By contributing as a partner and supporter of this major European rendezvous between science and society, UNESCO demonstrates its commitment towards the re-strengthening of international cooperation for the advancement of science, establishment of science for development and peace, promotion of sustainable development and intercultural dialogue.
Lidia Brito is director of the Division of Science Policy and Sustainable Development of UNESCO and former Minister of Education, Science and Technology of Mozambique.
If the outcome document does not explicitly spell out the role of science in achieving sustainable development, M.
Plan, organize and provide technical backstopping to projects, workshops, publications and other activities and events of relevance to science and sustainable development in the sub-region.
UNESCO: Vacancy : Programme Specialist (Natural Sciences) (30/5/2011) (AS/RP/SAM/SC/0005 - (P3))
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have become one of the most crucial factors governing education, science, culture, welfare and the sustainable development of civilizations based upon mutual respect and the observance of human rights.
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.
The programme includes an illustrative exhibition, screening of scientific films, popular science talk and student activities, which aims to sensitize the students and the general visitors about the potential use of science and technology for the sustainable development.
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Through this Board, the Secretary-General and UN agencies will obtain comprehensive advice on all dimensions of science, technology and innovation for sustainable development.
Through this mechanism, the Secretary-General and UN agencies will be provided with comprehensive advice on all of the dimensions of science, technology and innovation for sustainable development, as well as on how to promote cooperation among various UN agencies and with the international scientific community.
Participants are exploring the key role of interdisciplinary science and innovation in the transition to sustainable development, a green economy and poverty eradication.
Other side events organized by UNESCO cover the areas of water resources, young women in science for sustainable development, and engineering for sustainable development.
The very first entry point to discuss ocean governance at Rio was a side event of the Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development on 12 June, focusing on Science and Governance for Global Sustainability.
In turn, science diplomacy is becoming a key instrument of peace-building and sustainable development in international relations.
Since 2002, the UNESCO Venice Office has been active in providing financial support and elaborating initiatives to generate regional networking as a means of mobilizing science, technology and innovation (STI) for peace and sustainable development.
The focus was on the transformation of science education at the primary level, with particular emphasis on enhancing innovation and sustainable development.
David Victor is an adjunct senior fellow for science and technology at the Council on Foreign Relations and director of the program on energy and sustainable development at Stanford University.
Leading international scientists and policy-makers then came together during the Forum on Science Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro in July 2012 and put forward a set of recommendation to help establish such co-designed research, technology and policy agendas.
In a world of science that is in constant flux, they will provide UNESCO with guidelines for the development of working strategies to promote sustainable development and advance the fight for the eradication of poverty.
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