C. Capacity development and knowledge building

Platform three fostering the sharing of Southern development knowledge and solutions

The LINKS project also reinforces the intergenerational transmission of indigenous traditional knowledge, including through the development of pedagogical materials and methods based on traditional knowledge.

The pivotal role of scientific knowledge and technology for economic development cannot be overstated.

(d) Enhanced awareness, knowledge and understanding of all human rights, including the right to development

(c) Enhanced awareness, knowledge and understanding of all human rights, including the right to development.

(d) Enhanced awareness, knowledge and understanding of all human rights, including the right to development

(c) Enhanced awareness, knowledge and understanding of all human rights, including the right to development.

Increased knowledge of age specific milestones allows parents and others to keep track of appropriate development.

The strategy of ECA emphasizes its role as a hub of knowledge and excellence for Africa's development.

With national focal points in 14 countries, the Network facilitates knowledge sharing, technology development and technology transfer, and promotes the development of biotechnology industries.

(2004), Issues Note on ICT as an Enabler for Growth, Development and Competitiveness (UNCTAD XI), Partnership for Development Information and Knowledge for Development, TD 394.

It identifies policy recommendations essential for leapfrogging development stages and for evolving knowledge societies.

Research and development, the development of knowledge based sectors around commonly agreed objectives and continual attention to capacity building and education were vital in that regard.

No other institution can fulfill the Bank s formidable potential as a center of knowledge and a coordinator of development policies.

United Nations agencies and intergovernmental organizations should provide further support for incorporation of indigenous traditional knowledge into curriculum development.

The work is heavily dependent on intertwining the knowledge bases of the security, conflict prevention, development and anthropological disciplines.

They utilize their expertise and knowledge to promote education in sustainable development, raise awareness of social, economic and environmental issues and monitor progress towards the implementation of sustainable development.

The development of such technology should take account of the need to guarantee people more democratic access to knowledge and information.

The project focuses mainly on water but it also deals with poverty eradication and the development of a knowledge society.

ICT co operation and capacity building Non destructive facilities Innovation hubs Knowledge sharing and research programmes Scientific Co operation between Universities and research institutions Exchange knowledge on Geological mapping standards Indigenous knowledge systems Funding of research and development institutions Commercialisation of research results and management of research institutions

The food imports to Cuba are important but so is importation of tools to Cuba for the development of a knowledge economy.

The global programme is managed by the Bureau for Development Policy (BDP) of UNDP, which contributes to the UNDP goal of becoming a globally networked, knowledge based organization, connecting countries to knowledge, experience, technology and resources.

Underscoring the role that traditional knowledge can play in technological development, and in the sustainable management and use of natural resources,

Underscoring the role that traditional knowledge can play in technological development and in the sustainable management and use of natural resources,

The UNMISET military component continued to assist the development of the Timorese defence force through its skills and knowledge transfer programme.

Accordingly the global demand for nuclear knowledge and materials, including the programs for development of fuel cycle facilities are growing rapidly.

The Access to Knowledge (A2K) movement is a loose collection of civil society groups, governments, and individuals converging on the idea that access to knowledge should be linked to fundamental principles of justice, freedom, and economic development.

The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network is a powerful effort to mobilize global knowledge to save the planet.

2. Welcomes the recommendations regarding the establishment of a knowledge and technology for development network contained in the report of the Secretary General

After the development of hospital clinical training the basic source of knowledge in medicine was experimental medicine in the hospital and laboratory, and these factors together meant that over time mostly doctors abandoned ethnography as a tool of knowledge.

1. Encourages Parties to develop means for exchange of information develop inventories and to cooperate in the development of a network of national experts on traditional knowledge with the objective of safeguarding the traditional knowledge heritage and communities' property rights

Recognizing that respect for indigenous knowledge, cultures and traditional practices contributes to sustainable and equitable development and proper management of the environment,

Reference was also made to the development of a model law on traditional ecological knowledge and biological resources for Pacific island countries.

Special theme Millennium Development Goals and indigenous peoples Goal 2 of the Millennium Development Goals Achieve universal primary education , to be addressed under the thematic approaches of language, cultural perspectives and traditional knowledge

The overall aim of IFAD's work on indigenous traditional knowledge, including culture, is to unleash its great potential for the development of indigenous communities.

Specifically, there is a need to underscore the role of public administration in development, to strengthen public administration knowledge sharing networks and to invest in institutional capacity building and human resource development.

Policies which improve the knowledge and technical skills of administrators and legislators responsible for sustainable urban development have been cited as being critical.

For Pascal, scientific knowledge paled beside the knowledge of God.

Achieving the Millennium Development Goals requires a reorientation of national development policies to focus on key sources of economic growth, including those associated with the use of new scientific and technological knowledge, and related institutional adjustments.

Information was also made available on the work of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in strengthening the capacity of Governments to harness indigenous traditional knowledge for economic development and trade purposes.

The few R D activities to be found are restricted to the application of existing knowledge rather than the development and application of new ideas.

Challenges in Knowledge Sharing Knowledge sharing can sometimes constitute a major challenge in the field of knowledge management.

The European Union supported the development of internationally agreed sui generis models for the legal protection of traditional knowledge and therefore believed that final decisions on the protection of traditional knowledge should be left to the contracting parties to the instruments concerned.

Knowledge on how to achieve the Millennium Development Goals exists, but it is often fragmented and spread among several countries.