Expert group meeting on governing STI for sustainable development opens in Addis Ababa
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Science, technology and innovation resources should be strengthened, mobilized, rationally allocated, efficiently used and effectively promoted and appreciated if STIs are to fulfil their role of helping Africa attain sustainable development, Kasirim Nwuke, Chief of New Technologies and Innovation in the Economic Commission for Africa’s Special Initiatives Division, said. In his opening remarks at the beginning of a two-day Expert Group Meeting on Governing STI in Africa to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the African Union’s Agenda 2063, Mr. Nwuke said STI resources such as human capital, facilities, funding and technologies are generally not equally or evenly distributed at national and regional level. Urging member States to address this anomaly, he said these resources, either in the private or the public sector, are also not fairly allocated to the development goals. “Good governance, therefore is needed to set the right structures, process and policies to ensure STI resources are effectively mobilized and applied within and across sectors, and geographical boundaries,” Mr. Nwuke said. A good governance architecture, he said, would help ensure STI resource gaps are identified quickly with measures to build the needed capacity receiving priority over others.
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“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. (2017-08). Expert group meeting on governing STI for sustainable development opens in Addis Ababa. Addis Ababa:. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/39724”Collections
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