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8200 8TRADE MISSION TO CANADAbased on Science and Technology”, a Higher <strong>Council</strong> for Scienceand Technology was established. The <strong>Council</strong> is chaired by thePrime Minister and consists of 9 Ministers, 5 eminent scientistsand 3 from the civil society. The prime task of the council is todesign and oversee the implementation of <strong>Egypt</strong>’s national strategiesin science and technology. The second step was the establishmentof the “Science and Technology Development Fund”, whichsecures sufficient funding for national projects and caters for theneeds of researchers in <strong>Egypt</strong>. The focus of the national priorityareas includes Water resources, energy, food and agriculture, ICT,Space and remote sensing, life sciences and Social sciences andHumanities.The major target of our efforts focus on completing the scienceand technology 4P cycle with special emphasis on innovation, asdemonstrated in the figure below. A pivotal pillar in this effort isthe international cooperation to promote and achieve the knowledgesociety.5

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