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Cameroon Vision 2035: CPTM Technical Assistance Mission to Cameroon
Tuesday 10th - Friday 13th May
On the invitation of the Government of Cameroon, the first CPTM Technical Assistance to Cameroon took place last week, from 12th - 13th May. The purpose of the Mission was to share the experiences of the Government of Cameroon and the CPTM Smart Partnership Movement in achieving National Visions. Cameroon's Vision process, initiated in 2009, is Vision 2035. Each of the sessions were highly informative and constructive, and have produced solid foundations on which further interactions between CPTM and the Government of Cameroon can take place. We are grateful to the Government of Cameroon for the invitation, and to each of the Cameroonian counterparts for all their efforts.
The CPTM Mission Team had the honour of being accompanied by HE Mr Nkwelle Ekaney, High Commission of Cameroon to the UK, who also acted as moderator, and provided guidance, for each of the sessions. A special thanks is also due to the indefatigable Dr Nkobena Boniface Fontem, who was instrumental in ensuring the Mission was a genuine successful. We would also like to thank the team of CPTM Members who gave excellent presentations over the two days, and whose shared experiences perfectly demonstrated the value of the Smart Partnership approach to achieving national Visions.
Cameroon National Day, 20th May
The timing of the Mission was particularly apposite, given that
today, 20th May, Cameroon celebrates its
National Day
, a public holiday in recognition of
the 1972 referendum in which unitary state was voted for. We would therefore like to take this opportunity to extend our best wishes to HE Mr Paul Biya, and the people of Cameroon, on this special day.
The CPTM Team and the Hub, alongside our Cameroonian counterparts, are now in the process of producing a joint follow-up report, more of which in due course. In the meantime, overall insights from what transpired can be found in the Webcast brief (below). Within the webcast, various documents are referred to, links for which you can find below.
Webcast
- Agenda Outline with Technical Background - Click here
- Overview of Key Outcomes - Click here
- Dr Mihaela Smith, Speech at Solemn Opening Ceremony - Click here
- Cameroon Tribune News Article on CPTM Technical Assistance Mission - Click here
- Selected Photos - Click here
Dr Joseph Dion Ngute
, the Honourable Minister Delegate to the Minister of External Affairs in
Charge of Relations
with
the
Commonwealth (centre-right), with HE Mr Nkwelle Ekaney, High Commissioner of Cameroon to the UK (Left),
Alan Bryden (former ISO Secretary-General) and Dr Mihaela Smith (CEO/JDC)
The Hon Mr Abdoulaye Yaouba
, Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Economy,
Planning
and Regional Development (in white), with his colleagues and the CPTM Team
To view selected photos from the Mission,
Click here For the C
ameroon Tribune News Article on CPTM Technical Assistance Mission -
Click here
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Summary of International Events - May 2016
- 3-5 May - 49th Asian Development Bank Annual Meeting, Frankfurt
- 2-4 May - Consensus 2016: Making Blockchain Real - New York
- 5-6 May - Climate Action 2016, New York
- 9-13 May - World Bank: The 13th Overview Course on Financial Issues: Promoting Stable and Inclusive Financial Systems - Washington D.C.
- 11-13 May, World Academy of Arts and Science XIII INTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM
Post-2008 Global Dynamics & Structural Changes: Economic, Political and Eco-Societal Transitions Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon School of Economics and Management
- 11-13 May, World Economic Forum on Africa (Kigali, Rwanda)
- 19 May - World Academy of Art and Science General Assembly - Podgorica, Montenegro
- 20-22 May 12th WORLD ISLAMIC ECONOMIC FORUM in Jakarta, Indonesia
- 23 -27 May - UN ESCAP 73rd Session, Bangkok
- 25 May - 2 June, ITU Council at ITU Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland
- 26-27 May, G7 Summit Ise-Shima, Japan
- May (tbc) Annual Meeting of the Global Research Council, New Delhi, India
Commonwealth
- 12-15 May, The Queen's 90th Birthday Celebration, Windsor Castle
- 28th Commonwealth Health Ministers Meeting (CHMM), Geneva, Switzerland (in the margin of 68th World Health Assembly, 18 - 26 May 2016)
To download the latest version of our Calendar of Calendars,
click here
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Global Science and Innovation Advisory Council (GSIAC)
6th Annual Meeting | London 17th May
On Tuesday of this week, the 6th Annual Meeting of GSIAC took place in London. GSIAC was established in 2011 to assist with Malaysia's aspiration of becoming "a scientifically advanced nation pursuing socio-economic transformation and inclusive growth by 2020."
As the organisers of the meeting state: "Among the critical strategic thrusts in achieving this aspiration is advancing and mainstreaming Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) at all levels and in all sectors while enhancing strategic international alliances. Recognizing the need to intensify domestic and international networks for research collaboration, strategic partnerships and business relationships, the Global Science and Innovation Advisory Council
was established in 2011."
GSIAC is chaired by the Prime Minister of Malaysia,
The Honorable Dato' Sri Mohd Najib Tun Razak (CPTM Fellow), whilst its Secretary is the
Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tan Sri Zakri (Smart Partner) with the support from Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT) as the secretariat. The council consists of selected Malaysian Ministers, national and global corporate leaders, Nobel Laureates, eminent global academicians and researchers. The council meets once a year to deliberate on strategic and futurist matters that will benefit Malaysia in the long run.
In conjunction with the 6th GSIAC Annual Meeting, the GSIAC Distinguished Lecture Series (GDLS) was this year delivered by Prime Minister Razak, with the topic 'Global Competitiveness - Malaysia's Aspiration'. This lecture was moderated by Professor Alice P. Gast, President of Imperial College London.
Dr Mihaela Smith with Tan Sri Zakri, Science Adviser to the
Prime Minister of Malaysia (centre-left), and MIGHT representatives
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Smart Reading Tips
'Mapping Research and Innovation in the Republic of Botswana', UNESCO GO-SPIN country profiles in science, technology and Innovation policy
We are grateful to Dr Ashok Jain (CPTM Companion) for alerting the Hub to an interesting series of reports produced by UNESCO, in collaboration with respective governments. As the foreword to the Botswana report states:
"Governments need tools to map the landscape of science, technology and innovation (STI) in their countries, in order to strengthen national frameworks and take sharper decisions. This is the importance of UNESCO's Global Observatory of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Instruments (GO-SPIN), which allows governments to review their country's performance against established indicators while exploring best practices from other countries. GO-SPIN provides key information at a range of levels, from STI policies, operational instruments and legal frameworks to STI national systems and data - all in order to improve policy-making, implementation and evaluation... Reliable information is vital for integrating research and innovation as cross-cutting policies into national development strategies and for catalysing greater investment by governments in the sciences for sustainable development."
OECD Review of Innovation Policy: Sweden 2016
The latest report in the OECD's Innovation Policy Review series looks at Sweden. The report attempts to
deepen the remit and findings of the 2012 Review by focusing on six policy initiatives central to the 2008 and 2012 Swedish Research and Innovation Bills. One of the important changes to this review is the attention it now gives to the achievements of public-private partnerships within selected 'Strategic Innovation Areas' (SIO's), which had become a priority area of Swedish STI policy.
As the report states, "The SIO initiative set out to prioritise cross-sectoral areas considered of strategic importance to Sweden and support research and innovation programmes or projects within each of these areas by developing bottom-up Strategic Innovation Agendas (SIOs)." The report finds that whilst the initiative has seen success in attracting more stakeholders, it is too early to offer concrete conclusions as to its overall success: "International experience suggests that areas selected through bottom-up competition tend to favour traditional thinking to the detriment of emerging areas." Although the report focusses on Sweden, it is nevertheless a worthwhile read for those in our Science & Technology Inclusion Initiative.
'The Internet of Unprotected Things', John Matherly, New Scientist, 14th May
John Matherly talks to new Scientist about a very unusual search engine he has created called Shodan. The purpose of the search engine is not to crawl the worldwide web - the thing we associate with Facebook, Google, and all manner of other popular websites - but rather the internet itself, the infrastructure on which the worldwide web sits. The search engine allows users to uncover 'billions' of devices connected to the internet - printers, databases, industrial control systems, phones, cars, and so on - that we have come to know as 'The Internet of Things'. Matherly's shocking find was the number of devices, including industrial turbines and power plants, that hackers can gain access to. And whilst there is a huge difference between accessing and damaging,
'Silent No More' (Science Advice in Canada), Nature, 5th May
The election of Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister of Canada in November last year was cause for celebration for many of the country's scientists. Under the decade-long Steven Harper administration, the federal scientific community faced huge levels of government regulation on what and how they could communicate in terms of STI policy and research, with one federal scientist likening the situation to his previous dealings with Soviet scientists. Furthermore, Harper decided to ditch the office of Chief Science Adviser, deeming it unnecessary.
Fortunes have begun to change under Trudeau's premiership, and "with the new-found freedom to speak, the full impact of the former restrictions is finally becoming clear." The office of Chief Science Adviser is being reopened, and although an appointment has not been made, and while many argues that progress in this and other areas has not been as swift as they had hoped, the country nevertheless appears to be on the right track once again.
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And Finally...
Namibia's 'Harambee Prosperity Plan'
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Yesterday, during a meeting with HE Mr Steve Katjiuanjo, High Commissioner of Namibia to the UK, we were briefed about the new initiative from the Office of the President, the Harambee Prosperity Plan. The Harambee aims to complement both the National Vision 2030 as well as the National Country Strategy Paper.
The word 'Harambee' means "Let's pull together" in Swahili.
HE Mr Steve Katjiuanjo with Dr Mihaela Smith
To read the Harambee Prosperity Plan,
click here
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And Finally...
Ambassador Salvino Busuttil, 1936 - 2016
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It was with great sadness that we learned of the passing of Ambassador Salvino Busuttil last week, aged 70. Salvino was an esteemed Maltese economist and philosopher, and a long-time Smart Partner.
He was not only a leading economist who put the teaching of economics at the University of Malta on a sounder foundation, he was also a brilliant academic who, together with the late, great Fr Peter Serracino Inglott, another Smart Partner, was a key player, often under difficult circumstances, in restructuring the University and securing for it the respected international profile it now enjoys.
Much of his work in economics and international relations focussed on the moral and economic imperatives of cultural and environmental stewardship. Only by taking long-term, prudent perspective on the actions we take today, can we ensure future generations inherit a healthy, prosperous world tomorrow.
As a recent obituary in the Times of Malta put it, "The passing away of Salvino Busuttil has left a cultural void that is difficult to fill".
Difficult, perhaps, but it is a challenge the future generations he helped teach will surely rise to.
Ambassador Salvino Busuttil (second from left) with Prime Minister Joseph Muscat,
Dr Mihaela Smith, and
Phyllis Muscat, head of the
CHOGM 2015 Taskforce
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