15/07/15

UN readies tool to widen science and tech access

科学与技术访问
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  • 技术促进机制将帮助贫困国家获得资金
  • 它的网站将团结联合国科学和研发计划
  • 资助可持续发展目标至关重要的机制

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[亚的斯亚贝巴]联合国计划,旨在改善研究的访问fundingtechnology接近谈判的消息人士称,对于贫困国家,本周将批准。

The Technology Facilitation Mechanism will include a website and, possibly, a mobile phone app that will unite all UN programmes related to science and research and development. It will also map global science performance and collate open access technologies and science publications to make it easier for researchers in developing countries to access them, says the draft agreement for this week’sFinancing for Development conference在埃塞俄比亚。

“Science and development are so closely related, you never see one without the other.”

比利时发展部长亚历山大·德·克鲁(Alexander de Croo)

该机制是改善发展融资并组织可持续发展目标(SDGS)资金的总体协议的一部分,该目标本周正在亚的斯亚贝巴(Addis Ababa)进行锤击。在7月13日的附带活动中,联合国参与开发该机制的工作人员表示,他们确信这个想法不会成为谈判的绊脚石。

The idea has received broad support, including from the Belgian government. “Science and development are so closely related, you never see one without the other,” said Alexander De Croo, the country’s development minister. “That’s why we need to open up science and technology.”

According to those involved in the negotiations, the mechanism will be crucial to implementing the SDGs. “The North cannot continue to do science, technology and innovation as usual — it would unravel the world,” said Macharia Kamau, the UN ambassador for Kenya. “The aspirations of the SDGs are calling for something different. They focus on innovation everywhere on Earth.”

与在线平台一起,该机制将包括一个团队,该团队将与不同的联合国机构合作以加入其科学活动。根据draft agreement for negotiation,该团队还将监督与科学家和投资者联系的对接活动,并就支持可持续发展目标的技术提供建议。

联合国教科文组织(联合国教育,科学和文化组织)总监伊琳娜·博科娃(Irina Bokova)说:“我们的讨论已经产生了积极的影响,并在联合国不同的机构之间产生了协同作用。”

但是,一些观察家想知道该机制可以支持私人创新和小型企业,因为其重点仅限于联合国计划。联合国贸易与发展会议秘书长穆基萨·基图伊(Mukhisa Kituyi)表示:“科学对于增长的定性转变至关重要,但我们需要关注业务。”“否则,他们只会继续专注于资源提取。”

The mechanism’s structure was developed at the UN general assembly in 2013/14. If it were adopted along with the other proposals for the Addis Ababa deal, the programme would be launched formally during the UN summit on the SDGs in New York, United States, in September, the side event heard.