21 - 25 May 2012
Palais des Nations
Geneva
, Switzerland
The 15th session of the CSTD concluded on 25 May, 2012, recommending to the Economic and Social Council for adoption the following draft resolutions:
- Draft resolution on Science and Technology for Development
- Draft resolution on Assessment of the progress made in the implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society
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The Commission will review progress made in the implementation of and follow-up to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) outcomes at the regional and international levels, including on improvements to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF).
The Commission will address the following priority themes:
- Innovation, research, technology transfer for mutual advantage,
entrepreneurship and collaborative development in the information society. - Open access, virtual science libraries, geospatial analysis and other
complementary information and communications technology and science,
technology, engineering and mathematics assets.
In addition, the national science, technology and innovation policy reviews of El Salvador and Peru will be officially presented.
Further information on national science, technology and innovation policy reviews is available here.
Participants
Participants will include Representatives of Governments, civil society, the private sector, international organizations and many others.
Conference Registration Form is available here.
CSTD meeting on enhanced cooperation on public policy issues pertaining to the Internet
On 18 May 2012, the CSTD will hold a meeting on enhanced cooperation on public policy issues pertaining to the Internet.
For additional information, including instructions on how to register, please click here.
The CSTD Working Group on improvements to the Internet Governance Forum
The fifth and final meeting of the CSTD Working Group on improvements to the Internet Governance Forum took place in Geneva from 20-22 February 2012.
The chairman's summary of the meeting is available here.
For reference, additional information about this and the prior meetings of the Working Group on improvements to the Internet Governance Forum is available here.
The report of the Working Group on Improvements to the Internet Governance Forum (A/67/65) is available here.
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Further information on the CSTD
(E/CN.16/2012/CRP.2) -
17 May 2012
(CSTD/WGIGF/2012) -
07 May 2012
(E/CN.16/2012/3) -
08 Mar 2012
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