Daejeon Declaration

On the successful establishment of World Science & Technology Innovation Forum

We, responsible for promoting sustainable and sharable global win-win growth through expansion of high-tech based innovation culture, discussed on the necessity of the establishment of the World Science & Technology Innovation Forum at the preparatory meeting on 15th November, 2012.

We expect that the forum would be the occasion for active and practical global exchanges of applicable knowledge to foster sustainable science and technology development and to discover strategic activities of innovation in developing countries through the establishment to mutual cooperative network, which enacts to narrow the developmental gap between science and technology advanced countries and developing countries.

In particular, UNESCO and World Technopolis Association (WTA presidential city: Daejeon Metropolitan City, Korea) has supported innovation support activities in global context including STPs development in developing countries and conducted cooperative project when necessary. Daejeon Metropolitan City, the presidential city of WTA, is willing to continue these support activities based on the successful growth of Daedeok Innopolis especially for developing countries.

Today, we agreed to cooperate on following items for the successful establishment of world Science & Technology Innovation Forum which will be held biennially from 2014.

- We will support to expend the high technology based innovation culture to all over the world through the forum, to actualize the development of shareable win-win growth by narrowing the science and technology innovation gap between nations.

- We will help developing countries to acknowledge the importance of innovation and to establish advanced science and technology innovation strategies properly applied for their developmental stages.

- We will cooperate to make the forum to be a true occasion for active exchanges of practical knowledge, high tech science and innovation strategies.

- We will support to secure the status of the forum in global context to attract top position key players to gather to discuss on the current issues related to science and technology.

2012. 11. 15