The conference summary panel told the media it was vital that pilot programmes were implemented to advance these technologies.

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To this end, Ms Kamarck talks enthusiastically of computer-focused teacher training and pilot programmes that may improve applications of existing science.

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Most countries know what to do and run pilot programmes that work.

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Moreover, the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MOEYS) has very limited budget and capacity for this and bilingual education interventions still depend largely on pilot programmes supported by NGOs.

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Wang Chen, the minister in charge of the State Council Information Office, told reporters in Beijing that real-name registration would be extended to other areas once the pilot programmes had proved successful.

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It mustered a 16 vote majority against Crossbencher Lady Grey Thompson's amendment calling for an independent study and pilot programmes before the new Personal Independence Payment for disabled people replaces Disability Living Allowance.

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This is the great weakness of the current health-reform effort, which contains only timid proposals (such as a toothless independent commission to advise on Medicare costs, and mere pilot programmes to curb costs and improve quality).

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Two months before the 11 September attacks, an FBI agent in Arizona warned that several Middle Eastern men had enrolled in pilot training programmes - but senior FBI officials paid little attention to his memo.

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