ECOSF invites nominations for ISTIC Training Workshop on Preparing R&D Proposal and Technopreneurship for CIS Countries in Astana, Kazakhstan from 13-17 October 2014

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Recently, the ECOSF has developed working collaboration with the International Science, Technology and Innovation Centre for South-South Cooperation under the Auspices of UNESCO (ISTIC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The ISTIC in collaboration with National Centre of Science and Technology Evaluation (NCSTE), Kazakhstan, Islamic Development Bank (IDB), Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) and Malaysia Technology Development Corporation (MTDC) is organizing Training Workshop on Preparing R&D Proposal and Technopreneurship for CIS Countries which will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan from 13-17 October 2014. Nominations from each ECO member state are invited. A copy of the workshop brochure along with the nomination form is attached herewith.

This course is targeted at researchers from universities and research institutes who have developed inventions or patents to provide them with the necessary knowledge on how to commercialize their research findings or directors of commercialization unit of universities and R&D Institutes. The participants should posses the following criteria:

1. Those who have M.Sc or Ph.D in Science/Engineering/Business and in possession of inventions or patens which they are interested to commercialize and those who manage commercialization units of universities/research institutes are welcome to attend.
2. Participants should be passionately interested in knowing Intellectual Property Management matters and the related commercialization processes as well as research planning & management.
3. Participants must have good command of English, both in verbal and writing.
4. Participants must be in good health.

The organizer will provide local hospitality (accommodation and meals) and pick and drop service from airport on arrival and departure. Participants are required to seek travel grant from their organizations to pay their travel expenses to Astana, Kazakhstan. Limited travel grant from ISTIC is available for participants who are really in difficulties in getting travel grant from their organization which is to be based on merit and need on case by case consideration. Thus there will be no financial liability on the part of ECO Science Foundation.

Nominations may please be sent through email, directly to ISTIC info@istic-unesco.org with a copy to ECOSF latest by 7 July 2014. Details of the training workshop are also available at the ISTIC website (http://www.istic-unesco.org).