Intl initiative launched to promote sci-tech access
China DailyChina, Brazil, South Africa and the African Union have jointly launched the Initiative on International Cooperation in Open Science with the goal to promote the Global South's access to global scientific and technological innovation achievements, the Ministry of Science and Technology announced on Thursday. The countries involved in the initiative support the G20 strategy to promote open innovation cooperation, and encourage the G20 to carry out more exchanges and cooperation on open science, the initiative said. "All stakeholders including governments, scientific communities, enterprises and nongovernmental organizations should uphold the cooperation principle of mutual benefit, as well as the principles of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits, in line with the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science," the initiative said. It proposes that governments, scientific communities, enterprises, nongovernmental organizations and other stakeholders should support the free flow of sci-tech innovation personnel and resources on a global scale, and ensure that different stakeholders can equitably participate in and are treated fairly in the open science cause.
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