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  Asia-Pacific: Experts Consultation on Ethics of Energy Technologies and Social Sciences   Asia-Pacific: Experts Consultation on Ethics of Energy Technologies and Social Sciences
20-08-2009 (UNESCO) - The Regional Unit in Social and Human Sciences in Asia and the Pacific (RUSHSAP) of the UNESCO office in Bangkok is holding, on August 25 2009, a consultation of social science experts from the Asia-Pacific region within the framework of the Ethics of Energy Technologies in Asia and the Pacific (EETAP) project in Bangkok (Thailand).  More...

 

  Sixth Ordinary Session of the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology in Malaysia   Sixth Ordinary Session of the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology in Malaysia
25-05-2009 (UNESCO) - At the kind invitation of the Government of Malaysia, the Sixth Ordinary Session of the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) was held in Kuala Lumpur, from 16 to 19 June 2009. It focused mainly on science ethics, and on the ethical implications of climate change.  More...

 

  Call for nominations for the Avicenna Prize for Ethics in Science 2009   Call for nominations for the Avicenna Prize for Ethics in Science 2009
25-05-2009 (UNESCO) - UNESCO's Sector for Social and Human Sciences calls for nominations for the Avicenna Prize 2009. The deadline for submission of proposals is 15 July 2009 at the latest.  More...

 

  Development of Nanotechnologies: a Key Debate in the Arab States   Development of Nanotechnologies: a Key Debate in the Arab States
11-05-2009 (UNESCO) - An important meeting on nanotechnologies and development in the Arab States, which was held from 18 to 19 May 2009, in Doha (Qatar), has provided an opportunity for participants to consider the modalities of implementation of the ethical guidelines and policies which COMEST addressed to UNESCO Member States in 2007.  More...

 

  UNESCO a partner of 1st World Social Sciences Forum in Bergen (Norway) from 10 to 12 May   UNESCO a partner of 1st World Social Sciences Forum in Bergen (Norway) from 10 to 12 May
06-05-2009 (UNESCO) - The 1st World Social Science Forum, organized by the International Social Science Council (ISSC) in cooperation with the University of Bergen and the Stein Rokkan Centre and supported by more than 30 partners including UNESCO, met in Bergen (Norway) from 10 to 12 May 2009, with more than 800 participants from some 40 countries*.  More...

 

  Draft Report on Ethical Implications of Global Climate Change - Call for Comments   Draft Report on Ethical Implications of Global Climate Change - Call for Comments
17-04-2009 (UNESCO) - This draft report has been authored by the working group on environmental ethics of the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST). Its aim is to serve as a point of departure for discussion among members of the scientific community of UNESCO, the NGOs working with UNESCO and Member States of UNESCO on the ethical challenges posed by global climate change.  More...

 

  UNESCO Regional Workshop on Environmental Ethics in Lomé, Togo   UNESCO Regional Workshop on Environmental Ethics in Lomé, Togo
24-03-2009 (UNESCO) - A workshop consisting of experts from South Africa, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Ethiopia, France, Guinea, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo took place in Lomé from 26 to 28 March to encourage the reinforcement of teaching of environmental ethics in higher education.  More...

 

  Regional workshop of experts in ethics teaching in Dakar   Regional workshop of experts in ethics teaching in Dakar
17-03-2009 (UNESCO) - From 18 to 20 March 2009, a workshop of experts from Botswana, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Namibia and Nigeria was held in Dakar (Senegal). Existing teaching programmes in the field of bioethics and ethics were discussed and analysed.  More...

 

  Sub-regional workshop of experts in ethics teaching in Côte d'Ivoire   Sub-regional workshop of experts in ethics teaching in Côte d'Ivoire
17-11-2008 (UNESCO) - A workshop of experts from Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Senegal and Togo will be held in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, from 3 to 5 December 2008. They will discuss and analyse existing teaching programs in the field of ethics and bioethics.  More...

 

  Extraordinary Session of the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology at UNESCO   Extraordinary Session of the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology at UNESCO
06-11-2008 (UNESCO) - The Members of the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) held an Extraordinary Session at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, on 12 and 13 November 2008.  More...

 

  UNESCO's Global Ethics Observatory starts a database on resources in ethics   UNESCO's Global Ethics Observatory starts a database on resources in ethics
27-10-2008 (UNESCO) - UNESCO's Global Ethics Observatory (GEObs) is a system of databases with worldwide coverage in bioethics and other areas of applied ethics in science and technology. It is freely accessible online to all Member States and the general public. UNESCO officially launched the sixth GEObs database on resources in ethics at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, on 30 October 2008.  More...

 

  UNESCO’s International Bioethics Committee Resumes Debate on Human Cloning   UNESCO’s International Bioethics Committee Resumes Debate on Human Cloning
16-10-2008 (UNESCOPRESS) - UNESCO's International Bioethics Committee (IBC) met at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris from 28 to 29 October 2008 (Room IV). This 15th session was followed by a Joint Session of the IBC and the Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee (IGBC*), on 30 and 31 October.  More...

 

  UNESCO Seminar on Environmental Ethics was held in Moscow   UNESCO Seminar on Environmental Ethics was held in Moscow
04-09-2008 (UNESCO Office in Moscow) - On 1-5 July 2008 a UNESCO Seminar on Environmental Ethics was held in Moscow in the Education Center "Nakhabino".  More...

 

  Ethics teacher training course in Minsk, Belarus , 17-21 November 2008   Ethics teacher training course in Minsk, Belarus , 17-21 November 2008
09-04-2008 () - The course is supported by the Belarus National Commission and the Israel National Commission for UNESCO.  More...

 

  Ethics teacher training course in Saudi Arabia, 3-6 November 2007   Ethics teacher training course in Saudi Arabia, 3-6 November 2007
27-09-2007 (UNESCO) - This course is set up in order to provide training to ethics teachers with the purpose to enhance their skills and abilities.  More...

 

  Ethics teacher training course in Bratislava, Slovakia, 10-14 September 2007   Ethics teacher training course in Bratislava, Slovakia, 10-14 September 2007
29-08-2007 (UNESCO) - The course is initiated and supported by the Slovak National Commission  More...

 

  Just published in French: “Environmental ethics and International Policy”   Just published in French: “Environmental ethics and International Policy”
20-08-2007 (UNESCO) - UNESCO has invited well-known experts in environmental ethics for a project to describe the current situation regarding environmental ethics and to determine possibilities for international action in this area.  More...

 

  Ethics teacher training couse in Egerton, Kenya, 9-13 July 2007   Ethics teacher training couse in Egerton, Kenya, 9-13 July 2007
21-07-2007 (UNESCO) - This course is set up to provide training to ethics teachers at the Agriculture Resources Centre Hotel (ARC Hotel), Njoro Campus, Egerton University, Egerton, Kenya.  More...

 

  First State Forum on Ethics in Science held in Porto Alegre   First State Forum on Ethics in Science held in Porto Alegre
22-05-2007 (UNESCO Brazil) - Porto Alegre, Brazil, 22 May 2007  More...

 

  Just published:   Just published: "Nanotechnologies, Ethics and Politics"
21-05-2007 () - UNESCO has invited well-known experts in nanotechnology to discuss the state of the art of nanotechnology, examine the controversy surrounding its definition and explore related ethical and political issues.  More...

 

  Ethics of Science in Africa   Ethics of Science in Africa
29-11-2006 (UNESCO) - For the first time since its creation, the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) will meet on the African continent on the occasion of its 5th session which will take place in Dakar, Senegal, from 6 to 9 December 2006.  More...

 

  Avicenna Prize for Ethics in Science goes to Abdallah Daar   Avicenna Prize for Ethics in Science goes to Abdallah Daar
06-04-2006 (UNESCO) - UNESCO Director-General, Koïchiro Matsuura, awarded the Avicenna Prize for Ethics in Science to Abdallah S. Daar, in the presence of Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi, the Iranian Minister of Science, Research and Technology on 14 April 2006 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.  More...

 

  UNESCO’s new Global Ethics Observatory puts ethics within everyone’s reach   UNESCO’s new Global Ethics Observatory puts ethics within everyone’s reach
16-12-2005 (UNESCO SHS Newsletter 11) - The Global Ethics Observatory – a database of all currently available resources on ethics worldwide – was officially launched on 15 December 2005, at the meeting of the International Bioethics Committee (IBC) in Tokyo, Japan.  More...

 

  Fourth Ordinary Session of COMEST, March 2005   Fourth Ordinary Session of COMEST, March 2005
22-03-2005 () - The World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) will hold its fourth session in Bangkok, Thailand, from March 23 to 25.  More...

 

  Avicenna Prize for Ethics in Science 2005   Avicenna Prize for Ethics in Science 2005
02-09-2004 () - Nominations for the next awarding of the Avicenna Prize for Ethics in Science in 2005 are welcome, before 1 November 2004, from the governments of Member States, in consultation with their National Commissions, and from international non-governmental organizations maintaining official relations with UNESCO.  More...

 

  World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST).   World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST).
14-05-2004 (UNESCO Flash Info n°079-2004) - The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, gave an opening address at Headquarters in Paris, on 14 May, on the occasion of the extraordinary session of COMEST.  More...

 

  Award on 26 April of the Avicenna Prize for Ethics in Science to Margaret Somerville   Award on 26 April of the Avicenna Prize for Ethics in Science to Margaret Somerville
22-04-2004 (UNESCOPRESS) - UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura presented the Avicenna Prize for Ethics in Science on 26 April 2004 to its first laureate, Margaret A. Somerville, in the presence of Jafar Towfighi, the Iranian Minister of Science, Research and Technology.  More...

 

  Rio de Janeiro Declaration on Ethics in Science and Technology   Rio de Janeiro Declaration on Ethics in Science and Technology
04-12-2003 () - More than 600 people attended the Third Session of COMEST in Brazil over its four days, including students, policymakers, members of the scientific community, IGOs and NGOs.  More...

 




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