ECA underscores science, technology and innovation policies in progress report to member states
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The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has presented a detailed report on its activities in the area of Science & Technology (S&T) during the ongoing Second Session of the Committee on Development, Information, Science and Technology in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The document examines the steps taken by the Commission in the field of S&T as a response to the resolutions of CODIST I (2009) as well as its implementations and the way forward. “One of the things we want to do is to continue to assist in STI (science, technology and innovation) policy formulation and implementation at national and sub regional levels”, said Dr. Victor Konde, Scientific Affair Officer of ECA’s ICT, Science and Technology Division (ISTD), who presented the report. “Policy making itself should become innovative and scientific”, he added. Konde also underlined that “there is a complete lack of data, so we will put a focus on the creation of databases”. The meeting and the candid discussions that followed the presentation gave a lot of input and ideas regarding the way forward in the S&T sector and the preparation of CODIST III, according to ECA’s Information and Communication Service.
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“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. (2011-05). ECA underscores science, technology and innovation policies in progress report to member states. Addis Ababa:. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/33044”Collections
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