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Organised by the Government of South Africa and the OECD
21-22 November 2005
Legacy Hotels and Resorts
Pilanesberg National Park (near Johannesburg)
South Africa
Harnessing science and technology for sustainable development has come to occupy a prominent place in the international agenda, as a result of the WSSD and the UN Millenium Project. It was in this spirit that Ministers adopted the Declaration on International Science and Technology Co-operation for Sustainable Development at the January 2004 meeting of the OECD Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy at Ministerial level. Being a global issue, moving toward sustainable development objectives requires better ways of co-operating internationally to build capacities in science and technology, enhancing knowledge and technology transfer and creating effective knowledge networks, in the developing countries. Governments, academia as well as businesses in both OECD member countries and developing countries have important roles to play.
OBJECTIVES
The workshop had two main objectives:
• To identify good practices in international science and technology co-operation, especially between OECD and developing countries, aiming at fostering capacity-building in science and technology, at facilitating effective diffusion of scientific knowledge and technology transfer, and at developing knowledge infrastructure and networks, in order to meet sustainable development objectives at national and global levels. Such good practices include highlighting concrete and efficient solutions that have been implemented in the areas of water and energy.
• To consider possible indicators of good practices in international science and technology co-operation for sustainable development and methodologies to evaluate international science and technology co-operation initiatives.
Participants: Government policy makers in science and technology, academic experts, from OECD and non-Member countries; businesses involved in relevant activities in the developed and developing countries, representatives of other inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations.
Language: English
The conference proceedings were published in May 2007.
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