The Round Table will address all issues relevant to the role of higher education in the construction of knowledge societies and to the challenges facing systems in efficiently playing this role and effectively contributing to the social, economic and cultural development of nations.
Themes
The Round Table is expected to formulate concrete proposals and recommendations concerning the following aspects:
- Role of UNESCO Chairs and networks in bridging the existing knowledge and information gap;
- Role of higher education and UNESCO ICT Chairs and networks in strengthening national capacities for knowledge production, dissemination and utilization;
- Challenges facing higher education in the construction of knowledge societies;
- Chairs and networks as modalities of international cooperation and building partnerships for the exchange and transfer of knowledge and information;
- Future responsibility of Chairs and networks in the implementation of the declaration and action plan to be adopted by the World Summit on Information Society.
- Review national, regional and world experiences in implementing UNESCO Chairs and networks in ICT and their impact in putting the potential of knowledge and ICTs at the service of development;
- Identify the potential role of UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs in the construction of knowledge and information societies;
- Identify the contribution of UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs in bridging the existing information and knowledge gap;
- How UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs can contribute in the implementation of the objectives of the Summit and the plan of action to be adopted by it.
The Round Table is expected to formulate concrete proposals and recommendations concerning the following aspects:
- How to re-orient the objectives and activities of existing ICT Chairs and networks to better serve the objectives of constructing knowledge and information societies on national, regional and international levels;
- Best modalities for the effective contribution of Chairs and Networks in the achievement of the objectives and plan of action to be adopted by the Summit;
- Re-enforcing existing Chairs and promoting the development of ICT networks on national levels to better serve national development needs;
- Re-enforcing regional and international networks with a view of expanding their coverage to all existing Chairs in all regions of the world.