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International Workshop on
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY
Harnessing Institutional Synergies
Trieste, Italy
6-9 February 2002
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The workshop's goal is to help distill lessons from experience
around the world on how scientific and technological knowledge could be more
effectively harnessed in promoting a transition toward sustainability.
As such, we plan to:
- review
current trends in the use of scientific and technological knowledge in the
sustainability transition;
- identify
networks of actors and organizations playing critical roles in bridging gaps
between science, technology and sustainable development and define the
existing resource base devoted to bridging these gaps;
- derive
lessons from specific cases from fields such as global change, agriculture,
forests, energy, fisheries, water resources and human
development/institutional designs that can facilitate the use of scientific
and technological knowledge in the sustainability transition; and
- specify
obstacles and opportunities facing efforts to improve the contribution of
global research and development institutions and their associated networks
toward a sustainability
transition.
Wednesday, February 6, 2002
Welcome reception and dinner: Introductions, scope and plan
for the workshop
Thursday, February 7, 2002
Breakfast
Morning Session, Opening Plenary Panel and Discussion:
Harnessing science and technology for
sustainable development: Solving institutional constraints and seizing
opportunities
Panelists:
William
Clark,
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University, USA
Calestous
Juma, Center
for International Development, Harvard University, USA
Invited Discussants:
Anil
Gupta, Society
for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions,
India
Goran
Hyden,
University of Florida, USA
Lydia
Makhubu,
University of Swaziland, Swaziland
Chair:
Mohamed
Hassan, Third World Academy of Sciences, Italy
Lunch/Break
Afternoon
Session A, in Plenary
Solving challenges of integration
Cases presented in this session will
highlight institutional strategies for overcoming obstacles inherent in
integrating disciplines (e.g., social and natural sciences), levels (e.g.,
global to local), functional roles (e.g., research, decision making,
assessment), and knowledges (e.g., local, indigenous, western scientific).
Presentations and discussion led by 3-4
workshop participants, each of whom will present 10-15 minutes on how a case with
which she/he is familiar successfully addresses challenges related to the theme
of integration, followed by plenary discussion.
Invited panelists:
Tom
Tomich, International
Centre for Research in Agroforestry, Kenya
Doyin
Soyibo, Development
Policy Center, Nigeria
Gilberto
Gallopin, Economic
Commission for Latin America and Caribbean, Chile
Nebosja
Nakicenovic, International
Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria
Chair:
Calestous Juma, Center for International Development, Harvard University,
USA
Break
Afternoon
Session B
Solving challenges of institutional adaptiveness, learning, and
evaluation
Institutionalizing reflexive
evaluation and adaptability in science and technology systems has proven
difficult and is characterized by tensions between flexibility (innovation and
change) and stability (assurance of continuity).
Cases presented in this session will exhibit strategies for balancing
these tensions and taking advantage of opportunities to learn and adapt.
Presentations and discussion led by 3-4
workshop participants, each of whom will present 10-15 minutes on how a case with
which she/he is familiar successfully addresses challenges related to the theme
of adaptiveness, followed by plenary discussion.
Invited panelists:
Damian
Miller, Shell
Solar, The Netherlands
Patricia
Ramirez, Comite
Regional de Recursos Hidráulicos, Costa Rica
Atiq
Rahman, Bangladesh
Centre for Advanced Studies, Bangladesh
Chair:
William Clark, Belfer
Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University, USA
Dinner
Friday, February 8, 2002
Breakfast
Morning
Session
Solving challenges of participation in science and technology systems
Questions of who should participate in
research, assessment, management, and decision making systems, at what time in
the process, and for what purpose pose a range of challenges and constraints.
For example, tensions exist between participation criteria used to
optimize the political receptivity of assessment processes with participation
criteria used to optimize their technical credibility.
Cases presented in this session will highlight institutional strategies
that have successfully addressed these challenges.
Presentations and discussion led by 3-4
workshop participants each of whom will present 10-15 minutes on how a case with
which she/he is familiar successfully addresses challenges related to the theme
of participation followed by plenary discussion.
Invited Presenters:
Ogunlade
Davidson, Energy and Development Research Centre
(EDRC), University of Cape Town,
South Africa
Sanjeev
Khagram,
Center for International Development, Harvard University, USA
Leen
Hordijk, Environmental
Systems Analysis Group, Wageningen
University, The Netherlands
Chair:
Jill
Jäger, International
Human Dimension Programme on Global Environmental Change, Germany
Lunch/Break
Afternoon
Session A
Solving resource constraints and
challenges of capacity
Many systems are constrained by a lack of
resources and struggle with building capacities. Cases presented in this session will highlight strategies for
leveraging resources and building
human, technical, and institutional capacity.
Presentations and discussion led by 3-4
workshop participants, each of whom will present 10-15 minutes on how a case with
which she/he is familiar successfully addresses challenges related to the theme
of resources and capacity, followed by plenary discussion.
Invited panelists:
Leonard Unganai*, Department of Meteorological Services,
Zimbabwe
Roberto Lenton, International Research Institute for Climate
Prediction, USA
Jorge
Rabinovich, National Scientific Research Council of Argentina, Argentina
Sujatha
Byravan, LEAD International, UK
Chair:
Anne Whyte, Mestor & Associates, Canada
Break
Afternoon
Session B
Emergent Issues
This plenary discussion will focus on issues emerging from the previous
discussions that do not easily fit into the categories presented.
Presenters and Chair: TBA
Dinner
Saturday, February 9, 2002
Lessons learned
This day will be devoted to organizing
our findings and conclusions of the previous two days, using as focal points 1-2
page write-ups that emerge from each of the discussion sessions.
Discussions during this day may take the form of continued plenary
discussions or smaller break-out group discussions culminating in a final
plenary at the end of the day.
Co-Chairs:
Calestous
Juma, Center
for International Development, Harvard University, USA
William
Clark,
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University, US
A
6:00 Close of workshop
*not
yet confirmed
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