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Science and Technology Park Governance

11–14 November - Every year, international training workshops are run by UNESCO in Daejeon, Republic of Korea, in close cooperation with the World Technopolis Association. The one this month will be on the theme of Science Park and Technology Business Incubator Governance. More.

Science and Technology Park Governance

July 2009 - Every year, international training workshops are run by UNESCO in Daejeon, Republic of Korea, in close cooperation with the World Technopolis Association. The last one took place from 9-11 October 2008 and the next one is planned for 10-13 November 2009.

A master plan under preparation in Nairobi

September 2008 - The business plan for the Nairobi science park having been completed, UNESCO is currently assisting the Government of Kenya in elaborating a master plan for the development of a science park in Nairobi. (More)

Technical Assistance for Science Park Development in Egypt

January 2008 - A workshop on the development of a science and technology park (technopolis) in Egypt was organized in Alexandria on 23-24 January 2008. (More)

Proceedings available from technology business incubators workshop

December 2007 - The Proceedings are now available for the workshop on technology business incubators organized by UNESCO and the World Technopolis Association from 20 to 22 November 2007. For the past two years, UNESCO and the WTA have been holding joint annual training workshops in the city of Daejeon in the Republic of Korea. (More)

September 2007 – UNESCO organized a workshop for the Asia-Pacific region on 3-5 September, in collaboration the Indonesian government, Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), World Technopolis Association (WTA) and Islamic Education Science and Culture Organization (ISESCO), It was attended by 40 participants from Asian countries: Bhutan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Republic of Korea, Lao PDR, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Malaysia, Maldives, Thailand, Timor Leste and Uzbekistan.

9 to 11 May 2007 - The Workshop was organized by UNESCO in collaboration the Namibian Government, Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), World Technopolis Association (WTA) and Islamic Education Science and Culture Organization (ISESCO), It was attended by participants from 18 African countries: Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Isfahan Conference serves knowledge-based business

September 2006 - The theme of the Conference on Science and Technology Parks in the Iranian city of Isfahan from 18 to 19 September was serving Knowledge-based business to enhance economic development. Four partners were involved in organizing the conference, during which some 43 papers were presented: UNESCO’s Division for Science Policy and Sustainable Development, the Isfahan Science and Technology Town, the International Association of Science Parks (IASP) and the Asian Science Parks Association (ASPA). The opening ceremony was attended by Dr M. Zahedi, Iranian Minister of Science, Research and Technology; Dr M. Reaei, Iranian Secretary of Expediency Council; Dr Chachanat Thebtaranont, President of IASP; Dr Luis Sanz, Director General of IASP; Dr Jong Hyun Lee, Chairperson of ASPA, Dr Chen Bo Park, representative of the World Technopolis Association; and Dr Abdin Salih, Director and Representative of UNESCO’s Tehran Cluster Office. For more details of the conference, Click here.

12-14 September 2006 - The workshop was organized by UNESCO in close cooperation with the Kingdom of Bahrain, World Technopolis Association (WTA), Islamic Education Science and Culture Organization (ISESCO), Arab League Education Culture and Science Organization (ALECSO), and Arab Academy of Science (AAS). It was attended by participants from: Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirate, West Banc Territory (Palestine) and Yemen.

UNESCO and Korea to foster science parks in South

September 2006 - The Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), Daejeon Metropolitan City and UNESCO have set up a scheme to help developing countries manage science and technology parks, or ‘technopolises’. (More)