The Sussex Manifesto was a report on science and technology for development written at the request of the United Nations and published in 1970.
12-777: In the late 1960s the United Nations asked for recommendations on science and technology for development from a team of academics at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex , UK. This team became known as the Sussex Group and their report, Science and Technology to Developing Countries during the Second Development Decade , became known as
24-676: A UN report by the Advisory Committee on the Application of Science and Technology to Development (ACAST). The Sussex Manifesto helped raise awareness of science and technology for development in UN circles influenced the design of development institutions and was used for teaching courses in both North and South universities. The Sussex Group were Hans Singer (Chairman), Charles Cooper (Secretary), R.C. Desai, Christopher Freeman , Oscar Gish, Stephen Hill and Geoffrey Oldham. The Sussex Manifesto
36-628: Is Melissa Leach , a social anthropologist and professorial fellow at IDS, who succeeded Lawrence Haddad in 2014. Prior to her appointment she was director of the STEPS Centre . Leach's recent work has explored the politics of science and knowledge in policy processes linked to environment and health; cultural and political dimensions of vaccine delivery; medical research trials, emerging infectious diseases , and ecology-health linkages. IDS consists of ten research clusters or teams which concentrate their research on specific angles of development: IDS
48-807: Is a registered charity. The top five funders of IDS are: With the University of Sussex, IDS offer a range of scholarship opportunities to help fund MA degree students. IDS has engaged in teaching since 1973 when the first MPhil course in development began. Currently it teaches at postgraduate and doctorate level and has been awarded accreditation for its teaching programme by the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI). IDS offers nine master's courses and two PhD degrees: European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes The European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes or EADI
60-597: Is the professional body for development studies and area studies in Europe. In 2010 it had about 300 members in 27 countries. It publishes a journal, the European Journal of Development Research , and every three years holds a general conference. Through the International Accreditation Council for Global Development Studies and Research it provides accreditation for Master's degree programmes;
72-737: The Nordic Africa Institute . The association was founded 1975 in Linz . It was originally based in Vienna , before moving to Tilburg (1982) and Geneva (1988). Since 2000, the secretariat has been located in Bonn , hosted by the German Development Institute , InWEnt and the Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung [ de ] . The Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung GmbH (INWENT),
84-711: The Sussex Manifesto . The Sussex Manifesto was intended as the introductory chapter to the UN World Plan of Action on Science and Technology for Development . But the solutions presented in the Manifesto were deemed too radical to be used for that purpose. It was instead published in 1970 as an annex in Science and Technology for Development: Proposals for the Second United Nations Development Decade ,
96-510: The Second Development Decade', IDS Reprints 101. In 2008 one of the authors of the original report Professor Geoff Oldham gave a seminar at the STEPS Centre – a research centre and policy engagement based at IDS and SPRU. Following this event, the STEPS Centre decided to create a new manifesto in association with its partners around the world and Professor Oldham. The new publication, Innovation, Sustainability, Development: A New Manifesto ,
108-427: The area of development studies . IDS was founded in 1966 by economist Dudley Seers who was director from 1967 until 1972. From 1972 to 1981 Sir Richard Jolly was the director of IDS, and later authored "A short history of IDS: a personal reflection". Later directors included Mike Faber (1982–87), John Toye (1987 to 1997) and Keith Bezanson (1997–2004) and Lawrence Haddad (2004–2014).The current director of IDS
120-657: The council is a member of the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education . The association receives funding from various sources including membership fees and core funding from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany. Members include the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies , the International Institute of Social Studies and
132-668: Was launched in 2010, forty years after the original. The New Manifesto has also been translated into Chinese, French, Portuguese and Spanish. The STEPS Centre is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Institute of Development Studies The Institute of Development Studies ( IDS ) is a research and learning organisation affiliated with the University of Sussex in Brighton , England , and based on its campus in Falmer , East Sussex . It delivers research and teaching in
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#1732886492424144-521: Was originally published as the ‘Draft Introductory Statement for the World Plan of Action for the Application of Science and Technology to Development’, prepared by the ‘Sussex Group’, Annex II in 'Science and Technology for Development: Proposals for the Second Development Decade', United Nations, Dept of Economic and Social Affairs, New York, 1970, Document ST/ECA/133, and reprinted as 'The Sussex Manifesto: Science and Technology to Developing Countries during
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