strategy and experience of scidev.net in stimulating greater public engagement with science across...
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Strategy and experience of SciDev.Net in stimulating greater public engagement with
science across the developing world
WELLCOME TRUST INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOP
SCIENCE AND COMMUNITY – ENGAGE TO EMPOWER 3 December 2008
David Dickson, Director, SciDev.Net
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Our website contains• News• Feature articles• Opinion articles• Weekly editorial• Dossiers (including commissioned policy briefs)• Notices (including lists of meetings, grants and jobs)• Links (e.g. to scientific organisations and journals)• Feedback from users
Fig. 11 Extent to which respondents believed that increased participation from a scientifically informed public will lead to improved development
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"The media has always taken pride in its watchdog role, be it exposing fraudulent medical practices such as untested HIV/AIDS treatments, ensuring proper conduct in clinical trials, or highlighting poor healthcare facilities and how intellectual property laws can block access to affordable treatments.
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"This role will be as crucial as ever as health systems grow in social importance. More challenging, but equally valuable, is journalists' role in scrutinising why governments and international agencies fail to get relevant research carried out and findings put into practice". The Media is Vital in the Global Fight for Health
SciDev.Net, 14 Nov 2008
Capacity-building workshopsThese are intended to help build capacity in developing countries to report accurately on science and technology and their contributions to development.
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SciDev.Net is currently funded by:• UK Department for International Development (DFID)• Swedish International Development Agency (Sida/SAREC)• International Development Research Centre (IDRC)• Dutch Ministry for Foreign Affairs (DGIS)• Swiss Development Agency (SDC)
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Thank you!
3 December 2008
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