The project for the preparation of the Arab Charter of ethics in Scientific Research and Technology started as a joint initiative of the UNESCO Regional Office for science in the Arab States in Cairo, the League of Arab States, and the National Council for scientific research in Lebanon, the Academy of Scientific Research and technology in Egypt, the Royal Scientific Society in Jordan, and the Pasteur Institute in Tunisia, with the participation of a number of regional concerned entities. The project came as a result of the Regional Consultation on 'Ethics of Scientific Research and Technology Applications in the Arab region', held in Beirut on 11-12 July 2017, which resulted in the assignment of UNESCO to coordinate the process of writing the outlines of a draft concerning the Arabic charter.
This meeting comes as a continuation of the consultative meeting concerning the states of the Arab Maghreb region on the ethics on scientific research and technology. The meeting was attended by a number of professors and experts in the field of scientific research, and by Dr. Khaled Ashouri as a representative of the ALAE. The full-day meeting resulted into corrections and amendments to the proposed draft and propose that it should be circulated to the concerned parties in the Arab States for further consultations.
The program
9:00 – 9:30 - Registration
9:30 – 10:00 - Opening Remarks:
Speech of the Pasteur Institute-Tunisia
Speech of UNESCO regional office for science in the Arab states
Speech of the League of Arab States
10:00 – 10:30 - Presentation on the charter of ethics in scientific research and technology in the Arab region
10:30 – 11:30 - Presentation of Tunisia's experience in the field of ethics in science and technology
Presentation of Libya's experience in the field of ethics in science and technology
Presentation of Algeria's experience in the field of ethics in science and technology
Presentation of Morocco's experience in the field of ethics in science and technology
Presentations of other countries' experiences in the field of ethics in science and technology
11:30 – 12:00 - Coffee Break
12:00 – 14:00 - Working groups: 3 parallel groups
Ethics in the production of science and technology
Ethics in transferring and Settling of science and technology
Ethics in using science and technology
14:00 – 15:30 - Lunch break
15:30 – 16:30 - Presentation of the results of the working groups and a general discussion
16:30 – 17:00 - Recommendations and future steps on the adoption of the charter and its activation in the Arab
17:00 - Closure of the meeting