Promoting global scientific knowledge and understanding

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Policy specialists supported by the global programme work alongside colleagues from regional programmes, creating synergies in project formulation and implementation, sharing interregional good practices and consolidating knowledge into global knowledge products.

Another hope is found in the common global appreciation of the sources of knowledge.

GCFII made a positive contribution to global policy, advocacy, knowledge generation and sharing, and partnerships.

Under the Global Marine Species Assessment project, the Union and its partners are launching a global assessment to improve knowledge of marine species.

The global study included a global environmental data and information systems knowledge base, global lessons learned for the design of environmental information systems and a conceptual design document for AGEDI.

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We are witnessing simultaneous global convergence (the narrowing of income, wealth, and knowledge gaps between countries) and local divergence (widening income, wealth, and knowledge gaps within countries).

Nevertheless, the basic pillar of sustained high growth has been leveraging the global economy s knowledge and demand.

The policy specialists, acting as neutral knowledge brokers, enable clients to access the best comparative global experience.

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

Advances in climate observing systems will lead to increased knowledge of the global climate, in all its aspects

Second, through knowledge transfer sharing the programme provides global support to the UNDP knowledge sharing networks, which are aligned with the MYFF priority goals and development drivers, including gender equality.

Knowledge, scientific advance, travel, and global communications give us many opportunities to find solutions for the world's great problems.

Sue brings to Global Voices a unique combination of knowledge and experience that is particularly beneficial to the organisation.

But do widely accepted labels like Information Age and knowledge based society adequately describe the global movement that is underway?

Studying the successes gives us the knowledge and confidence to step up our shared efforts to solve today s great global challenges.

We should bear in mind this constraint on economic knowledge as the global drive for fiscal austerity shifts into top gear.

Purdue launched a Global Policy Research Institute in 2010 to explore the potential impact of technical knowledge on public policy decisions.

This impact defined as changes in knowledge, attitude and social behaviour may ultimately be determined only by tracking global public opinion.

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

Advice provided by policy specialists, interregional projects and knowledge products supported by the global programme responds to requests from national authorities.

Third, through knowledge codification the global programme supports the creation of guidance tools for country offices, practice notes, websites and workspaces.

The global programme supports the UNDP knowledge management strategy, which proposes to strengthen its internal practice communities, at the same time extending the knowledge networks to in country networks and United Nations system partners.

Technology has enabled faster, more efficient just in time delivery, taking full advantage of specialization and knowledge sharing on a global scale.

The publication was timely in terms not only of the advent of a global knowledge society, but also of the Millennium Declaration.

(c) A proper mix of operational activities and global forum functions involving analysis, dissemination of knowledge and discussions of industrial development issues

The Inter Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the UN s global body for assessing the scientific knowledge on climate change and bringing that knowledge to the attention of the public and the world s policy makers.

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.

The Special Unit needs to become a South South knowledge management centre, complementing and linking with the global knowledge systems of UNDP as well as those of the United Nations organizations, developing countries and donor organizations.

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The knowledge networks also provide a mechanism to reflect common issues in global development discourse with the United Nations system and other partners.

The global programme will provide support in four of the MYFF areas through the activities of policy specialists, targeted projects, and knowledge management.

The global programme will be used strategically to leverage diverse global stakeholders to mobilize significant resources for the implementation of these partnerships, with the aim of expanding access to the global knowledge base and enhancing institutional capacity and development effectiveness at the country level.

The global programme is the main source of core funding permitting UNDP to draw on a network of global experience and knowledge and provide high quality policy advisory services to the countries where it operates.

(b) Be innovative and take advantage of information and communication technology, knowledge management and networking of expertise at the subregional, regional and global levels

Policy specialists in this area support these knowledge efforts linking local action and global objectives, as well as the implementation of the WSSD partnerships.

Regional and global cooperation in managing and sharing resources, knowledge and technology is central to addressing these challenges and requires institutional response and support.

The Panel has striven to deliver the perfect product in terms of its mandate, scientific rigor, peer review, and openness, and has brought forward the knowledge but also the knowledge gaps in terms of our understanding of global warming.

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