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Session II: The Role of Science, Technology and Innovation in the Achievement of the Millennium Development Goals: From Policy to Actions

Thursday, 8 November 2007
Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Budapest V., Roosevelt square 9.)

11.30 - 13.30
Room C

The Role of Science, Technology and Innovation in the Achievement of The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): from Policy to Actions

 

Organisers
UNESCO and TWAS

Part I. Opening of the Session

Chair
Mustafa EL-TAYEB
Director, Science Policy Division, UNESCO

Part II.

Chair
Dato Lee YEE CHEONG
Coordinator of the UN Task Force 10

Speakers

  • Yongyuth YUTHAVONG
    Minister of Science and Technology, Thailand
    Harnessing STI for Development: the Case of Thailand
  • Hani HILAL
    Minister of Higher Education and Research, Egypt
    Harnessing STI for Development: the Case of Egypt
  • Adnan BADRAN
    Former Prime Minister, Jordan
    The STI Landscape in the Arab World
  • Armando SANGUINI
    Personal Representative of the Prime Minister for Africa; Director General for Sub-Sahara Africa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Italy
    Achieving the MDG: A View from the North
  • Conclusions by Dato Lee YEE CHEONG