Science and technology Policy for Sri Lanka?

Sri Lankan scientists have begun work on a detailed strategy to implement the country's first national science and technology policy.

It calls for increasing investment in science from 0.13 per cent of the country's GDP to 1.5 per cent by 2016, and its objectives include the promotion of basic and applied sciences for national development, sustainable resource management and adaptation to climate change.

"We are putting together an integrated action plan," Nalini Ratnasiri, chair of Sri Lanka's National Science and Technology Commission (NASTEC) and a zoology professor at the Open University of Sri Lanka, told SciDev.Net.

NSF organizes Global Forum for Sri Lankan Scientists

The National Science Foundation (NSF) under the purview of the Ministry of Technology and Research and in collaboration with UNESCO is organizing a Global Forum of Sri Lankan Scientists to harness the knowledge of expatriate scientists for economic development of the country form 2nd – 5th August 2011. This Forum would be the inception point for scientists, technologists and industrialists to contribute and take part in the National Development Process. It will support the Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy of Sri Lanka.

According to NSF, this up coming national event, endorsed and supported by the Government of Sri Lanka to

• Discuss, deliberate and draw road-map for your research, alliances and industrial success.
• Witness the scientific breakthroughs in nanotechnology, biotechnology and cutting edge fields of research.
• Identify the investment opportunities for the future.
• Listen to the views of experts from across the globe and share yours with them.
• Interact, network and establish linkages.
• Learn the secret to finding bigger success in your industry and meet entrepreneurs

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