Organized under the patronage of UNESCO, the XIIth International Conference on the Public Communication of Science and Technology in Florence (Italy) on 18-20 April drew 670 participants from five continents and gave rise to a staggering 450 presentations.

UNESCO: Science Policy and Capacity-Building

With a view to promoting international exchanges in the field of education, culture, communication, science and technology, and to enhancing friendship among peoples of the world, the Government of the People's Republic of China has placed at the disposal of UNESCO for the academic year 2011-2012, under the co-sponsorship of UNESCO, twenty five (25) fellowships for advanced studies at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

UNESCO: Sources

The UIS is the statistical office of UNESCO and the UN depositary for internationally comparable statistics in the fields of education, science and technology, culture and communication.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

We have made significant achievements in the last fifty years in food production, health sector, higher education, media and mass communication, industrial infrastructure, information technology, science and technology and defence.

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He expressed his satisfaction on the long-standing and deep cooperation between Tanzania and UNESCO, which is a key partner in Tanzania, especially in the areas of education, communication and information, culture, as well as Science Technology and Innovation (STI).

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

In this regard, the President-elect said his government intends to ensure universal access to secondary and higher education, to democratize access to information technology and communication and to allocate at least 1% of Mexican GDP to the development of science and technology.

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For Ben King, an associate professor of chemistry at the school, one of the challenges in making the connection between science and technology is the gulf in communication between people.

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