Science & Development Bulletin

In line with IDB vision to become a knowledge- based bank, the e-monthly bulletin monitors the development of S&T within higher education sector in IDB Member Countries as well as disseminating information and knowledge generated from the QW Project to establish sustainable and innovation-based S&T higher education system for development in the Islamic world.

Issue No.15
April 2010

› Science education in IDB member countries

	MAGHREB: New regional and US science partnerships
	North African countries are planning to boost higher education and scientific capacity by establishing a University of the Maghreb and an Academy of Sciences of the Maghreb as well as forging partnerships with the United States.

	EGYPT-UK: New international university agreed
	Four universities in Egypt and the UK's University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, have agreed to establish an international university - the first higher education and research institution in Egypt to use a public private partnership model in an investment zone.

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› Bank for science education resources

free courses.....education for all

Arabic Translation to lectures

	Helping materials scientists keep up with the latest research
	It scans the materials science, chemistry, and physics literature, looking for the most interesting, exciting, and relevant breakthroughs in all of materials science as soon as they are published. It then distil the best papers into concise summaries that can be quickly scanned and uploaded on to the website, so busy scientists can identify the papers they want to spend more time reading.

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› Feature

	Saudi Arabia: Universities as engines for innovation-based economy
	Saudi Arabia plans to launch community communication initiative (CCI) to promote the development of science and innovation-based economy through enhancing links between Saudi scientists at universities as well as research and development (R&D) institutions with knowledge-based public and private productive sector.

	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: A knowledge-based economy
	The United Arab Emirates' cabinet plans to turn the UAE into a knowledge-based and highly productive economy, according to a plan outlined in UAE Vision 2021.

	AFRICA: Science development under Egyptian leadership
	Egypt has vowed to "maintain momentum" in building African science and technology (S&T) capacity after taking over as chair of the African Ministerial Council on Science and Technology (AMCOST) from the current chair, Kenya.

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› Opinion

	Enemy inside the Gate - The Biggest Barrier to Innovation in the Middle East
	What are the drivers for innovation in the Middle East?, how people innovate in the Middle East, and what is the difference the drivers for innovation in middles east with that of other societies?

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› Opportunities for scientific human resource development

MTCP International Training Scholarship/Fellowship Awards

The Malaysian Technical Co-operation Programme (MTCP) was launched in 1980 to promote and facilitate technical co-operation amongst developing countries based on the concept of self-reliance. The Programme encourages the exchange of relevant experiences, pooling and sharing of resources and the development of complementary capabilities through:

The MTCP training programmes FOSEE, MMU in 2010 are:

IDRC Fellowships and Awards

This Fellowship provides assistance to Canadian citizens, permanent residents of Canada, or citizens of a developing country who are currently enrolled full-time in a graduate programme (Master’s, doctoral, post-doctoral) at a recognized university in Canada or in a developing country for the duration of the award period. It helps graduate students with a university degree in agriculture, forestry or biology, who wish to undertake postgraduate, applied, on-farm research with cooperating farmers in a developing country.

	UNESCO Fellowships
	The fellowships offered under this scheme are of short term duration (6 months maximum) and are intended for specialized training at the postgraduate level. Priority targets are promising and qualified specialists who seek to undertake advanced research or to upgrade their skills and knowledge of state-of-the-art developments in their field of study or work.

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› Conferences on higher education

	3rd International ICST Conference on Electronic Healthcare for the 21st century
	Date: 13-15 December 2010 Location: Casablanca, Morocco

	Saudi eHealth Conference 2010 "Applied Health Informatics"
	Date: May 2-5, 2010 Location: Riyadh , Saudi Arabia

	What should be the new aims and responsibilities of universities within the framework of global issues?
	Date: 20-24 October 2010 Location: Canakkale, Turkey

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› Higher education netwatch

	Global Campus
	It connects students with universities, scholarship providers and companies looking for talent around the world.

	Education today
	Join the conversations on issues challenging education today and help shape the post-crisis economy and society

	The International Council for Innovation in Higher Education
	An international network of universities, administrators, scholars, and organizations concerned with new developments in higher education

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