Annual Report 2010 - Comsats

2010, activities implemented under this Cooperation Programme are given below:
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International Seminar on “Nano-materials in Energy and Environment”,
organized by COMSATS and ISESCO, in collaboration with CIIT, Damascus
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University and HIAST, from 21 -23 September 2010, in Damascus, Syria;
International Conference on “Diffusion of ICTs in Academia: Learning in the
Digital Age in Islamic Countries”, organized by COMSATS and ISESCO, in
cooperation with Inter-Islamic Network on Information Technology (INIT),
Industrial Research and Consultancy Centre (IRCC), Sudan, and University
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of Science and Technology (UST), Sudan, from 4 -5 October 2010, in
Khartoum, Sudan;
National Training Workshop on “Repair and Maintenance of Scientific
Equipments in Teaching, Research Institutions and Small-scale Industries”,
jointly organized by COMSATS and ISESCO in collaboration with Senegal
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National Commission for UNESCO, from 18 -21 October 2010, in Dakar,
Senegal; and
Maintenance of the Islamic World Science Net (IWSN) Portal (A report on
page 88).
Programmes with UNESCO
COMSATS’ proposed project titled: ‘COMSATS-UNESCO South-South Regional
(Asia-Pacific) Technical Cooperation Programme (2010-11)’, which was submitted
through the Pakistan National Commission for UNESCO (PNCU) on January 29,
2009, was approved by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) on October 25, 2010.
The programme is focused at building scientific and technical capacity of the common
Member States of COMSATS and UNESCO in the Asia-Pacific region, using the
expertise and skills available within COMSATS’ Network of International S&T Centres
of Excellence, as well as other collaborating institutions, and providing an opportunity
to the scientists/engineers/researchers in the region to interact with their peers for
sharing knowledge and expertise.
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Under the programme, COMSATS and UNESCO will jointly hold 5 training
workshops/seminars/conferences in 4 common member countries, China, Pakistan,
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, in 2011. Three of the COMSATS’ Centres of Excellence,
COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), International Centre for Climate
and Environment Sciences (ICCES), and International Center for Chemical and
Biological Sciences (ICCBS) will host the events in Islamabad-Pakistan, Beijing-
China and Karachi-Pakistan, respectively.
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