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Strategy and Programmes


Mission

The Natural Sciences Sector contributes to UNESCO’s mission by using science to build peace, to eradicate poverty and to promote sustainable development.

Strategy and Programme

The 34th session of the UNESCO General Conference (in 2007) adopted the Medium-Term Strategy for 2008 to 2013 (Document 34 C/4) which sets out the strategic vision and programmatic framework for UNESCO’s action for this period. The two overarching priorities for this six year period are: Africa and gender equality.

With respect to the natural sciences, the overarching objective is mobilizing science knowledge and policy for sustainable development with the following three strategic programme objectives:

 

The Programme and Budget for Natural Sciences for the biennium 2010-2011 (Document 35 C/5) will be implemented within the framework of the Medium Term Strategy. For this two year period the two biennial priorities for the natural sciences are:

 

Related links:
::  Approved version of the 34C/4
::  Approved version of the 35C/5

 

         

Activities

Implementation of the natural sciences activities within the context of UNESCO's strategic planning and results-based management are grouped under four Main Lines of Action:

In the period 2010-2011, there will be increasing focus on:

The Natural Sciences Sector leads UNESCO’s interdisciplinary work in the following fields: UNESCO action to address climate change; science education; and contribution to the implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for the sustainable development of small island developing states.

Within the Natural Sciences Sector, interdisciplinary work focuses on disaster mitigation, urban issues, climate change and energy, with coastal zones as a cross-cutting theme.

Main programmes in the Natural Sciences are:




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