[WSIS CS-Plenary] [Fwd: UN-BACKED FORUM LINKS ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT]

[Dr. Francis MUGUET]

FYI

Unfortunately UNESCO did not establish any linkage
between this G8-UNESCO meeting
http://g8forum.ictp.it
( see press release below )
  and the implementation
of the C3 and C7 e-sciences and e-learning action lines.

The TWAS did not play any positive role during the
WSIS preparatory process.

If no linkage is established by such a major UN agency
as UNESCO towards WSIS implementation, it could be feared
the WSIS follow-up and implementation is not
on the good track.

ITU on the other hand seems to make some efforts.

Best

Francis


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Subject: UN-BACKED FORUM LINKS ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 13:00:50 -0400
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UN-BACKED FORUM LINKS ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
New York, May 10 2007  1:00PM
The interconnections between education, scientific research and 
technological innovation and their part in sustainable development will 
be explored in Trieste, Italy, starting today by policy-makers and 
experts from the educational, scientific and business worlds, the United 
Nations’ educational agency said today.

The World Forum on Education, Research and Innovation is sponsored by 
the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 
(<"http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=37732&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html">UNESCO) 
and the G-8 group of countries that includes Canada, France, Germany, 
Italy, Japan, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom and the United 
States.

According to UNESCO, the Forum aims to identify opportunities, as well 
as risks, for both industrialized and developing countries in the 
pursuit of sustainable development through advanced knowledge and 
technologies, including special roundtables on Africa and the role of 
Government.

The forum, which runs through 12 May, is being organized by the Abdus 
Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, an international 
scientific institution under the aegis of UNESCO and the International 
Atomic Energy Agency (<"http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/index.html">IAEA).
  2007-05-10 00:00:00.000


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