Aims
The aims of the meeting are (a) to consider, through discussion and dialogue, strategic issues related to the future of knowledge acquisition and sharing and (b) to identify, through a creative effort, the changes that such strategies might necessitate.
Specifically, the aims are to address the following areas:
- What are the long-term strategies to efficiently harness the enormous potential of new communication and information processes and technologies for developing new approaches to know ledge acquisition and sharing?
- What needs to be done to effectively integrate these strategies into forward looking and sustainable policymaking?
- How can we harness the potential of ICT to develop knowledge societies that are people-centred, inclusive and development oriented?
- Identify the role of knowledge acquisition and sharing to build a world in which peace, development and human rights prosper;
- Determine the contribution of information and communication technology to this process;
- Gauge the evolution of knowledge acquisition and sharing over the next three decades; and
- Identify political and institutional changes that are needed to address these challenges.
Knowledge acquisition is changing radically, UNESCO Declaration states
