Report of the first meeting of the Committee on Development Information Science and Technology : CODIST-1

Abstract

The First Meeting of the Committee on Development Information, Science and Technology (CODIST) on the theme “Scientific Development, Innovation and the Knowledge Economy”, was held in the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC) at the Headquarters of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in Addis Ababa, from 28th April to 1st May 2009, with pre-meeting events from 27 to 28 April 2009. The format of the meeting comprised plenary sessions and three subcommittee sessions on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), Science & Technology (S&T) and Geoinformation respectively. Technical exhibitions were also organized during the meeting.