Integrating Science & Technology into Development Policies: An International Perspective

Science and Technology is a key driver of economic growth, and it may also help provide answers for managing resources and reducing pollution, addressing climate change and preserving biodiversity, as well as reducing disease and safeguarding health and well-being, while maintaining the general quality of life. This publication provides the proceedings of an international workshop, held in South Africa, intended to address how international co-operation in science and technology can further the three inter-related aspects (economic, social and environmental) of the development process. The workshop focused on good practices in international S T partnerships, specifically in the areas of water and energy.Table of Content : Foreword Executive Summary Workshop Resolutions Part I. Introduction -Opening Address by Rob Adam, Director-General, Dept of Science and Technology, Republic of South Africa -Opening Address by Richard Manning, Chair, OECD Development Assistance Committee -Keynote Address by Mosibudi Mangena, Minister of Science and Technology, Republic of South Africa -Rapporteur's Summary by Candice Stevens, OECD Sustainable Development Advisor Part 2. Plenary Presentations Chapter 1. International Science and Technology Co-operation for Sustainable Development: Background and Issues by Yukiko Fukasaku, OECD Chapter 2. Technological Learning and Sustainability Transition: The Role of Institutions of Higher Learning in Africa by Calestous Juma, Harvard University Chapter 3. Regionalism and Technology Development in Africa by John Mugabe, New Partnership for Africa's Development and University of Pretoria Chapter 4. Elements of Effective Technology Transfer and Stimulating Entrepreneurship by Wendy Poulton, Eskom Chapter 5. Effective Technology Transfer and Stimulating Entrepreneurship: Strategy and Examples by Uwe Brekau, Bayer AG Chapter 6. The Persistent Bandwidth Divide in Africa: Findings of the African Tertiary Institution Connectivity Study and Lessons for Developing Knowledge Infrastructure and Networks in Africa by Robert Hawkins, World Bank Chapter 7. Developing Knowledge Infrastructure and Networks for Sustainable Development by S. Arungu-Olende, Queconsult, Ltd. Kenya Chapter 8. Assessing International S T Co-operation for Sustainable Development:""Art of the State"" by Michael Kahn, Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators, South Africa Part 3. Session on Water Chapter 10. Summary of the Water Breakout Session by Bruno Bodage, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France Chapter 11. Integrated Water Resources Management and Knowledge Transfer by Harsha Ratnaweera, Norwegian Inst for Water Research Chapter 12. Experiences from an Interdisciplinary Vietnamese-Germany Project on Decentralised Water Systems by Joachim Clemens, University of Bonn and Le Quang Minh, University Can Tho, Vietnam Chapter 13. Nile Basin Capacity-Building Network for River Engineering by Sherif M. El-Sayed and Samir A. S. Ibrahim, Hydraulics Research Institute, Egypt Chapter 14. International Scientific and Technological Co-operation of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage in the Field of Irrigation for Sustainable Development by F. B. Reinders, Intl Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, South Africa Chapter 15. Coupling Surface and Ground Water Research: A New Step towards Water Management by José Galizia Tundisi, IAP Water Programme, Brazil Chapter 16. Implementing the New Partnership for Africa's Development Initiative (NEPAD) on the Creation of Centres of Excellence on Water Science and Technology by Salif Diop, UNEP Chapter 17. Waterpool: The Austrain Competence Network for Water Resources Management by Wolfgang Fischer, Graz University Chapter 18. Sharing Information and KNowledge about Water: Groundwater Examples by Slavek Vasak and Jac Van Dder Gun, Intl Ground