NAM S&T Centre—A Successful Mechanism for Capacity Building in Science, Technology and Innovation and Achieving Sustainable Development Goals in the Global South
摘要
In pursuance of the decisions taken in various Conferences of the Heads of State or Government of the Non-aligned Countries, the Centre for Science and Technology of the Non-aligned and Other Developing Countries (NAM S&T Centre) was established in New Delhi, India in 1989 as an Inter-governmental Organisation for the promotion of an intensive cooperation in the fields of Science and Technology for collective self-reliance among non-aligned and other developing countries. So far, 47 NAM countries from various regions—represented by their Government departments, ministries or agencies dealing with Science & Technology have joined the Centre as its members. In order to meet its objectives, the NAM S&T Centre has been implementing a wide range of activities on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) including organisation of international workshops, and training programmes/courses on various topics; award of fellowships to scientists and researchers for their affiliation with Centres of Excellence in different countries; implementation of multilateral collaborative projects; publication of books, monographs, handbooks and state-of-the-art reports; etc. The NAM S&T Centre has been working as a facilitator in STI-driven economic development in the developing countries by encouraging their governments to nurture the S&T institutions and formulating policy guidelines for the integration of science and technology into national development plans. With the successful execution of a large number of programmes in diverse areas of STI, the Centre has been able to make significant contributions in helping the developing countries in STI Policy formulation and STI Diplomacy; and capacity building of the countries of the Global South in the realization of the Millennium and Sustainable Development Goals.