshops have chosen to focus on one particular aspect: that in 2006 tackled high-tech cluster development in developing countries and that in 2007 technology business incubators.

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