UNESCO. General Conference; 36th; 36 C/5: volume 1: Draft ...

(v)
(vi)
support the execution of the seventh phase of the International Hydrological Programme
(IHP), including through its global and regional programmes, cross-cutting and
specialized projects, as well as working groups, and enhanced coordination with the IHP
National Committees and focal points, the category 1 UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water
Education, other water-related institutes and centres and UNESCO Chairs; strengthen
scientific approaches for improved water management policies and governance,
particularly in arid and semi-arid zones and in urban systems; enhance water-related
technical capacity-building and education at all levels; provide approaches for adapting
to the impacts of global changes on river basins and aquifers; and actively contribute
to and strengthen global monitoring, reporting and assessment of freshwater resources
through the World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP), paying particular attention
to sub-Saharan Africa;
design and implement the UNESCO Biodiversity Initiative; improve the performance
and impact of the Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme and the World Network
of Biosphere Reserves for the development of biosphere reserves as learning platforms
for sustainable development, fostering green societies and addressing climate change;
reinforce UNESCO’s role within the United Nations system for building earth sciences
capacity in support of sustainable development through the International Geoscience
Programme (IGCP); expand partnerships with space agencies and other partners for
tracking changes in land, water and oceans within the context of UNESCO and United
Nations-sponsored earth systems observation and monitoring initiatives, including those
concerned with risk management and World Heritage; promote the use of UNESCOinscribed
sites for raising awareness and understanding of climate change and other
earth system processes; and promote renewable energy and energy efficiency;
(vii) support national and regional efforts to develop, integrate and complement capacities
to reduce and address risks arising from land-based and freshwater natural disasters
with a focus on policy advice, knowledge sharing, awareness-raising, and education for
disaster preparedness, paying particular attention to integrating a gender perspective
and to youth;
(b)
to allocate for this purpose an amount of $20,094,900 for activity costs and $41,219,300 for staff
costs;
2. Requests the Director-General:
(a)
(b)
to implement the various activities authorized by this resolution, to the maximum extent
possible through intersectoral platforms and other intersectoral activities; and
to report periodically to the governing bodies, in the statutory reports, on the achievement of
the following expected results:
Main line of action 1: Promoting STI policies and access to knowledge
(1) Strengthened and self-driven national STI systems built as a result of technical assistance
aimed at science reform, review and policy formulation
(2) Culture of innovation enhanced through national, regional and local innovation systems,
science parks and technology business incubators
(3) STI policy studies conducted, STI indicators reviewed and policy dialogues promoted
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