Building a New South Africa: A ReportIDRC, 2014 M05 14 - 109 pages Out of the discussions surrounding a 1992 symposium on the role of research in transforming South Africa, the democratic movement requested that IDRC support a mission on science and technology (S&T) policy. The Mission was seen as a first step in promoting a national debate on this long-neglected issue. |
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... participate in the proposed Mission process. Although there was some hesitation, the presidents and senior officials of science councils agreed to play an active role. This phase also included the preparation of the background papers ...
... participate in the proposed Mission process. Although there was some hesitation, the presidents and senior officials of science councils agreed to play an active role. This phase also included the preparation of the background papers ...
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... participants in S&T activities. S&T policy is vitally concerned with the links that must exist between research and the institutions — public and private — that use the knowledge and technology emerging from the global S&T system. Those ...
... participants in S&T activities. S&T policy is vitally concerned with the links that must exist between research and the institutions — public and private — that use the knowledge and technology emerging from the global S&T system. Those ...
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... participate were sent to the key institutions in South Africa's S&T system: government, universities, the private sector, and groups affiliated with the democratic movement. Almost all institutions that were invited welcomed the ...
... participate were sent to the key institutions in South Africa's S&T system: government, universities, the private sector, and groups affiliated with the democratic movement. Almost all institutions that were invited welcomed the ...
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... participation of all South Africans in the economic, political, social, and cultural life of the country in the years ahead. The ECLAC (1992) report proposes the following policy thrust: Environmentally sustainable growth with equity ...
... participation of all South Africans in the economic, political, social, and cultural life of the country in the years ahead. The ECLAC (1992) report proposes the following policy thrust: Environmentally sustainable growth with equity ...
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... participation in such arrangements. As governments of industrialized countries act to promote the competitiveness of their economies, they see the need to create or enhance a climate for innovation. Making companies and institutions of ...
... participation in such arrangements. As governments of industrialized countries act to promote the competitiveness of their economies, they see the need to create or enhance a climate for innovation. Making companies and institutions of ...
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