strategy
Improving regional multidisciplinary research and training centres
Synonyms:
Strengthening regional multidisciplinary networksStrengthening regional collaborative research networks
Regionalizing collaborative research networks
Implementation:
This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities. Agenda 21 recommends: increasing and strengthening regional multidisciplinary research and training networks and centres making optimal use of existing facilities and associated sustainable development and technology support systems in developing regions; promoting and using the potential of independent initiatives and indigenous innovations and entrepreneurship. Broader:
Strengthening researchPromoting regional researchUndertaking collaborative researchEstablishing regional interfacing structuresPromoting international scientific collaboration Facilitates:
Providing training in regional developmentStrengthening scientific and technological capacity Facilitated by:
Developing regional health policy for climate change Organizations:
Special Programme for African Agricultural Research Subjects:
→ NetworksResearch, Standards → Research
Education → Training
Development → Reform
Interdisciplinarity → Interdisciplinarity
Type Classification:
E: Emanations of other strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
