"Science, Technology and Innovation for Socioeconomic Development :" Towards Vision 1441 Mehmet Ergin

"Throughout the 1980s and the 1990s, a lot of effort was expended by individual OIC-Countries as well as the various off-shoot organizations to enhance the science and technology capabilities of the Ummah. Indeed many OIC countries managed successfully implement a number of major programmes in the domains of science and technology. It was also heart-warming to see the 2003 OIC Summit adopt a sensible yardstick to measure development in the domain of science and technology that we can all relate to; VISION 1441. VISION 1441 is a set of 4 goals, a number targets and performance indicators relating to the state of science and technology that we would like to see ourselves achieve by the year 2020. It serves as a visionary challenge to help galvanize new energies and resources for the S&T development agenda, with a focus on outcomes. Vision 1441 manifests a commitment by OIC-Member Countries - rich and poor - or - North and South - to doing all they can to achieve a reasonable level of S&T advancement. To the mind of many, it represents the long overdue marriage of POLITICS and POLICIES! This book includes the majority of the papers that were presented at the 14th IAS Conference, which was held in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), during March 2005. It is divided into six parts."

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