The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda1 highlight the importance of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) policies and actions for achieving the SDGs and launched the Technology Facilitation Mechanism (TFM) to support the implementation of these activities. The UN Interagency Task Team on STI for SDGs (IATT), co-led by UNCTAD and DESA, was created as part of the TFM to operationalize Mechanism.
Regions and countries need to build capacities to create robust STI systems for achieving SDGs and addressing the pressing environmental, health, economic and social challenges of the global crisis, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The IATT's Work Stream 6 (WS6) was formed in 2017, to design and deliver joint training courses and workshops on STI policy for SDGs, particularly for developing countries. The goal is to strengthen the capacities of policy-makers, public service experts, and key STI stakeholders by keeping abreast of most current approaches to STI policy design, and to enhance their ability to mobilize STI as part of strategies to achieve the SDGs.
UNCTAD co-leads with UNESCO the IATT WS6 and, together with other WS6 members, is co-organizing a side event at the STI Forum 2021 to present the IATT WS6’s training activities and discuss plans to scale up the online trainings to meet the countries’ and regions’ needs.
Objectives
The side event will discuss the importance of capacity building in STI policies for SDGs and will present IATT WS6’s training activities, achievements, findings from the training sessions, and plans. The event will also discuss new partnerships and views of development partners and government officials on their expectations and recommendations for the future work of IATT WS6 to expand the pilot sessions.
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