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10 November: World Science Day for Peace and Development




World Science Day for Peace and Development is celebrated annually on 10 November. Its aim is to highlight the importance of science in our daily lives, and that science, peace, and development are interlinked.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) proclaimed 10 November the World Science Day for Peace and Development in 2001. Since 2001 UNESCO has generated funding for science projects and programs around around the world. The World Science Day for Peace and Development also helps foster cooperation between scientists living in conflict and post-conflict regions, and in developing countries.

By linking science more closely with society, the World Science Day for Peace and Development wants to ensure that people are kept informed of scientific developments and the role scientists play in broadening the understanding of the planet and sustainable societies.

The 2016 theme for the World Science Day for Peace and Development is ‘Celebrating Science Centres and Science Museums.’

The objectives are to:
  • strengthen public awareness on the role of science for peaceful and sustainable societies
  • promote national and international solidarity for shared science between countries
  • renew national and international commitment for the use of science for the benefit of societies
  • draw attention to the challenges faced by science and raising support for the scientific endeavour. 

Science is a critical part of the United Nation’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), the Addis Ababa Agenda, the Sendai Framework for Action, and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. These agreements nurture scientific innovation and creativity, and encourage a more inclusive sustainable path to the future.

Science Centres and Science Museums are important for capacity building, advocacy, and as a means of providing information and education to schools and the general public on science in all of its varied forms.








http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/prizes-and-celebrations/celebrations/international-days/world-science-day-for-peace-and-development/


MARTINA NICOLLS is an international aid and development consultant, and the author of:- The Shortness of Life: A Mongolian Lament (2015), Liberia’s Deadest Ends (2012), Bardot’s Comet (2011), Kashmir on a Knife-Edge (2010) and The Sudan Curse (2009).
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