The Commission for Science will meet on 1-3 and 7 November 2011.
Commission for Science Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND).
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President Obama and President Rousseff have further advanced our bilateral health cooperation through the U.S.-Brazil Working Group on Public Health, under the U.S.-Brazil Joint Commission on Science and Technology .
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With the support of UNESCO, and organized by the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) and the National Forum on Information Literacy, participants wrestled with the fundamental challenge of how to empower people to benefit from existing information and communication resources and technologies in an Internet Age.
As a part of the project, a manual on water education was developed in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, the Ministry of Environment and the Jordan National Commission for Education, Culture and Science.
The UNESCO Ethics of Science and Technology Programme, organizer of the conference, was created in 1998 with the establishment of the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) to generate ethical reflection on science and technology and its applications.
Science and Innovation Minister Ian Pearson said he welcomed the commission's proposal.
Published on the 50th anniversary of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, the volume examines how science informs the understanding of the oceans and how this information has influenced decision-makers and ocean policy.
Dr. Graham formerly served as President Reagan's Science Advisor and has in recent years chaired the congressionally mandated Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (better known as the EMP Commission).
The workshop was organized by the Haburas Foundation, the Timor-Leste National Commission for UNESCO and the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science for Asia and the Pacific (based in Jakarta) and took place in Dili, Timor Leste, on 7-8 June 2011.
UNESCO, the UN organization in charge of science, has long promoted sustainable development notably through the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, the International Hydrological Programme, the International Geoscience Programme and the Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme.
Maybe it's time (once in a blue moon) for a high-level bipartisan commission--televised and transparent--to review the science, the costs and the regulatory processes, taking into account the national interest.
UNESCO, which has a specific mandate in the sciences, has long promoted science for sustainable development through programs and platforms such as the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, the International Hydrological Programme, the International Geoscience Programme and the Man and the Biosphere Programme.
So we discussed how we can work to expand trade and investment and forge new collaborations in science and technology, including through our U.S.-Portugal bilateral commission.
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They reaffirmed the engagement of UNESCO and the African Union Commission to continue working together in the critical areas of education, science, technology and innovation, and for a culture of peace.
Earlier this year the European Commission launched a video taster of an initiative to engage more girls in science called Science: It's a Girl Thing.
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The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO is the UN organisation dedicated to ocean science and services and is responsible for fostering cooperation between governments on global issues about oceans.
The UK National Commission for UNESCO (UKNC) draws on this knowledge to promote environmental science, help build scientific capacity in developing countries, improve access to scientific information globally and encourage gender equity in science.
It appears that Apple is about to expand its manufacturing operations to Brazil, where a new Foxconn factory is already in place and ready to churn out iPads, according to a report from national media outlet UOL. Aolizio Mercadante, the country's minister of science and technology, confirmed the news this week during a hearing held by the Commission of Economic Affairs.
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The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (UNESCO-IOC) is the UN body for ocean science, observations, data and information exchange, and ocean services such as tsunami warning systems.
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO is the sole UN organization specializing in ocean related science and services since last 50 years.
Of relevance is the committee that drafted the Palestinian national Green paper on Science, Technology and Innovations (Higher Council of Vocational and Technical Education, Accreditation and Quality assurance Commission, and Quality improvement Fund).
Determined to further enhance our relationship, we discussed ways of maximizing the work of the U.S.- Portugal Bilateral Commission, which facilitates cooperation in areas as diverse as defense and security, education, science and technology exchanges, economic revitalization, law enforcement, and development in the Azores.
They argue it could result in the commission ignoring advice from its panel of 22 scientists and using political criteria to determine which areas of science should take priority.
Speaking at the Farnborough International Airshow, Science Minister David Willetts said he intended to address this issue with both the UK Department of Transport and the European Commission.
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