UNESCO invited a group of world known visionaries and decision makers from government, civil society, academia and the private sector to a high level dialogue on the future of knowledge acquisition and sharing on 23 June 2007 in Kronberg/Taunus, Germany.
The members of this Group were to anticipate and define future needs and processes of knowledge acquisition and sharing and examine the relationship between these processes and knowledge creation, knowledge preservation, knowledge utilization, technology use and new knowledge models. They were to address issues such as:
* The role of knowledge acquisition and sharing to build a world in which peace, development and human rights prosper;For more information:
* The contribution of ICTs to this process;
* The evolution of knowledge acquisition and sharing over the next three decades;
* Political and institutional changes that are needed to address these challenges.
* Read the Working Document for the Meeting (PDF, 5 pages)
* Read the Program and List of Participants (PDF, 15 pages)
* Check out the website developed by Core UK to support the meeting with a discussion by participants
* Read the Kronberg Declaration on the Future of Knowledge Acquisition and Sharing and make comments if you desire.
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