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02040 A Science Technology and Innovation Global Assessment Programme (STIGAP) is proposed. The
main objective of the Programme is to monitor, assess and report on the state of world (global) STI by
developing a comprehensive overview of resources, actors, linkages and outputs. It will also cover STI
foresight and assessment studies as well as policy dialogue. To achieve this, UNESCO will establish an
international and five regional STI policy research networks, work in close cooperation with UIS, and
use the International Centre for Science and Technology Strategy in Beijing, a UNESCO category 2
centre.
Expected result 3: STI policy studies conducted, STI indicators reviewed and
policy dialogues promoted
Performance Indicators
▪ Design and implement STIGAP
Benchmarks
– STIGAP established and new approaches for
international STI statistics and indicators,
including sex-disaggregated ones, developed,
tested and validated in cooperation with UIS;
methodology tested in five regions
▪ Number of foresight and assessment studies
undertaken, and establishment of global science
policy information network (SPIN)
– at least two national STI indicators studies;
the African STI Observatory functioning; at
least ten additional countries integrated in
SPIN
▪ Dialogues and capacities for STI decision-making
involving civil society, scientific communities
and parliaments.
– two new sub-regional fora or interregional
parliamentary fora on STI; capacitybuilding
activities organised for at least two
selected sub-regions and training materials
disseminated online.
Main line of action 2: Building capacities in the basic sciences, including
through the International Basic Sciences Programme (IBSP), in
engineering and for the use of renewable energy
02041 Sustainable development will be strengthened through capacity-building in the basic sciences and
engineering, including for renewable energy, and through developing new policies placing S&T
at the forefront of any development effort. Innovative approaches through partnerships with IGOs,
NGOs, UN organizations and governments will be used to achieve that goal. Activity will focus
on assisting Member States in advanced training and research, in scientific networking, as well as
in creation and strengthening of centres of excellence. Further, stimulation and appropriate use of
public-private partnerships, a prerequisite for successful use of STI systems for development, will be
fostered. UNESCO’s mandate in capacity building and science education in the basic sciences will
be pursued including through the activity of IBSP. The engineering programme activities will focus
on engineering education and capacity building. The potential establishment, in conformity with the
recommendations of 185 EX/Dec.12, of an International Engineering Programme will build upon the
2010 UNESCO report, Engineering: Issues, Challenges and Opportunities for Development – the first
international report on engineering. There will be a particular focus on gender dimensions of science
and engineering and on the needs of Africa.
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