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SC-82/CASTASIA II/1 prov.

PARIS, 12 October 1981 Original: English

UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL,

SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION

CASTASIA II

Second Conference of Ministers Responsible for the Application of Science and Technology to Development and those Responsible for Economic Planning in Asia and the Pacific

(Manila, 22-30 March 1982)

PROVISIONAL AGENDA

1.

Opening of the Conference.

2.

Election of the President.

3.

Adoption of the Rules of Procedure.

4.

Adoption of the Agenda.

5.

Election of the Vice-Presidents and Rapporteur-General of the Conference, and of the Chairmen of the two Commissions.

Organization of work of the Conference.

6.

7.

Science and technology in Asia and the Pacific

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a review.

Capability levels; advances in science and technology; science and technology policies.

Major science and technology policy issues in Asia and the Pacific in the 1980s.

8.

8.

9.

1 Build-up of a science and technology capacity.

Education and training; research and experimental development; scientific and technological information and other scientific and engineering services.

8.2 Science and technology for development.

Integration of science and technology in development; policies and strategies; requirements for policy-making and policy implementation.

Prospects of international and regional co-operation in science and technology.

Fields of priority; modes and mechanisms; financing arrangements.

(SC-82/CONF.213/COL.2)

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