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Commission on Science and Technology for Development, fifteenth session

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Palais des Nations, GenevaThe Commission will review progress made in the implementation of and follow-up to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) outcomes at the regional and international levels, including on improvements to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). The Commission will address the following priority themes:Innovation, research, technology transfer for mutual advantage,entrepreneurship and collaborative development in the information society.Open access, virtual more...

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John Daly on May 15, 2012

Policy guidelines for the development and promotion of open access

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UNESCO issued this publication to demystify the concept of Open Access to Scientific Information and Research (OA) and to provide concrete steps on putting relevant policies in place. Building capacities in Member States for Open Access to scientific information and research is a necessary but not sufficient condition for promotion of the concept. Creating an enabling policy environment for OA is therefore a priority.This publication will serve the needs of OA policy development at the more...

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John Daly on April 07, 2012

World Community Grid

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MissionWorld Community Grid's mission is to create the world's largest public computing grid to tackle projects that benefit humanity.The World Community Grid staff has developed the technical infrastructure that serves as the grid's foundation for scientific research. Our success depends upon individuals collectively contributing their unused computer time to change the world for the better.World Community Grid is making technology available only to public and not-for-profit organizations to more...

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John Daly on April 23, 2012

The Spirit of UNESCO

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Students have a hell of time grasping the spirit of UNESCO, the vital principle animating not only the formal organization but also the huge community of people and organizations that choose to affiliate with UNESCO in order to advance its mission. UNESCO’s founders told us in the UNESCO Constitution that UNESCO was about building structures in the minds of men, about changing the zeitgeist that had led to two world wars and the holocaust. UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova restates that more...

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John Daly on September 14, 2011

Global alliance to study planetary changes revealed

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"A global alliance of environmental research agencies, policy organisations and international donors will be launched at the Planet Under Pressure conference in London, United Kingdom, later this month (26–29 March)."The 'Future Earth' alliance aims to deliver scientific and social science research in a way that policymakers and grassroots groups would understand to help them meet their sustainable development goals in the coming decades."It will also seek to co-ordinate and focus international more...

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John Daly on March 15, 2012

Open Source Drug Discovery (OSDD)

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OSDD is a community of students, scientists, researchers, academicians, institutions, corporations and anyone who is committed to discovery of drugs in an open source mode.Open Source Drug Discovery emphasizes integrative science through collaboration, open-sharing, taking up multifaceted approaches and accruing benefits from advances on different fronts of new drug discovery. Because the open source model is based on community participation, it has the potential to self-sustain continuous more...

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John Daly on March 02, 2012

ResearchGate

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ResearchGate is a social networking site designed especially for people conducting research.It is designed to allow users to network with the largest global community dedicated to science and research: to help them to expand their contacts, to share knowledge and to find potential research partners.ResearchGate profiles are designed to let others know what participants are working on: listing their education and experience, their research interests and sharing publications that should make more...

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John Daly on February 14, 2012

Terremoto de Haití podría marcar inicio de ciclo sísmico

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"El terremoto registrado en Haití en enero de 2010 podría marcar el inicio de un nuevo ciclo de actividad sísmica con “devastadores terremotos” que afectarán toda la isla de La Española, conformada por Haití y República Dominicana, dicen investigadores. "El estudio, publicado en la edición de febrero del Boletín de la Sociedad de Sismología de Estados Unidos (BSSA), analizó los registros de temblores ocurridos en la isla en los 500 años transcurridos desde la época colonial hasta 2010 y de los more...

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John Daly on February 29, 2012

A Comment on the Ethics of Research: A Role for UNESCO

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Research and technology development is a complex global enterprise, which involves increasing amounts of international collaboration. Many questions must be resolved correctly to assure the ethical conduct of research. UNESCO as the United Nations agency that focuses on broad issues of both science and ethics is uniquely placed to play a key role in promoting the ethical conduct of research. This blog posting recommends that UNESCO play an important role:as a forum for the discussion of more...

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John Daly on September 03, 2010

A World of Science Volume 10, Number 1

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A 'World of Science' is the flagship publication of the Natural Sciences Program of UNESCO. This is the January-March 2012 edition.The biodiversity gambleissing the Biodiversity Target of slowing biodiversity loss by 2010 sent a shock wave through the international community that may yet prove to be salutary. The news created a sense of urgency which favoured the adoption of the Nagoya Biodiversity Compact in October 2010. As readers may recall, the compact fixes some ambitious more...

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John Daly on March 01, 2012

Obama Administration Seeks UNESCO Waiver Legislation

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In the UNESCO General Conference last year, Palestine was elected as a member state over the opposition of the United States. According to a provision of law a couple of decades old, the United States was then required to withhold its contributions to the Organization. Doing so has created a major problem for UNESCO in that the United States pays a portion of the UNESCO regular budget roughly proportional to the U.S. portion of the global GDP, in this case 22 percent. Funds began to be withheld more...

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John Daly on March 01, 2012

Opportunities, Challenges and Good Practices in International Research Cooperation between Developed and Developing Countries

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The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Global Forum on Development has recently published a report looking at international research collaboration.Opportunities, Challenges and Good Practices in International Research Cooperation' (PDF 3601KB) looks at examples of good practice in research collaborations between developing and industrialised countries.The report was written due to the growing policy-level discussions both nationally and internationally of global more...

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John Daly on February 09, 2012

SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING INDICATORS 2012

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A broad base of quantitative information on the U.S. and international science and engineering enterprise. This is the 2012 edition of a major report published every other year by the U.S. National Science Foundation.ContentsOVERVIEWElementary and Secondary Mathematics and Science EducationHigher Education in Science and EngineeringScience and Engineering Labor ForceR&D: National Trends and International ComparisonsAcademic Research and DevelopmentIndustry, Technology, and the Global more...

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John Daly on March 09, 2012

Commercial High Technology Innovations Face Uncertain Future Amid Emerging ‘BRICS' Compulsory Licensing and IT Interoperability Frameworks

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National and regional governments, in both emerging and developing countries, are actively pursuing regulatory agendas, originally conceived but later dismissed by European regulators, to advance the “public interest” that are actually undermining economically valuable private patents and trade secrets. In the process, these governments have intentionally or unwittingly increased the already high level of legal and economic uncertainty and associated risks currently borne by companies more...

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Lawrence A. Kogan on January 25, 2012

Blueprint for Ocean and Coastal Sustainability

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Interagency paper towards the preparation of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20)Full PDF document Summary (.pdf)10 Proposals for the Ocean This Report is a product of several UN agencies and programmes (IOC/UNESCO, UNDP, IMO, and FAO) and has benefited from comments from a range of ocean stakeholders, including the World Bank, the Global Ocean Forum, the Pew Foundation, and the World Ocean Council as well as a number of dedicated experts. more...

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John Daly on November 11, 2011

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