From basic and environmental sciences to science policy and ethics, UNESCO acts as an advocate for science globally.
Lidia Brito, Director of the Science Policy and Capacity-Building Division of UNESCO, is a distinguished panelist at ESOF 2012.
The Division for Science Policy and Sustainable Development is preparing a new initiative: the Science, Technology and Innovation Global Assessment Programme (STIGAP).
Demonstration of revolutionary interactive tool for policy-makers on science policy developed by the UNESCO Bureau for Science in Latin America and going global.
Formulate project proposals and mobilise extra-budgetary resources to support operational projects for the benefit of Least Developed Countries (LDCs), with emphasis on multidisciplinary and science policy projects.
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This pretender was one of 100 impersonators of scientists, journalists and science policy wonks uncovered by Lucas Laursen, a reporter at Nature, the scientific journal.
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.
In the 1990s, ex-urban areas in the US grew twice as fast as their respective metropolitan areas overall, according to the Belgian Science Policy Office.
The Spanish version of the book was launched on 29 January 2010 at the UNESCO Conference on Biodiversity Science Policy for the International Year of Biodiversity.
These are the main action items that emerged from a major science policy conference which UNESCO hosted on the occasion of the launch of the International Year of Biodiversity.
Ms Hart also answered questions on implementing the aims of the Welsh Language Strategy within the context of economic regeneration, discussions with Tata Steel, the government's science policy and broadband access.
In my day job at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, I get to work with remarkable people around the world who are experts in the sciences and science policy.
So some of the new regulatory science policy work that FDA is doing could be hard hit, even if FDA is able to continue to keep pace with its day-to-day review function.
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Social science policy research fed by dialogues among policy makers, practionners from civil society, beneficiaries and participants of specific policy and programme interventions and researchers, will better inform and advise policy formulation process.
The Youth Delegates will also have the opportunity to exchange ideas with Young Professionals of the UNESCO Science Sector specializing in the fields of water, biodiversity, ecology, earth sciences, science education, disaster risk reduction, and science policy.
It has fundamental significance for UNESCO nowadays, at a time when science has tremendous power to shape the future of humanity and when it no longer makes much sense to design science policy in purely national terms.
And while modern drug research labs can speed up and systematize many steps, "there's still a very large element of mystery in the discovery process, " says John Swen, vice president for science policy and public affairs for the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer.
Support the basic sciences and engineering programme and science policy activities in the cluster countries particularly for post-conflict countries, including practical science education in cooperation with the Education sector, promotion of access and retention of women in science and technology education, and research and development of renewable and alternative energies.
And while modern drug research labs can speed up and systematize many steps, "there's still a very large element of mystery in the discovery process, " says John Swen, vice president for science policy and public affairs for the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer (nyse: PFE - news - people ).
The Science Policy Ministerial Meetings of South East Europe, a ministerial round table and an expert meeting, are jointly organized by the UNESCO Venice Office and the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina on 22-23 November 2012 in order to discuss science priorities and potential regional strategies to strengthen Research, Technology and Innovation in SEE.
Dr. Billal has 28 years of scientific and administrative experience in research and management to his credit and has the honour of implementing more then 1200 scientific programmes and projects around the world, covering a broad category of areas like science policy and innovation system, science education, technology capability building, environment protection, climate change, and water management programmes among others.
Graham , the former Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and Science Advisor to President Reagan, and Dr. Keith B.
The Director-General underlined the importance of a better interface between science and policy, and to engineering as one of the pillars of science, innovation and technology.
The report covers all DIVERSITAS activities including its work on the interface between science and policy making, developing cross-cutting networks, the Earth System Science Partnership, etc.
Co-sponsored by UNESCO, IPBES is an interface between the scientific community and policy makers that aims to build capacity for and strengthen the use of science in policy making.
Recently, governments agreed to create the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).
Which conditions (finance, science-policy interface, economic instruments, etc) should be created in order to stimulate effective action?
The Director-General went on to highlight the importance of science for sustainability and underlined the need to strengthen the science-policy interface.
The brief urged UNESCO to focus in particular on establishing frameworks and guidance for governance and the science-policy-society interface, and for institutional capacity building.
Stronger links between science and policy are key to harnessing innovation and addressing the challenges we face, from environmental to social and economic.
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