Abstract The entrepreneurial discovery process (EDP) is an element of the Research and Innovation Strategy for Smart Specialisation (RIS3) concept, which basis activities carried out in European Union (EU) regions area innovation policies. requires creation institutional structure (cooperation network) that allows coordinated continuous cooperation between representatives entities create region...

Trends in international development cooperation point to the increasing networking of initiatives and programmes, facilitated by information and communications technology (ICT). This allows many more people and organizations from around the world to contribute to a given project, as with the case of online volunteers. There are various types of networks active in development cooperation, but ne...

In this paper we propose a communication and cooperation system for optimizing civil engineering work processes. The system exploits standard software components such as CAD-tools and augments them with internet and world wide web based tools. Different user needs in the civil engineering process are met by specific user profiles allowing for adapted and tailored user interface creation within ...

Transnational multi-stakeholder partnerships for sustainable development Acknowledgements From April to November 2014 the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) conducts an extensive discussion process to develop a " Zukunftscharta " (Charter of the Future – the Charter) that will guide its strategies for sustainable development. The International Civil Society Centre (IC...

BACKGROUND: Certain features of peace-building distinguish it from peacekeeping, and make it an appropriate strategy in dealing with vertical conflict and low intensity conflict. However, some theorists suggest that attempts, through peace-building, to impose liberal values upon non-democratic cultures are misguided and lack an ethical basis. DISCUSSION: We have been investigating the peace-bui...

The introduction of payments for environmental services (PES) offers an opportunity for traditional and indigenous populations to be compensated for contributing to carbon sequestration in meeting the challenge of ameliorating global warming. As one mechanism among several for promoting biodiversity conservation and sustainable development, pro-poor PES initiatives could eventually be incorpora...

Despite widespread enthusiasm for broader participation in health policy and programming, little is known about the ways in which multi-sector groups address the challenges that arise in pursuing this goal. Based on the experience of Peru's National Multi-sector Health Coordinating Body (CONAMUSA), this article characterizes these challenges and identifies organizational strategies the group ha...

Under the Rio Declaration and Agenda 21 from the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 as well as other international agreements, Thailand is currently in the process of adopting the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) through a pilot project in Rayong province with assistance from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). This research aimed to st...

The document The State of Education in Latin America and the Caribbean: Towards a Quality Education for All – 2015 was produced under the supervision of the UNESCO Bureau in Santiago, by a group of researchers from the University of Chile’s Centre for Advanced Education Research: Cristián Bellei (coordinator), Ximena Poblete, Paulina Sepúlveda, Víctor Orellana and Geraldine Abarca. The report i...

Forensic geoscience (geoforensics) is the application of earth sciences to receive reality. There is not enough knowledge about geoforensics in Iran, and so, in this paper the best applications are reviewed. Forensic geoscience can be divided to four major groups: pedology, mineralogy and petrology; geophysics; natural geography and geoscience; remote sensing, location data and Geographic infor...