News & Notices
Cooperation
with UNESCO
IUPAC
and the Division of Basic and Engineering Sciences of UNESCOthe
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organizationsigned
a Memorandum on Cooperation in Pure and Applied Chemistry. The two organizations,
which have a history of close and successful cooperation, will focus
their joint activities on capacity building and information sharing
in Africa.
The Memorandum signed on 21 Dec 2005 lists a number of specific areas
of cooperation:
- addressing global and ethical issues that necessitate international
expertise and/or action in the field of chemical sciences
- advancing the chemical sciences through the fos-tering of international
and regional cooperation in research projects, in particular through
networks of national centers of excellence
- promoting the services of chemical sciences for the development
of technologies, engineering, wealth creation, and improvement of
the quality of life
- improving training of young scientists, both men and women, particularly
those from the least-developed countries
- sharing scientific information and knowledge
This agreement recognizes the need to follow-up on recommendations
in Science Agenda Framework for Action, adopted by the World Conference
on Science, particularly those relating to fundamental research, basic
human needs, and the sharing of scientific information and knowledge,
and the recommendations from the WCS follow-up symposium on Harnessing
Science for Society: Further Partnerships (Venice, 2005).
The Division of Basic and Engineering Sciences is responsible for promoting
international partnerships in science that encourage sustainable development,
basic and engineering sciences, renewable energy, and disaster mitigation.
For more information, contact IUPAC Executive Director John Jost
<[email protected]>.
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<announcement published in Chem.
Int.
July-Aug 2006>