Former ISTIC Chairman LEE Yee Cheong Visited the CASTED 28
July 7,2017
On the afternoon of July 5, LEE Yee Cheong, former chairman and
Council member of the International Science Technology and Innovation
Centre for South-South Cooperation under the Auspices of UNESCO (ISTIC)
visited the CASTED. Hu Zhijian, Executive Director of CISTRAT and
President of CASTED, received the ISTIC delegation.
LEE
Yee Cheong gave a brief introduction to ISTIC. Hu Zhijian briefly
introduced the basic situation and progress of the International
Research and Training Centre for Science and Technology Strategy
(CISTRAT), a UNESCO category-2 center set up within the CASTED. The two
sides discussed different modes of operation and successful experiences
of international think-tanks and UNESCO category-2 centers. Hu Zhijian
said that ISTIC’s regional training services of scientific and
technological innovation, joint training with foreign institutions and
other practices are highly effective. At the same time, he expressed the
hope for ISTIC and CISTRAT to work together under the “Belt and Road”
framework to make use of UNESCO’s international platform. LEE Yee Cheong
proposed for ISTIC and CISTRAT to leverage their international
resources and comparative strengths, and make joint efforts to ensure
category-2 centers for scientific and technological innovation play
their due role and better fulfill the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) proposed by the United Nations.
The staff of CISTRAT Secretariat also attended the meeting.
Headquartered
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, ISTIC, founded in 2008, is the first UNESCO
category-2 center on South-South cooperation, mainly focusing on
science, technology and innovation incubation, entrepreneurship spirit
cultivation and women and children training.
Chinese Academy of Science and Technology for Development All right reserved 2020.
ZIP:100038 Tel:86-10-58884543 wap.casted.org.cn Email : webmaster@casted.org.cn