Knowledge for Development

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ACP initiatives

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5/07/2007


First annual dialogue of ministers of agriculture, science and technology

Following the recommendation of the Ministers of Agriculture, Science and Technology at the FARA General Assembly in July 2010, FARA invited African Ministers to a special Dialogue on 28-29 April 2011 at the Secretariat in Accra. The delegates agreed on the way forward for agricultural research, education and extension in Africa, including a financial commitment to FARA’s agenda and mechanism to ensure FARA’s accountability to the Ministers. The recommendations emanating from the Dialogue are enumerated in a special Communiqué. http://www.fara-africa.org/media/uploads/File/ministerial_dialogue/communique_of_the_1st_dialogue_of_ministers-english.pdf

7/06/2011


ST&I Global Forum Action Plan : CP-building partnerships for sustainable development

ST&I Global Forum Action Plan : CP-building partnerships for sustainable developmentBy the World Bank’s STI Global Expert Team (STI GET).The World Bank, in collaboration with a number of partners, convened a 'Global Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation (ST&I) Capacity Building Partnerships for Sustainable Development' in Washington, D.C. in December 2009. The objectives of the Forum were to (i) explore how well designed partnerships could promote inclusive globalization by helping developing countries build the ST&I capacity they need to address their social and economic objectives; and (ii) develop an Action Plan outlining how the World Bank, in collaboration with other stakeholders and development partners, could design, finance, and implement the new game-changing partnership ideas emerging from the Forum.The Action Plan explains how the Bank and its development partners can help developing countries build the ST&I capacity they need to: 1) Foster ‘inclusive innovations’ focused on the needs of the three or four billion people at the Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP); 2) Convert ST&I capacity into business opportunities and move ideas from the lab to the market via the establishment of Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship Centers; 3) Train the next generation of knowledge workers and teachers for the global and local knowledge economy

7/06/2011


European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) brings together higher education institutions, research centres and businesses and aims to build Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs, a type of cross-border public-private-partnerships). To date, three KICs have been created, focusing on sustainable energy, climate change and information and communication society. The EIT should set up a KIC in 2014 on ‘Food for the future’ that will examine sustainable supply chains. Click to visit the EIT’s website(EIT, 7/11/2012)

8/02/2013