Moorea, 17th of August 2009

IFIP International Liaison Committee ILC Report to GA’08

(period September 2008 -> July 2009)

Raymond MOREL, ILC chair Other members : Lalit Sawhney

Bernard Cornu and Eduard Dundler

• participation to WCC’2008 in Milano and to the TC3 stream : ED_L2L (Learning to live in

the knowledge society) • Participation to GA’2008 at Milano • ITU-UNESCO-UNCTAD facilitators for WSIS (World Summit of Information Society) are

evaluating in mid-September 08 the model of annual WSIS clusters (2-3 weeks) in May (06-07-08) and transform them into a annual one week WSIS Forum (for the next May 09 edition)

• London 16-18 SIG 3.9 / TC3 Project e-start link with EU projects

International Conference on Digital Literacy, 17-18 November 2008, Brunel University, London, UK “Pursuing Digital Literacy in the 21st Century: Reconstructing the School to provide Digital Literacy for All” http://www.estart-net.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=129&Itemid=84

• Some brief inputs over a rich cooperation from IFIP with UNESCO at the XXIth centuary

(ideas collected throught the TC3 executive meeting held in Poitiers 16th-18th of December 2008 cf. annex)

• The Digital Solidarity Lyon Conference (24 November 08) – some Review The World Conference for Digital Solidarity held in Lyon on 24 November 2008 was the 1st international event organized by the World Digital Solidarity with the support of institutional partners such as the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, the Grand Lyon, the Rhone Alps region and the Digital Solidarity Fund, the President of the Senegal Republic and many politics and media representatives (B. Kouchner H. Touré, E. Besson, A. Santini, C. Trautmann, G. Collomb, JJ Queyranne, A. Madelin, F.de la Torre, J. Ségéla, Y. N ' Dour) http://www.ifip.org/images/stories/ifip/public/publications/Onl_Publ/declarationlyon.pdf

• Paradiso 21-23 January 2009 at Brussels link with EU projects

http://www.paradiso-fp7.eu/

• As councillor, participation to the IFIP Board 2009 in New-Delhi (5-7.3.09) • AGORA workshop in front of the IFIP Board 2009 in New-Delhi (2-4.3.09) with IIT (Indian

Institute of Technology)

• 2 links with important EU projects : The MATURE Project http://www.mature-ip.eu/ http://www.ifip-tc3.net/IMG/ppt/6JMmature_agora_final.ppt

The European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) http://www.openlivinglabs.eu/ http://www.ifip-tc3.net/IMG/pdf/eJOV10_SPILL8_Mulder_Velthausz_Kriens_Harmonization%20Cube.pdf

• Project Mature : IFIP and AGORA Initiative on Lifelong Learning is agreed as Associate

Member of this important EU Project • Lisboa 22-24 April 2009 presentation AGORA activities during

m-ICTE 2009. V International Conference on Multimedia and ICT in Education http://www.formatex.org/micte2009/ link with EU projects

• Geneva 18-25 May at ITU WSIS Forum Evaluation of the work done in each Action Line + oppening by Unesco of a collaborative plareform http://www.itu.int/wsis/implementation/2009/forum/geneva/agenda.html http://www.wsis-community.org/

• Geneva 25-29 May 2009 CSTD (Commission on Science and Technology for

Development, twelfth session) http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Meeting.asp?intItemID=3402&m=16980&info=not&lang=1

cf annex below

• Leiden 22-24 June 2009 presentation AGORA activities during

ICE 2009 – PROGRAMME “Collaborative Innovation: Emerging Technologies, Environments and Communities” A joint conference with: IEEE - TMC Europe 2009 ENOLL Dutch Living Lab IFIP/IFAC ICEIMT 2009 Series IMS Leiden/Noordwijk, The Netherlands 22-24 June 2009 http://www.ice-conference.org link with EU projects

• LYON meetings at the World Digital Solidarity Agency : 13 October 2008, 12 January and 3 July 2009

The IFIP AGORA initiative on LifeLong Learning in 2008 / 2009 – cf specific report to GA 09 in Hanoi

Relating to AGORA activities this year, there are always good opportunities to link IFIP with International bodies and to create new occasions of promoting IFIP missions. It was the case at least : @ 2008 Workshop inside WCCʼ2008 - September 7-10, Milan – Italy - Learning to live in the knowledge society @ 2009 Agora Workshop - 2-4 March, New-Delhi – India in front of the IFIP Board@ 2009 Agora - Presentation at m-ICTEʼ2009 – Lisboa 22-24 April 2009

@ 2009 Agora - Presentation at ICEʼ2009 – Leiden 22-24 June 2009 @ 2009 Agora during WCCEʼ2009 (5 workshops + 1 Panel) - July 27-31, Bento Goncalves – Brazil @ 2009 Agora Workshop during WITFORʼ2009- August 26-28, Hanoi - Vietnam@ 2009 Agora workshops in Krakow Conference, 28-30 October 2009 A special report for Unesco ANDIL project (08-09) will be elaborate after the last event 2009 i.e. the Krakow Conference 28-30 October 2009. Issued from these experiences was emerged the ideas for 2010 events (see the proposal budget for AGORA in 2010 for the GA)

MISCELLANOUS

GAID (Global Alliance for ICT and Development) : IFIP should be working closer with them.

From Wsis Forum and CSTD (cf above) tentative to have a draft of MoU GAID - IFIP You have to integrate also efforts produced by Eduard Dündler, Bernard Cornu and me for

Unesco Work achived by Lalit Sawhney with the IFIP Brochure Activities for IP3 Known and unknown international relations organised by other members of IFIP namely the

EB, the TC’s chairs and WG’s chairs throught ofen events and/or collaboration in projects. Etc… to complete

Annex

Some brief inputs over a rich cooperation

from IFIP with UNESCO at the XXIth centuary (ideas collected throught the TC3 executive meeting

held in Poitiers 16th-18th of December 2008) 9.12.1999 Unesco round table in Paris on « Le nouveau métier

d’enseignant – Winds of change in the teaching profession » (with Jacques Delors)

21-23 juillet 2000

Séminaire d’experts « Teacher training for Information Society », Institute for Information technologies in Education (IITE), Moscou

August 2000 WCC in Bejing – ICEUT’2000 conference with developping countries sessions

April 2000 Working Conference in Vina del Mar on « The bookmark of the school of the future » with keynote from Ana-Louiza Machado, deputy assistant director general for education Unesco

2000-2002 Elementary ICT Curriculum for Teacher Training produced by a working party of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). This book provides you with some very important guidelines on what is necessary for successful travelling across the immense variety of options brought forth with an advent of ICTs http://www.iite.ru/img/upload/Curriculum.pdf

1993-2001 IFIP - Unesco : ICT Curriculum for Secondary Schools http://www.ifip-tc3.net/article.php3?id_article=41

2000-2001 Informatics Curriculum Framework 2000 for Higher Education Fred Mulder & Tom van Weert http://www.ifip.org/pdf/ICF2001.pdf

April and June 2001

Direction, organisation et animation d’un cycle de séminaires à l’IITE (Institute for Information Technologies in Education) à Moscou (Russie): “Towards Policies for Integrating Information and Communication Technologies into Education – A High

Level Seminar for Ministers of Education, Decision-Makers and Policy-Maker”. http://www.iite.ru/iite/activity/projects/projects?id=25

August 2001 WCCE’2001 in Copenhagen, keynote address by UNESCO Director of Basic Education Division, Aïcha Bah Diallo

2001-2008 IFIP present at Governing board IITE (vice-chair B. Cornu) August 2002 WCC’2002 in Montreal « Telelearning » conference with

developping countries sessions August 2002 WCC’2002 in Montreal « Youth declaration »

http://www.ifip-tc3.net/article.php3?id_article=52 11-14.12.2001

Conférence plénière « National Policies on ICT in Education » et participation à la table ronde « Towards Policies for Integrating ICT in Education » au Congrès ACEID (Asia-Pacific Centre of Educational Innovation for Development) « Using ICT for Quality Teaching, Learning and Effective Management, Bangkok, Thailande http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001285/128513eo.pdf

2001-2005 Frequent contacts with Sheldon Shaffer, Director UNESCO Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, Bangkok and Cedric Wachholz

Feb + Apr 2003

Animation du séminaire “Towards educational policies integrating information and communication technology”, Bangkok, Thaïlande, 19-21 février et 23-25 avril 2003. http://www.iite.ru/iite/activity/activities_2003

15-18 juin 2003

Colloque UNESCO sur “Le métier d’enseignant à l’heure de l’éducation pour tous” : Rapporteur Général du Colloque; Conférence sur “Le métier d’enseignant dans un monde en réseau”. Dakar, Sénégal.

27-28 juin 2003

Meeting du « Governing Board », UNESCO-IITE (Institute for Information Technologies in Education), Moscou, Russie.

August 2003 WITFOR’2003 at Vilnius under the auspice of UNESCO + Declaration http://www.ifip-tc3.net/article.php3?id_article=55

12-14 septembre 2003

Présidence du Meeting UNESCO-IITE “ICT for the Development of Education and the Construction of the Knowledge Society”, Skopje, Macédoine,

11 Préparation, organisation et Présidence de la Table–ronde

décembre 2003

« Education and Knowledge Societies », UNESCO, Sommet Mondial de la Société de l’Information, Genève,

11-12 décembre 2003

Forum « Engineering the Knowledge Society » : conférence sur « Collective Intelligence and Capacity Building in the Information Society » et présentation du projet « The « four-pillars » and e-Education for all », Sommet Mondial de la Société de l’Information, Genève, http://www.itu.int/wsis/index-fr.html http://www.ict-21.ch/ICT.SATW.CH/spip.php?article276

16-20 février 2004

Animation du séminaire “Towards educational policies integrating information and communication technology”, Bucarest, Roumanie, http://www.iite.ru/iite/activity/activities_2004

2004 Memorandum of Understanding between The Technical Committee 3 ( Education) of IFIP and the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education

August 2004 WCC’2004 at Toulouse with developping countries sessions 5 octobre 2004

Table-ronde « De nouvelles compétences pour les enseignants » organisée par l’UNESCO à l’Ecole Normale Supérieure à l’occasion de la « journée mondiale des enseignants », Paris.

1er février 2005

Table-ronde du 18ème « Carrefour des Possibles », Cité des sciences et de l’industrie, Paris,

July 2005 WCCE’2005 in Stellenbosch + Declaration http://www.ifip-tc3.net/article.php3?id_article=56

August 2005 WITFOR’2005 at Gaborone under the auspice of UNESCO with developping countries sessions + Declaration http://www.ifip-tc3.net/article.php3?id_article=40

9-11 novembre 2005

Conférence au Sommet mondial des villes sur la société de l’information, Bilbao, Espagne: “Education in the Knowledge society : Networking for collective intelligence and digital solidarity in education”

13-18 novembre 2005

Conférence au Sommet Mondial de la Société de l’Information, Tunis, Tunisie: « The Stellenbosch Declaration « ICT in Education, make IT work »

24 Table ronde au colloque international « Pour une école

novembre 2005

inclusive, quelle formation des enseignants », UNESCO et IUFM de Créteil: « Quelles politiques d’intégration ? ».

22-23 mai 2006

Participation à 2 tables rondes (et animation de l’une d’elles) au Colloque CIUEN (Colloque international « l’université à l’ère du numérique ») sur les Universités Numériques, Paris,

June 2006 Open conference in Alesund on « Imagining the future for ICT and education » with developping countries sessions

August 2006 WCC’2006 at Santiago – Education in the 21st Centuary with developping countries sessions

14.12.2006 Meeting in Paris at the top level between IFIP and Unesco (Klaus Brunstein and Bernard Cornu – Peter Smith, Cedric Wachholz and Mariana Patru)

2006-2009 each year in May

Clusters WSIS in Geneva with the 3 facilitators UNESCO, ITU and PNUD

August 2007 WITFOR’2007 at Addis-Ababa under the auspice of UNESCO with developping countries sessions + AGORA workshop

5 octobre 2007

Communication à la Journée Mondiale des Enseignants, UNESCO, Paris,

20.4.2007 Meeting at Unesco Headquater with AGORA core group 4-6 May 2008

AGORA seminar at Krakow with a keynote from Carolyn Medel-Anonuevo of the Unesaco Institute for Lifelong Learning at Hamburg http://www.ifip-tc3.net/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=57

July 2008 Open Conference LYICT 2008 on « ICT and Learning in the Net Generation » with developping countries sessions http://www.ifip-tc3.net/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=58

2008-2009 IFIP AGORA Initiative on LifeLong Learning Proposal UNESCO in the PARTICIPATION PROGRAMME 2008-2009 - ERC/RSC/PP Section Project « ANDIL »: AGORA Network against Digital Divide by means of Information Literacy http://www.ifip-tc3.net/article.php3?id_article=189

2-4 March 2009

Workshop AGORA at New Dehli with developping countries sessions and following the ANDIL project (see above)

July 2009 WCCE’2009 at Bento Goncalves – Brazil with developping

countries sessions http://www.wcce2009.org/ A declaration will be prepared (taking in account the Stellenboesch declaration) and to be presented at Hanoi (WITFORʼ2009)

August 2009 WITFOR’2009 at Hanoi under the auspice of UNESCO with developping countries sessions + AGORA workshop http://193.170.71.25/

You have to notice :

There is inside IFIP a DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SUPPORT COMMITTEE (DCSC) and an INTERNATIONAL LIAISION COMMITTEE (ILC)

In many events (World Computer Congress (WCC), World IT Forum (WITFOR), World Conference on Computer in Education (WCCE), Working conferences, Open conferences, etc.) sessions are dedicated to UNESCO targets / missions / priorities including all aspects of integrating ICT in the Information Society

==================================================== Dear Raymond, may I ask you to provide me with a brief assessment of the cooperation undertaken with UNESCO over the last six years, as requested from UNESCO. I will update the first part of the attached word documents with the newest facts about IFIP and combine it with your assessment.

FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE POUR LE TRAITEMENT DE L'INFORMATION

INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING (IFIP)

Siège : Laxenburg, Autriche

Date de création : 1960

Buts : L'IFIP a essentiellement pour mission de promouvoir les sciences du traitement de l'information ; stimuler la recherche, le développement et l'application du traitement de l'information dans les activités scientifiques en vue de renforcer la coopération internationale à travers cette activité ; porter une attention particulière aux besoins des pays en développement et les assister par des moyens appropriés pour assurer une optimisation des bienfaits émanant de l'application des technologies de l'information.

Représentation géographique : L'IFIP est composée de 48 membres institutionnels (sociétés nationales de traitement de l'information, organisations scientifiques), trois membres correspondants et 11 organisations affiliées, ainsi que de membres individuels, dans 65 pays. Afrique : 3 ; Amérique latine et Caraïbes : 16 ; Asie et Pacifique : 11 ; Etats arabes : 5 ; Europe et Amérique du Nord : 30.

Coopération avec l'UNESCO : (à remplir par l’ONG – 15 lignes maximum)

STATEMENT BY PROF. TISSA VITARANA, MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SRI LANKA

Based on the content of the presentation made by Prof. Tissa Vitarana, in his Key Note Address at the 12th session of the CSTD on 27 May 2009, this proposal is for consideration by UNCTAD for future action.

It is essential that UNCTAD proactively stimulates all developing countries to generate the technology that is required to achieve the economic take off that is necessary to effectively address the problem of poverty. “UNCTAD should;

1. set up a ‘Global STI Fund’, using extra-budgetary resources, to empower National Governments in all developing countries to develop the capacity to generate the high-end technologies essential to support their SME’s.

2. use this Fund to provide matching funds to spur National Governments to build their capacity in high-end technologies like biotechnology, nanotechnology and mechatronics.

3. assist Governments to establish the indigenous infrastructure necessary for this purpose, such as Centres of Excellence and Technology Parks, and also to develop the requisite human resources, again using extra budgetary resources

4. play an advocacy role in actively promoting this programme, as being a vital need for developing countries to emerge from poverty, both among governments and donors.”

Geneva, 28 May 2009

Matters calling for action by the Economic and Social Council or brought to its attention

A. Draft resolution for adoption by the Council1 1. The Commission on Science and Technology for Development recommends to the Economic and Social Council the adoption of the following draft resolution: Science and technology for development

The Economic and Social Council,

Recalling its decision 2008/219 which requests the Secretary-General to report to the Commission on Science and Technology for Development at its twelfth session on the science, technology and innovation priority themes addressed during the current biennium.

Recalling the outcome document of the 2005 World Summit, which emphasizes the role of science and technology, including information and communication technologies, as vital for the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, and reaffirming the commitments contained therein, especially support of efforts of developing countries, individually and collectively, to harness new agricultural technologies in order to increase agricultural productivity through environmentally sustainable means2,

Recalling that UNCTAD is the Secretariat of the United Nations Commission on Science

and Technology for Development, Welcoming the work of the Commission on Science and Technology for

Development on its two substantive themes "Development-oriented policies for a socio-economically inclusive information society, including policies relating to access, infrastructure and an enabling environment" and "Science, technology and engineering for innovation and capacity-building in education and research,"

Recognizing the critical role of innovation in maintaining national competitiveness in

the global economy, Taking note of the outcomes of the Commission Inter-sessional Panel Meeting in

Santiago, Chile in November 2008 and the report prepared by the UNCTAD secretariat contained in document E/CN.16/2009/CRP.1

Taking note of the reports of the Secretary-General to the Commission on Science and Technology for Development 1 Proposal submitted to the CSTD by Sri Lanka 2 A/60/1, para. 60

Welcoming the revised terms of reference of UNGIS to expand its mandate to

include science and technology pursuant to General Assembly resolution A/res/62/208 at its 62nd session and High Level Committee on Programs decision3 at its 17th session, 26-27th February 2009

Extending its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his role in helping to complete the aforementioned reports in a timely manner,

Taking note that though there is wide consensus that technological innovation is a

driver and critical source of sustainable economic growth in the new millennium, many developing countries have yet to benefit from the promises of science, technology and innovation (STI).

Stressing the role of education for all as a precondition for the development of science, technology and innovation.

Reaffirming that the training and retention of scientific, technological and engineering talent, mechanisms for the funding of research, the commercialization of scientific knowledge, the building of strategic partnerships for the transfer of technology, innovative financing strategies, and an innovation-friendly culture can play critical roles in harnessing scientific and technological knowledge for development.

Recognizing the role science, technology and engineering can play in developing solutions for the problems facing the world today including climate change, and the food and energy crises, and that most of the knowledge that countries need to address their most urgent social and economic problems already exist.

Extending its appreciation to UNCTAD for the particular attention given to the needs

of African countries in the area of science and technology to stimulate economic growth and reduce poverty by undertaking Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP) reviews for Angola, Ghana, Lesotho and Mauritania, and organizing training sessions.

1. Invites the Secretary General to initiate a process to develop and make available a guide for United Nations personnel in the preparation of United Nations Development Assistance Frameworks (UNDAFs) and Common Country Assessments (CCAs), and relevant stakeholders in the preparation of PRSPs, identifying opportunities that STI can provide at the country level towards eradication of poverty and achievement of the MDGs. 2. Decides to make the following recommendations for consideration by national Governments, the Commission on Science and Technology for Development, UNCTAD and UNESCO: 3 UNGIS-4-Doc-5

(a) Governments are encouraged to take into account the findings of the Commission and undertake the following actions:

(i) Mainstream science and technology promotion and investment into their

national development plans (ii) Formulate and implement policies and programs to:

a. Strengthen science and mathematics education and mentorship for

students in primary and secondary schools;

a. Expand opportunities for science technology and engineering education and research for their population especially women and particularly in the emerging technologies such as biotechnology and nanotechnology as appropriate;

b. Provide, where possible, suitable working conditions for their scientific,

technological and engineering talent, especially young graduates and women, in order to prevent brain drain;

b. bis. Provide, where possible, suitable working conditions for their scientific, technological and engineering talent, especially young graduates and women, in order to prevent brain drain and prevent the emigration of such talents; (USA – with c. deleted)

c. Provide an appropriate infrastructure and suitable working conditions for all

well-trained scientists, technologists and engineers in order to attract and keep them in their home country and turn the “brain drain” into “brain gain”. (Original Cuba, acceptable to USA but now rejected by Cuba)

c. bis. Prevent the emigration of such talents (Cuba) c. ter. Keep well trained scientific technological and engineering talent in their home countries (Sri Lanka suggested compromise)

d. Develop mechanisms, including innovative solutions for expanding rural

power supply, and the provision of broadband access to poor communities in rural areas not covered by market-driven investment to ensure access to science, technology and engineering for women, youth, the rural poor, and other marginalized groups in all countries;

e. Promote research and development in scientific, technological and

engineering fields, which supports, inter alia, grassroots food production and entrepreneurial activities of the rural population.

f. Strengthen, as appropriate, linkages between the private sector, academia and financial institutions and incentives for commercialization of research and development by promoting entrepreneurship, increased venture capital funding, the establishment of technology parks and incubators, and greater international collaboration;

g. Increase the number of full time researchers in science, technology and

engineering;

(ii) Create innovative funding strategies and compensation and reward structures in academic and research institutions to provide incentives for scientific and technological talent to remain within their countries and promote research directed to addressing national and regional development challenges;

(iii) Establish international needs-based partnerships, where countries and their

private sectors collaborate on research and development including the commercialization of research results to address similar development challenges especially those related to areas of health, agriculture, conservation, sustainable use of natural resources and environmental management, energy, forestry and the impact of climate change;

(iv) Develop a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship, support the development

of technological capabilities in small and medium-size enterprises and promote incubators for promising technologies;

(v) Launch campaigns to raise awareness on the importance of innovation for

wealth creation and national welfare through mass media and high-profile awards;

(vi) Reaffirm the essential role that Official Development Assistance (ODA) plays

as a complement to other sources of financing for development, and fulfill, the internationally agreed commitments regarding ODA in order to contribute to the efforts of the developing countries in building their indigenous capabilities in science and technology.

(vii) Make considered decisions to balance short-term and long-term STI goals and

policies, evaluating the advantages and disadvantages of procuring or licensing technologies, as compared with producing them indigenously;

(viii) Focus national efforts, when facing a generally low level of STI capacity, on

building and strengthening indigenous scientific, technical, vocational and engineering capacities to select and use existing knowledge resources, in order to create jobs, generate wealth and achieve the MDGs.

(b) The Commission on Science and Technology for Development is encouraged to:

(i) play the role of a torch-bearer for innovation and innovation-oriented planning, and support efforts by national governments to integrate STI into national development strategies by providing a forum for developing countries, the international community, the STI policy research community and other interested parties to:

(a) Share and analyze available empirical evidence on technological earning

and STI policy impacts, and (b) Identify critical gaps in “innovation system” understanding that the policy

research community might usefully address; (c) Provide a forum to share best practices and information on new

technologies, financing mechanisms, and regulatory measures for providing broadband connectivity in their respective communities; as well as a range of access strategies and technologies to supplement broadband internet access and support all levels of socio-economic activity in a country, with a focus on reaching women and people in rural areas;

(ii) explore the possibility of organizing an Internet-based STI collaborative

network, in conjunction with UNCTAD, the Regional Economic Commissions and other appropriate stakeholders. This network could promote regional and global cooperation by collecting information related to science, technology and engineering capacity-building in education, research and innovation, technology development and transfer, prospects for commercialization of knowledge-based products, opportunities for collaboration and joint ventures and related issues. It could also serve as a repository of regional and sub-regional initiatives that could encourage further use of the Internet by all interested stakeholders.

(c) UNCTAD is encouraged to:

(i) reaffirm its mandate in respect of science and technology for development and place

greater emphasis on the role of innovation within its mandate.

(ii) improve the existing collaboration on science and technology for development within the UN system, particularly with UNESCO, CSTD and the UN Regional Commissions, and with other appropriate stakeholders, including the World Bank;

(iii) continue providing its expertise and analytical skills for science, technology

and innovation policy (STIP) reviews and by organizing training sessions, particularly for African countries, aimed at providing information-based policy

recommendations and proposed action plans to assist developing countries with their specific needs and circumstances

(iv) develop a clearinghouse of common development challenges that can be

addressed through scientific, technological and STI-related issues including financing and regulation and convene representatives of developing countries with similar concerns to explore concrete ways of engaging and partnering in solutions;

(v) collaborate with less developed countries to create conditions that make

them attractive to foreign direct investment in science and technology, including information and communication technologies;

(vi) develop a training program for sharing best practices on STI capacity

building in developing countries, using extra-budgetary resources (vii) continue to assist African countries in their efforts to build STI capacities

through training and workshops, particularly in the areas of biotechnology and cyber-security, and invite donors to support the network of Centres of Excellence, currently sponsored by the Government of Italy, and expand it to include other regions.