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Themed ¡°Transforming Youth Skills for the Future¡±, the 9th World Youth Skills Day highlighted the strategic importance of equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship. The World Youth Skills Day 2022 also takes place amid concerted efforts towards socio-economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and related challenges such as climate change, conflict, persisting poverty, rising inequality, rapid¡­

This article is also shared on the LAST website. Why is an Academy of Sciences important to a country? Academies of Sciences are unique institutions that provide authoritative and credible advisory services to governments on issues related to science and technology. The academies play a major role in the development of national science and technology, and in sustainable development policies, thus benefiting both the economy and society. The¡­

Globally, only 16.5% of engineers are women. The 9th International Women in Engineering Day (INWED), organised by the Women¡¯s Engineering Society (WES), is an international day that aims to empower women in engineering around the world when they are still hugely under-represented in their professions. The International Design Education (IDE) Program, jointed launched by UN Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries (UN Technology Bank)¡­

Gebze/Guangzhou/Ningbo ¨C The selection process for the scholarships under the International Design Education (IDE) program has now been completed. A total of 32 outstanding students from 14 least developed countries (LDCs) were awarded scholarships and will start their studies for the Industrial Design Engineering Masters this September at the International School of Design, Zhejiang University, Ningbo. The IDE program is jointly organized by the¡­

The UN Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries (Technology Bank) in collaboration with the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC) developed a program to support least developed countries (LDCs) to establish academies of sciences where they do not exist and support existing academies of sciences. In March 2021, the program supported the establishment of the academy of sciences in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The program¡­

This article was published in the Trade Insight Volume 17 No. 3-4, South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE) When connectivity infrastructure, an enabling policy environment and private sector engagement work in tandem in the LDCs, science, technology and innovation have the potential to respond to systemic issues. Mo she Kao, Federica Irene Falomi, Jaye Sergeant and Chen-Wen Cheng Science, technology and innovation (STI) have¡­

This article was published in the Trade Insight Volume 17 No. 3-4, South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics and Environment (SAWTEE) The failure to place productive capacity-building at the centre of the next ¡®LDCs PoA¡¯ will be a missed opportunity. Taffere Tesfachew November 2021 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the least developed country (LDC) category by the United Nation¡¯s General Assembly (UNGA). To properly understand the¡­

6 April 2022, Maseru ¨C Today the Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology (MCST) launched the Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) Report for Lesotho on the last day of the three-day TNA workshop in Maseru with support from the United Nations Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries (UN Technology Bank) and Commonwealth Secretariat. The MCST has successfully completed its technology needs assessment process through the support of the¡­

Science, technology and innovation are critical tools towards achieving sustainable development goals in the least developed countries. Scientific knowledge enables full utilization of newly acquired and existing technologies and promotes the local capacity to address local needs on a sustainable basis for research and development. The UN Technology Bank, as a focal point on science, technology and innovation for least developed countries, is¡­

Are we able to reimagine a world where clean air, water and food are available to all? Where economies are focused on health and well-being? Where cities are livable, and people have control over their health and the health of the planet? - World Health Day 2022, WHO Themed ¡°our planet, our health¡±, World Health Day 2022 emphasizes the interdependence between the health of the planet and human health. Poor environmental conditions, including¡­