Agenda item 4 

Report on technical cooperation activities in STI
Moderator: Ms. Karin Voodla, Vice-Chair of the 29th CSTD

1. Advancing satellite crop monitoring to enhance agricultural resilience

• Report on the results of Cropwatch Innovative Programme (2021-2025) by
  Mr. Bingfang Wu, Professor, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese
  Academy of Sciences, China
• Report on the results at national level by Mr Godstime K. James, Director,
  Strategic Space Applications Department, National Space Research and Development
  Agency, Nigeria

1. Science, Technology and Innovation Parks for Sustainable Development: Building
   expertise in policy and practice in selected Asian and African countries

Mr Nana Kofi Safo, Senior Researcher specializing in STI park development,
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research-Science and Technology Policy
Research Institute, Ghana

Introduction of the outputs by the Secretariat

Report by beneficiary countries on improvements in measures for STI parks to
contribute to national development , Ghana

Mozambique

H.E. Ms. Nilsa Sandra Miquidade, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of
Communications and Digital Transformation, Mozambique

Mr Orlando Ernesto Sulumide Zobra, CEO, National Company of Science and
Technology Parks, Mozambique
Uzbekistan

H.E. Mr. Salomov Uktam Rahimovich, Deputy Minister of Higher Education,
Science and Innovation, Uzbekistan

Ms. Sevara Gafruova, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Republic of
Uzbekistan to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in
Geneva
Mongolia

Ms Munkhtuya Lkhamsuren, Senior Expert, Department of Science and Technology
Policy and Planning, Ministry of Economic Development, Mongolia
Interactive discussion

Ministerial participants

H.E. Ms. Nilsa Sandra Miquidade, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of
Communications and Digital Transformation, Mozambique

H.E. Mr. Salomov Uktam Rahimovich, Deputy Minister of Higher Education,
Science and Innovation, Uzbekistan